I just said that

Agree with all of that, apart from the bit about the Grand Final. If Agar secures a GF win from 7th/8th place, he'll have done rather well, I think. So well, in fact, that the following day I will appear in Hammonds' window dressed as a slutty french maid.

I think there is a slutty French Maid outfit sale at Hammonds on the day after the GF so you don't need to worry about looking for bargains in advance.

I've been thinking that. They certainly are pushing how many records are being broken and what attractive rugby is being played and that FC is the third best performing team since (is it) July etc aren't they.

Wouldn't matter anyway, I'll just use the one in my wardrobe.

I fully identify with this post, it sums it up very good

I also pose the question as to why was Sharp on the bench on Saturday when we could really have done with Dowes being there.

Also if he was being "TOLD " how to coach by soem one else I question his ability to coach any team.

I hear what you are saying but I do not agree...We did not just beat these team we ripped their defences apart....earlier this season we may have fought hard for a close win.

We don't beat good teams, they beat us. We don't beat bad teams, they lose to us. Haven't you been paying attention?

What Cas had couldn't really be called a defence at times. We have undoubtedly done better in the last few games, but, as someone has already pointed out, July isn't that long ago and it was rubbish.

In general, this does seem to be the case under Agar.

my point being.... as I think you know ... is that Les Cats (for example) were a team flying high in the table, playing good rugby and touted by many as being contenders for the title. FC beat them, but on here we beat them because they didn't play well. I think people are so blinkered about Agar (and I can understand their frustrations) that they refuse to see how Hull are winning. They are beating teams up at the ruck - big packs like Cats (and quite a good job on Wigan before the players' ridiculous mistakes that I'm sure weren't in Agar's game plan) - with quite simple but effective drives. However, they are also putting moves on in the 20 that they weren't doing while we were waiting for Long to return, as well as playing good broken field rugby and backing up etc. Then we are going on in the second half as well - but this is down to the foundations laid in the first half where we dominate the middle of the park and tire the opposition. Warrington's pack will be a test but I don't think FC's pack will be afraid of them.

Another thing levelled at the team is that they haven't beat teams above them. Well , in the last three games they have done that twice.

Now, like it or not, the team are playing well and the simple fact of the matter is that it is down to coaching. I understand the reluctance to presume this can carry on against Warrington, Wigan, Leeds, Saints, Huddersfield but I'm going to see them play the game before I judge to see if they can continue improving (even without Tickle, Fitz, Long and Gleeson).

Btw, as an aside, how many of Hull's tries in the last 3 matches have been from kicks? I know the league average is around the 20% mark but I think we've scored 3 (one against Cats and 2 against Cas). We obviously aren't completing our sets because otherwise our tries would come from a kick on the end of the five drives.

bradford also "ripped" crusaders defence apart and leeds "ripped" castleford's defence apart and they struggled to beat wakefiled the week before