Maybe he can't swim

Maybe he doesn't need to as it appears he can walk on water. Well played Radders.

Well on Monday with Horne carrying a knock Ellis will likely start, that will benefit us against a big a Huddersfield pack who we need to turn around and tire out. I dont expect a win however after yesterday anything is posssible.

We haven't beaten Hudds in a few games now and I think this will be as much of a bench mark of our improvement, as if we beat Leeds or Wigan.

Hudds are the benchmark team so far, they have to be as they are the ones at the top of the league.

Is it reasonable to expect to beat the league leaders on their own patch on Easter Monday? We did last year

No

But the good thing is we can still improve, we look solid in defence, playing as a unit and for each other and as the confidence grows the classy tries and moves are coming.

At last the teams potential seems to be coming through with the right guidence from the top, coach and captain this team has all the right signs of becoming a very good team and with more shrewd signings being promised it all looks good.

Not forgetting Andy Hay`s input which people tend to overlook.

This.

This "benchmark" stuff is utter rubbish.

If you can't see the obvious talent in this team against any current SuperLeague opposition then your daft. If we loose against Hudds on Monday and this board gets flooded with people saying that we are pretenders it will be really frustrating.

I'm watching a Hull FC team that is improving every game - some of the posts on here read like we have reached our potential already and that everybody else has kinda yet to catch up.

I'm not holding my breath mate.

Indeed. Sounds trendy though.

Oh I know it will happen.

I've not seen anything this season, from any other team that I think we can't compete against - I'm not saying we are going to win every game and there will be no hiccups, but everything is there for a big season imo - confidence is key.