I think you'll find I gave Agar credit for bringing people in, all I have said is he needs to have the guts to change things for Friday, and commented (as some others have) that I question he posesses such guts. But we'll see on Friday.

You may perceive me to have an agenda, I don't have one other than wanting a successful Hull FC.

One thing is for certain, any complacency in the squad after the St's and Huddersfield wins will have been well and truly blown away by the Crusaders result.

It is possible the server went breasts north and they have had to restore to an older version of the site, I don't know if the Physio pages were up to date last week as I didn't check.

I don't disagree about the need for him to show some balls in his selections and I am far from won over by Agar despite the excellent recruitment in the offseason.

I just don't see how every win has to treated with pro Agar comments and likewise with every defeat. Sometimes teams play badly, that's just the nature of sport. However if you are going to slag the coach then you have to praise aswell.

Fair point, lets hope we're all praising from Friday onwards. (I fear it could be another worrying performance against our bogey side though!)

Quins at home always makes me nervous, god knows why Sky have chosen it

I agree, Fitz wont settle for complacency and neither will Long which is why I think decisions about changes to half back pairings etc in the absence of Long will probably be made by Fitz or Long going to Agar and advising him what should be done.
As a coach you cant have players with that kind of experience and refuse to acknowledge their suggestions and Im sure Agar wont.

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You may perceive me to have an agenda, I don't have one other than wanting a successful Hull FC.

One thing is for certain, any complacency in the squad after the St's and Huddersfield wins will have been well and truly blown away by the Crusaders result.'"

I don't really have an issue with how Long's injury was dealt with last week. As I see it, we simply kept our cards close to our chest and tried to keep Crusaders guessing who would play for as long as possible. If the club inform the fans honestly about our injury situations early in the week, then we could be handing an advantage to the opposition.

The thing Agar clearly got wrong was his selection of a 6&7 combination that has failed to spark many times in the past.

The worrying thing is that Agar should be able to recognise for himself that the Washy and Horne combination simply does not work.

Maybe he does, Maybe he doesnt ?
Maybe in training the Horne/Washy partnership has been on fire and Long is in agreement with RA that they are the best pairing but like the vast majority of players last weekend they too simply didnt turn up !!

It will be our third season without a backup 7, which is what concerns me more than anything, but then I also accept that the leagues aren't exactly awash with affordable and viable options (see Thorman/Thurston for evidence)