are the young first team players good enough you would think agar doesnt think so?, absolute perfect oppitunity to try a few of them out and give players the week of because from now depending on how well we do in the cup we might not even get another week without playing and this 1 weeks rest for some players would of been vital. id rather beat oldham by 20 with some youngsters playing rather then by 50-60 with a full strengh side out

Well Said.

Agreed, better for some fringe players to get some tough experience and win small than it be a training lark with injuries and win by 50....
it will be no cake walk , this is their world cup final remember.....

personally i think the club lacks depth in the youth system and its no suprise that we hardly see any players go out on loan and like i say perfect oppitunity this week to give the likes of cunningham,kent,green,lynne ect a run out at a better level and see where there at because clearly they are to good to be playing 20s but because the lack of depth and with the 20s playing i reckon that was another reason for not playing the young ones. surley a game for the players i mentioned playing in the first team at the kc ect in the challenge cu is better for the club and the players then fielding a weaker team for the 20s on the same day

www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=17180 pretty strong squad

www.hullfc.com/newsarticle.aspx?n=17180 pretty strong squad

you know I would personally have given the likes of pearce and Crooks 15 mins each and one or two others...
lets face it the CC is important and a great day out but the SL is the cherry we need right now .....anyway the squad is as it is and looks strong enough anyway to win easily but not comfortably, i see this being a game of flashpoints

tbh i do think we will win comfortably with the squad were putting out, oldham are quite a poor team probably worse then donny who we beat quite easy with a mixed side in pre season but i suppose we will just see and hopefully get a good draw in the next round

phelps
whiting
gleeson
turner
sharp
horne
obst
dowes
washbrook
moa
kent
manu
westerman

radford
lauaki
cunningham
lynne

briscoe, yeaman, fitz and ogre will be playing in the england v exiles game, so would be wise to give them a rest now.
houghton and tickle both deserve a rest

You do know that 3 of those players in your team arent even in the squad.

i do, this is what should have been done, so keep your wig on baldy

I agree that some should have been in but not half the squad that some was posting on here......Aldous is in but Bowden should have been and Lynee in for Briscoe but apart from that...have got a very good squad out,we are actually playing well and a good game to try out a few moves and formations.

Dont wear a wig as i like my bonce.

Very surprised to see such a strong squad. Tickle, Houghton and Horne definitely need a break. I would also consider resting Yeaman, Briscoe and Moa.
Oldham are mid table, in the lowest professional league. We don't need our best 17 out, not by a long shot.
It's a long season and other teams like Wire and Hudds have the luxury of rotating their squads. We don't have the squad to do that, so we need to take our chances to rest players when we can.

theres no need for yeamen,briscoe,horne,tickle,manu,fitz,ogre,houghton all these should deffo be rested and given the week of refreshed ready to go again for the rest of the season as may be playing every week if we do well in the cup. perfect oppitunity to play a few youngsters, oldham are a very poor side worse then donny and we comfortable beat them in pre season with a mixed side with youngsters.

Maybe some of the players mentioned who fans believe "definitely need a rest" would much prefer not to have a rest but instead want to stay match hardened and match fit now that they are in the middle of the season ? Having time off from games could actually make it harder when they return than if they carry on playing on a weekly basis. If players have been playing with injury then they definitely shouldn't be making things worse but otherwise why rest ? In addition if the players have as a group targeted the CC as one of their goals then maybe they've bought into playing in every game to achieve that. Don't know for sure but just thoughts.

FC have altered there Squad bringing in Kent, Crooks and Lyne. So i expect all three to make the 17.