Agree with just about all of this.

Especially about the senior players who need to show a bit more.

For the sake of the careers of a few of the finge players, it maybe worth then either leaving or going out on loan for a season to see if regular game time will improve them. Although I would not class Hadley as a frinnge player, the year he had at Wakey did him the world of good.

We need to free up some cap space to sign an other prop, unless either Mini or Manu are going to go into the front row.

The whole season has been a disaster. I said at the time I thought the Oz trip was a bad idea. We spent a week on holiday, lost against wigan, picked up some injuries then came back and lost a couple of games we would likely have won had we not had the trip. get some suspensions, get some more injuries, sell our 2nd best forward to a near rival, get some more injuries, suspensions etc. Lose loads of away games, get some more injuries, crash out of the cup due to bad disipline, get some more injuries, the season fizzles out, we don't sign anyone new.

Dog shiit

The season never got going for us and is about to end. Let's hope we can still shift plenty of season passes on the back of it

Why do players seemingly fit and healthy 'underperform', why does a team of players underperform/not do things right?
There's continual comments about lack of basic skills like passing
There's continual discussion about all the things I mentioned in my first post plus plenty more where the team doesn't seem to get it right or we go from rocks to diamonds and back again.
Yes there are injuries, yes they disrupt partnerships and you are bringing in a subtly lower quality of player most of the time, however how a team performs on the day is more to do with the coach and that preparation/everything that goes on before a game, during training, during the pre season and even in the off season than it is with the players on the pitch managing their performance individually.

this is why a sports psychologist is massively important, I'll keep saying it and people will still call it bullcrap despite the evidence, go ask a world cup winning coach (that'll be Clive Woodward btw) how important mental preparation is and how players need sports psychologists to get the best out of them.

The question is, could this team win the GF

Shaul
Faraimo
Carlos
Connor
talanoa
Kelly
Sneyd
Green
Houghton
Taylor
Manu
Mini
Westy

Bowden
Paea
Griffin
Hadley

I think it could

I think alongside Radders in a sole attacking coach role he'd be great. No real pressure on him and he's certainly got the pedigree in that side of the game.

I'd rather have someone from outside the Hull bubble. I doubt that there are any plans to add to the coaching team though.

Next season? We’re prop short to help out Taylor, carrying the front row majority of the time. And a back rower short, start of season I would of loved to of kept Manu but he’s missing too many games now. Mini just isn’t effective enough anymore, did nothing first few months of season and hasn’t stepped up enough. Would of kept one of them but keeping both is going backwards.

It would be nice to see that team this season Dave, it would take some beating

Wasn’t Brett Hodgson close to joining the coaching team a couple of years ago?
Must have identified the need.

Sorry but no.

Time to get brutal - Both Paea and Bowden should be released and two quality front rowers need to be signed (Bienek could be one but i doubt it as hes too young and inexperienced) - then we'll challenge

Bowden looks a decent player

He is, was brilliant in 2016/17. Madness to suggest him getting released

It's great saying release them both, but is there better out there that we could sign?

That team is as good as any this season, apart from Saints and if the lose Barba next year it would seriously weaken them.

I'd love to sign a couple of top forwards but I'm not due great out there and available, has anyone signed any for next season?