If you say so, I suggest you watch the game again.

One thing which has not been mentioned on the forum about last night's game is the kicking by both sides. In this aspect Hull were clearly second best. Gale was able to direct his up and unders high and accurate. Apart from Talanoa's unfortunate lapse Hull defended this bombardment well. Invariably, however, the player defending the kick, usually Shaul, was dumped to the ground where he caught the ball, immediately putting the team under pressure and on the backfoot. Hull's up and unders, on the other hand, were not so well directed or accurate. The team was not able to get up quick enough to attack the defending player, who was mostly able to return the ball 10 metres or so before being tackled.

In recent games Connor has been putting in the up and unders with no little skill. The Hull attackers were able to get up on the defender and put him under pressure. Why did Connor not do some of the kicking last night?

The same problem when attacking the line. Gales kicks were varied, accurate and mostly along the ground. Again Hull did well to defend these, but you always felt that they were under pressure and a try would come at any moment. Hull's kicking strategy on the sixth tackle was woeful. I cannot remember one occasion when Cas appeared to be pressurised from the type of kicks to which Gale was subjecting Hull.

Radford wants Hull to be more savvy when attacking. An improved kicking game would help.

In my opinion Hull were the better team last night, but they do constantly shoot themselves in the foot. Gifting sides like Cas easy tries (they did it in the cup tie as well) is not clever, especially when Hull seem to have to work for their tries. The more Hull concede easy tries the more opponents will turn up expecting Christmas to arrive at some time in the game.

This is one of the benefits to cas with the shorter pitch. they are invariably kicking in the opposition half on the last tackle so can put in high bombs and be on the defender quickly. With a full sized pitch they just don't have that luxury and players like talanoa and fonua will have plenty of time to field the ball and get some momentum before the defence get to them



The kicking was a lot better in the 2nd half and we had a try disallowed that came from a kick. We also forced 4 GLDO's to cas' 1 (I think). I honestly never really felt that they were looking like scoring either from general play or kicks. The only one they scored from was an error due to the wet conditions and wouldn't have been scored if it were dry. You've also got to remember it was only sneyd's 2nd game back after a month out and he'll take time to find his feet again



I agree about the errors and we also seem to concede in the 2 or 3 minutes before half time. For all of their flashy play, I don;t think cas are as good as us if both sides are at full strength and play to their best.

We also have to remember that we were playing the much vaunted best team in the Northern hemisphere so I'm just glad we didn't ship the 44 points they average at home

Much bitter and twistedness on here. I can't wait for HKR to return to super league. Being your derby game is not much fun. A decent ref last night and Cas would have been out out of sight.

Ah the irony!!!!!!

Another 5 minutes and I think Hull win the game.

Realistically, I think the LLS is our best shot at silverware and with an home semi we should have a shot of the GF. Would not want to play you in semi though. Very good team when you turn it on.

Not the usual turn out for Hull at Cas, was that down to the fixture switch you think?

Your posting history is so cross. Relax, like Scotty here after the quarter final.

Cas and Hull fans used to love each other. It is a sad time right now.

Haha I still love you all, but its a good sign , a rivalry at the right end of the table , for all the right reasons

lack of respect for each other doesnt help atm


cas fans using excuses when we have beaten them twice

fc fans not giving cas enough credit for their excellent season so far

bound to happen

... it could have been a lot worse - cas might have lost.

Hull have beaten us twice by being the better team.

Cas won on Friday because they were the better team.

Simples

Not sure why Cas fans used excuses when you beat us. You were the better team in both games and your pack absolutely dominated us. Last night we were probably the slightly better team overall. Specially for 60minutes then you just left it a little late.

Good post

Only two points separate 2nd to 5th in the league.
One of Hull, Salford, Leeds or Wakefield will miss out.
I wonder if Cas will start resting players against teams they want to be in the top four (Wakefield)?