The further away the better (or should that be bitter?)

Just glad the crazy decision to disallow the Lineham try didn't cost us.

Really proud of the team tonight. Great spirit, effort and commitment.

Warrington Wolves head coach Tony Smith:

"Hull deserved to win. They were a little bit more energetic than us in a couple of areas.

"There wasn't much between the two teams. They were both very committed to their defence and worked very hard to make it tough for their opponents to score.

"I'm pleased with the effort we put in. We weren't quite at our best in terms of handling but I can accept that. We just need to be a bit more clinical in these close matches."

Hull FC head coach Peter Gentle:

"We've been building for quite a while. There's a real confidence about us. The boys have been working hard and they deserve plenty of credit.

"I still think there are things we can get better at. We lacked a bit of composure in the first half.

"There was plenty of energy and enthusiasm but our execution could have been better and it was good to get a chat with them at half time."

"I think the time is right for Peter Gentle and Shaun Mcrae to move on, The club is going backwards at an alarming rate"

Garry Schofield 1/4/2013

He was probably just being ironic

Outstanding second half, and fantastically controlled once we got in front.

To provide balance to all the complaints about poor decisions/offences ignored for which we were on the receiving end, I would just say that I would be going ape if Monaghan had got away with what Briscoe did with about 4 minutes left with roles reversed.

Having said that, I think it's hard to say we didn't thoroughly deserve the win.

Indeed, I thought we were very lucky there.
All in all though I think the decisions just about balanced themselves out.

It was a great game of RL played at a good speed and intensity.

Hopefully we can really kick on from here, Rovers and Leeds are both looking very winnable at present.

Thanks for that reminder mate - just made me Laugh - Come on your Hull - Old Faithful etc ect

Wouldn't go that far, still think they got far more leniency/wilful ignorance for messing about at the ptb and forward passes, as well as us having a perfectly good try disallowed.

Wire thread locked

Defence wins games and ours was superb tonight

Hessle Roader wrote:
Full marks to those Wire fans who say Hull deserved the points.

1905 wrote:
I thought you did.

Hessle Roader wrote:
That's as well as we've played all season.

1905 wrote:
And, unfortunately, as well as you will play all season. Just my opinion.

I think you'll drop off from here. I'm not too despondent about the wire performance tonight. I thought we dominated for large parts, and could have won the game.