No brainer for me Shaul comes into the 17 for the Widnes game and he has 3 games to show Gentle he is worth a spot in Wembley 17 or not.

If we dont give the young players the opportunity and go back to putting square pegs in round holes we will never progress or compete, Shaul is a FB and should be given the chance to replace our injured FB otherwise why have young lads if we are not going to play them in their positions when an injury/opening occurs?

Feel for Shannon as he has done well for us.

Gutted for Shannon, had a good season.

But

Door now open for Shaul, and he's looked good so why not.

And there is always Sir Rich just in case.

Sad for Shannon but we will cope.

That's brushing it off rather lightly I'd say.
Top tackle buster only to Tompkins in the whole league, n Tompkins n handbury only fullbacks to make more metres n only 16 errors in the whole season which must be among the lowest in his position. It's a blow if he's out. Shaul would need to be solid defensively/highball etc, n generally sensational to get selected for Wembley. Horne will do a great job but still won't provide what Shannon has this yr

Gutted for Shannon.

If fit I would play Horne there, good for Gentle too as it means he doesn't have to pick two from three at halfback.

Thats a bad deal for McDonnell, he must be gutted

I would not bank on Horney being back before the final or even the end of the season the injury is taking a long time to heal.

A common problem with Diabetes

So lets give the young lad a run out

Jamie - Played 2 Won 2 Tries 5

That's some record. For me he should have the next 3 matches to prove he's the man for the job. Good luck to him.

I feel bad for McDonnell to be missing the final after all the hard work he has put in this season. I was a bit uncertain about him when we signed him from Rovers - I knew he was good in attack but I was unsure about him under the high ball - but he's proven to be very safe and has really impressed me.

It's now up to Shaul to claim his place in the team for the remainder of the season. We know he has quality - he showed that in his last game - now he just needs to show consistency.

Shaul has to prove in the next few games that he's a better choice than Horne for fullback in the final.

Terrible news for McDonnel, possibly his last chance of a Wembley appearanace, and apart from the odd game has been quality all season, bad loss for us.

Agree Shaul should get chance to prove himself and Gentle has confirmed he will start at FB on Friday, Horne injury still has no time scale and PG stated he would want him playing at least one game before Wembley to be considered at FB. Whiting IMO has to play from the bench at Wembley for utility value.

Regarding Shaul's record I'd disregard the cup game against NW Crusaders, but he was impressive in his one SL game away at Wakey, hope we see that kind of form on Fri night

Far from it , But we are in a better position to cope with these situations now than in previous seasons !.

That's true. Bit worried Horne won't make it. He doesn't know himself how long he'll be. Derby game could be good for shaul if he's to bag a Wembley spot. He'd get bombed, smashed n tested to the max in that.
Whiting did a job the other day but we need pace n attacking threat from full back really.

Me too. This is a real opportunity for him to stake his claim

Massive, massive opportunity for Shaul. I hope he can make it pay and give us a selection headache.

Jamie Shaul please. Sick of this square pegs and round holes nonsense at Hull FC. Other clubs - Wigan, Leeds - I see a player getting injured and a kid I've never heard of replacing him. Last time we went to Wembley our half backs were Tommy Lee (mediocre hooker) and Danny Washbrook (sack of nothing). Shannon McDonnell is our full back and if he's injured then Jamie Shaul is our full back and that's how it should be.

I'm surprised you guys wouldn't want Whiting in at fullback again to replace McDonnell. Of course you've seen far more of him than I have but I thought he was fantastic on Sunday.