i thought we looked good when we slung the ball about
defence wasnt bad in the first half as we must have had 3 attemps on our line and it took them about 20 mins to get on the score sheet
plenty of dropped ball when near their line
silly penalties
not a bad run out to blow the cobwebs off
weve had 3 yrs of poor coaching and bad management to overcome
theres lots to improve on but i think we`ll get there...its a marathon not a sprint

Didn't go today, oh well

Kept up with the score and listened to bits, but was always going to be tough with 8 new players, a large squad playing, first game together and some massive changes in the off-season. By the sounds of it we didn't sound too bad For a first game and I expect us to improve for Sunday, my first game of the season so looking forward to it.

Think McKinnon will improve this greatly from previous seasons. He was buzzing round the back of the play the ball similar to the way Brent Webb does. He was on Manu's shoulder when he broke the line in the first half but whether Willie was able to see him or not with all the white shirts around him I don't know. (Complete joke btw. How was that allowed happen?)

A couple of things that I'll be keeping an eye out but will only really judge them when we're 10 games into the season or so.

pattern of play - has it really changed under a better who wants us to play an expansive game.
Will we have a plan B when our first plan of attack isn't working.
Support play - will we back up breaks or even see Mckinnon sometimes hanging around the PTB ready to be on the shoulder of the hooker/HB. I expect McKinnon to do this tbh. But would expect plenty of support play from now on.
Kicking game - With Seymour, Ellis and Heremaia in the team it should be hell of alot better than previous seasons.
Quick PTB and winning the tussle on the floor. This shouldn't of needed to of been a problem as it should of already been happening.

Like I said these are things that I'm hoping to be improved throughout the season, it's just unbelievable that we are poor at all of the above.

FC lose a game of rugby to some banjo players?... your season is doomed!!!

You started like a house on fire! We were caught in the headlights a bit and seemed to struggle when you got back to back sets. Think the errors both sides made will be cleared up over the next couple of weeks. Glad we have a week break to recover from that hit out because it looked pretty bruising!

O'Meley looks to have put more bulk on and Lynch didn't look as trim as he did at Bradford. Not a pop about recent stories this just some of your posts about being a bit small in the forwards, maybe these two have been told to bulk up so this isn't a problem?

Mentally I think the fact your fans were leaving early and didn't exactly stay in numbers to clap them off could effect your side. When they saw how jubilant the Rovers fans were and staying well after the final hooter I would be surprised if they were not a tad envious of that. Not that they'd want to come play at Rovers (naturally they'd love to haha!) but that they'd want that feeling of joy and not being walked out on by the people who pay their wages.

Our pre-season has been costly but encouraging to be honest. Fev showed our youngsters have some rough diamonds among them. Wigan we saw a glimps of what we could expect but only 40mins of first team action then today we saw that we are a bit rusty but have a good level of skill in there. My point here is that 3 friendlies were a must for us reguardless of injuries, especially because of how many new staff both on and off the pitch there are. You will see more from your side at the Bradford game and I think you'll look much better by round 3 or 4 where combinations really will stick.

One other minor thing, we are not celebrating like we won the grand final, we are celebrating like you do when you beat us because it does mean something to the fans, "friendly" or not! If it didn't mean anything why did a large portion of your supporters walk out in disgust? Yet it is wrong for our fans to celebrate?!

Think you might be [islightly [/iover-analysing it.

Winning supporters happy, losing supporters a tad cheesed off. I think all players understand that.

Don't worry, they'll soon see that's normal behaviour at your place

I wouldn't be too despondant if I were a Hull FC fan. It was the first time a lot of the players have touched a ball in anger tbh. The rovers first team had a minimum of 40 minutes last week so were that bit sharper. Hull FC started the game well and had a 10 minute spell in the 2nd half where they looked good. The errors and the penalties will reduce with match sharpness and I expect Hull to give a better performance next week.

Here's hoping both teams have a good season.

More cheap shots in this than a team full of Cockaynes.

Or Radford's.

hornes place in the team will be under threat from ellis as the season progresses

I think your being very generous using the word slightly

Today Hull were out played, out enthused and out coached.

No change there then.