I agree, but if Hull are good at one thing they love to go over the top at saying how good a player is or how poor they are after a few game, think this is what has happened with both Rapana and Knight.


I'd keep both Rapana and Cartwright over Knight, I know Jed has had his injuries but think both have a bigger impact for team than Knight.


Think we need another prop, but think there's more chance of getting a good domestic prop than a back or backrower.

I rewatched the incident and have to say I still think red was harsh and I feel yellow was more appropriate. In watching its clear to me that in the split second Cust gets caught is two minds as to avoid the collision which was unavoidable. 

I?d also listen to a seasoned pro like Whiting as he is RL through and through and knows the game. 


Then less than 2 hours later Mbye puts a clear shot with his shoulder to the head but is deemed a yellow due to mitigation of the Wigan player dropping. 
For me that seemed a more intentional hit than the collision between Cust & Morgue. 



To add insult to the situation Hargreaves?s in full view of the supposed assistant ref throws a deliberate punch at Asiata which makes direct contact with the head. Yet there is nothing done or reviewed about that and by letter of the law striking is a red card, so why nothing?

Obviously disappointed to lose the Derby, but considering we played with 12 men for 65 mins, that was a very good performance. I watched the game back last night and our play 40-60 mins was excellent. We had them on the back them on the back foot and some of their players were blowing. However, with 12 men you are always at risk at been exposed and that what Rovers did with the Batchelor try.

No complaints about the Cust sending off. Thought that in the ground and also watching it back on TV. At least as bad as Senior at Cas the other week, so I?m expecting at least a 2 match ban to follow. I noticed him sarcastically applaud the referee as he came off at the end of the game. Didn?t like that. If Cust stays on, we potentially win that game yesterday. 


Great to see the overall improvement this season and a pleasure to see our improved defence and attacking options. Certainly expect our general thoughts of 8th this season, being upgraded to a play off spot. Just need to improve our discipline, as someone else mentioned, on top of yesterday?s red we have had a spate of yellow cards recently, which is primarily down to the players not the referee.


Happier times ahead though and nice to see us competing again.

Hello Easty, been a little while since we've seen you around these parts!


You're right in that Lewis, having taken a fair amount of stick, is entitled to give a little bit back, but I think he needs to be careful he doesn't find himself in a running battle with opposition supporters every time he takes to the field, especially in a derby game. I just think he would be best served concentrating on his game and rising above any flak that's coming his way, think it will serve him better in the long run.


If our players were flicking the finger towards your section then that falls into the same category in my mind. It's becoming a growing trend in the game and I think we need to be careful it doesn't get out of hand. In games like yesterday there can be a few hot-heads in the crowd, not always in control of themselves. I'd hate for us to have an incident where an idiot charges onto the pitch to deliver his own retribution to a player he doesn't like, but I can see it happening if this is left unchecked.


Think it's even worse in football, with players deliberately celebrating in front of opposition fans in a provocative manner (Jamie Vardy is a chief culprit here). Believe there was an incident at full-time a couple of weeks back (may have been Plymouth at Sheffield Utd.) which nearly sparked a riot. Sooner or later an idiot will take matters into his own hands.


I Remember that around 15 years ago that Clint Newton, when he was playing for you, had a running banter with Fc fans, but I always thought he stayed on the right side of humorous, giving back just enough of what he was receiving. I just felt that Lewis yesterday was straying too far over the line, seemingly never missing an opportunity to stoke up South or East stand. He's a fine player no doubt about that, among the best 2/3 in SL at the moment, but think it would be best if Peters had a quiet word with him to focus on his game and let his actions on the pitch do the talking for him.


A lot of players before Lewis have had to take stick from opposition fans, I can remember Ellery Hanley being pilloried by a Hull crowd with what today would undoubtedly be classed as racist abuse (this was the 1980s!!!), but they simply got on with playing their own game and shrugged it off as par for the course. You're right in that why should the invective all be one way, but players ultimately can't win if they find themselves embroiled in a running argument with a baying mob. The best way for Lewis to quieten any crowd, be it Fc or anyone else, is to deliver on the pitch and walk off with his head held high. He's asking for trouble if he continues acting like he did yesterday. I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is in today's game, and indeed in wider society in general.

With regards to Lewis' antics as said before he's got every right to give a bit back especially if some of the chanting was about his young child (absolutely no place for that, it's a bloody game of rugby) but he needs to reel it in. 


The way the game is sanitised now he knows he can get away with his behavior, 15/20 years ago he'd have been belted into the middle of next week but now the game is tailored to arrogant little clowns like that because they know they'll get away with it.

Yes, agree with all of the above.
At 0-10 and a man down I was fearing the worse, but we regrouped superbly and in that 40-60 minute period it was difficult to see that we were a man down. It was a very even contest at that point, in fact if anything we were the ones with the wind in our sails, but the effort caught up with us and we couldn't scramble once too often when Batchelor scored, which lifted the pressure valve for them somewhat. Thought the Hargreaves try, off a mistake, put a little gloss on their win.


We'll never know what the outcome would have been if it had stayed a 13v13 contest, would we have played with the same intensity? who knows. Looking back now, think that Morgue's try just before the break was crucial. 4-16 felt like a very different score to 4-10. Think it would have been very interesting if we had been ahead on the hour mark, but it's all ifs and buts now!


Like you say, happier times ahead and after the horror show of 2024 it is simply nice to see us competing once more.

Avoiding the quote thing as it drags in a full page but deffo thought Cust's was a red. JWH should be in bother for that direct punch to the head on Asiata.

Surprised we didn't go for a 3rd captains challenge when Asiata got pinged for tickling Lewis after the kick

I'm 100% confident nothing will even be mentioned about the JWH punch, despite an official been 4 feet away and it being on clear video.

I don't think were that far behind rovers considering were we where last season . Another cycle of recruitment on top of the players we currently have and we should be up there imo . 

Pro sportsmen will get grief and should be able to take it. The issue with Lewis is he runs around acting like a 5 year old on the pitch. He needs to mature and he'll be a much better player for it. Wane has spoken about how it's the reason he doesn't put him in thee england side as first choice. The best thing he could do would be get out of hull and go spend some time in an environment in the nrl where his antics aren't tolerated.


Hull will overtake rovers in a couple of years.  You saw yesterday how massive we are. 16-17k fans and owners worth half a billion. We dwarf you in terms of potential and the owners are here for the club, not investment land.

Hasbag: I'm 100% confident nothing will even be mentioned about the JWH punch, despite an official been 4 feet away and it being on clear video.

It needs as many people as possible to tag the RFL and the press into the evidence to try and force their hand. Although that's still no guarantee that they'll act on it.