Conner hasn't performed once when starting in the halves, he's constantly looked like a square peg in a round hole. He's a top earner at this club and needs to start producing on s regular basis, personally I'd cash in on him.

I wonder if the club actually made Kelly an offer to stay , He might re-think about leaving !!!.

It's a tricky one this , Been left with two halves who rarely perform constantly . New Coach and new broom and all that .

I think Kelly has been wanting to return home for a few years I don't see him changing his mind. We need to look at getting in a genuine leader, someone respected and admired by fellow players. Despite his age Benji Marshall ticks those boxes, we need a talisman.

Agree with your statement on Connor. We had no one managing the game and I don’t see him bossing it. I like him as a player but he’s annoying gob e which I love when he’s needling the opposition but he’s been seen chirping at his team mates. Being a gob e doesn’t afford you automatic authority or respect. We must play him in his best position but he wants to be in the halves. I’d put him in the back but he may just sulk.

If your assessment of him is accurate he’s not the sort of person any team would want in their side.

He might think about leaving for another S/L club where he can showcase his skills

Then as several others have said get rid whilst he is under contract.
Wanting to see more of the ball doesnt make you a good halfback.
His best position is centre but he still lacks the pace to be classed as a top centre

no but i think it was eight.
Last five minutes we gave away three in a row followed by a penalty

Satae is not on the field long enough to make a difference
Last is following the same Radford approach with him playing limited minutes off the bench.
playing 20 minutes is not good enough
Last game 6 mintues before half time and approx 15 minutes in the second half with very few carries.
If you need to build someones engine then you have to play for longer.

Interesting post on Leigh site saying Bienek has been released with Scott
So as i keep saying when we are so short of front row forwards why isnt he given a chance?

Status of Existing Squad
1 Greg McNally
2 Ryan Ince
3 Iain Thornley - signed for 2021
4 Junior Sau
5 Adam Higson
6 Ben Reynolds - gone to Toulouse
7 Jarrod Sammutt
8 Nathan Mason - signed for 2021
9 Liam Hood - signed for 2021
10 Mark Ioane
11 Ben Hellewell - signed for 2021
12 Andy Thornley
13 Danny Addy - thought to have signed for Salford
14 Matty Wilde
15 Jordan Thompson - signed for 2021
16 Sam Brooks - gone to Swinton
17 Josh Woods
18 Tom Spencer - signed for 2021
19 Martyn Ridyard - gone to Swinton
20 Liam Forsyth - gone to Swinton
21 Nick Glohe - returned to Australia
22 Craig Mullen
23 Callum Field - gone to Featherstone
24 Brad Holroyd
25 Cameron Scott - loan period ended back to Hull
26 Lewis Bienek - loan period ended back to Hull
27 Alex Gerrard - signed for 2021
28 Ryan Shaw

New Additions for 2021
Adam Walker - signed for 2021 from Salford
Blake Wallace - signed for 2021 from Toronto
Jamie Ellis - signed for 2021 from Hull KR
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Confirm it was 8. We received 2 in each half. Warrington 3 in first half and 5 second.

FC obviously mess about a lot at the play the ball. Teams tend to do that when they are losing.

For me the loss to Warrington just showed more evidence that for far too long Hull FC coaching has relied on individual player talent rather than implementing and instilling playing structures into the team ethos. Its clearly evident that once we lose a couple of key players we struggle in game situations as we just do not look like an organised team and it the fall back is back to individual play, When you look at St's for example they can lose a number of key players yet the still play to the same style and structure and players that come in slot in as though they are regulars. This just doesn't seem to happen with Hull as it just looks like they've never played together.
This is another reason why we are probably so inconsistent as we rely on the performance of individuals rather than the sum of the components in the team.

The philosophy has to change and Last as interim and/or whoever will be the Coach needs to put proper structures in place so no matter who plays we have purpose and a clear idea of what we are doing in the 80 mins.

I seem to remember something Peter Gentle said while he was here in an interview about something along these lines in that the players we had at the time were struggling to grasp what he was asking them to do and change the way we play and just wonder if this is what he meant and was trying to change.

There were some very strange refereeing decisions though.

For example, Griffin jumps for a high kick, the ball is stripped from his arms while he's still in the air, and Thaler says Griffin knocked on.