thats what i thought, and that we would win at least one play off game, still think we can do this

Our league position is where I expected us to be, but our form is far from what I expect. This season feels like 2010, where we finished in a decent position and won some good games, yet it all fizzled out early.

Fair enough, welcome back anyway.

As has been talked about previously, we have dropped around 8 competition points this season by losing games in the last 10 minutes of matches. It's all ifs and buts, however sort them out with some better players and momentum and we're up there.

Gosh the number of lapsed FC posters suddenly resuming posting on here tonight is unbelievable. Literally.

Never expected anything from this season. There's been games we have looked great, and games where it's the same old FC. With the new owner/back room staff I fully expect us to really kick on after this year.

That's it, jam tomorrow. Roll up roll up.

BTW McRae DOES give you something, mouth trousers and serial failure.

Pearson will have to suss him out, maybe he will sometime. On average Pearson stays at a club for 3 years. But of course he loves Hull so much more than all the others.

Good to see you back, Babness, been a while. Perhaps understandably since your detailed critique of both sides' first half of the season fixtures and how Rovers greater proportion of home games in the second half would inevitably even things up and see Rovers finish above FC. That went well.

Jam tomorrow, fair call, we've had it for years. But it could be worse. We could be further down the table. We could have a board talking of making significant cuts, of making backward steps. We could have our premium academy breakthrough player having a dialogue breakdown with the chairman as he can't see the potential at the club. A question. Hull will likely finish 7th this year, Rovers 8th. Where do you think each will finish next season, and why?

Last week we were awesome. This week we were sh7t.

Not a lot else to add, apart from the players need to take a long look at themselves.

Tonight was awful and the players should hang their heads in shame. However it's maybe not a bad thing, it's a big kick at the right time and may act as a spur for the playoffs.

His Bobness seems to have gone "offline"

He's probably gone off to put together next season's under budget squad in his little scrapbook !! LOL

Sorry but it's that sort of stupid comment that I believe must reflect the way the players see it. We were not awesome , we have never been awesome , for at least 7 years and probably 30. We have had a handful of reasonable performances this year but often it's been the poor opposition performance that has given us the win. Our points difference is testimony to that. Tonight our players seemed to think that they had indeed been awesome last week when in fact Catalans were proportionately as far off their pace as we were off ours tonight. It worries me that we seem to constantly believe in our own publicity and the supposed quality of the opposition instead of simply working hard on our performance. It seems to matter not whether the pkayers are experienced , young , local , antipodean or english journeymen , they all think they are great if they win , have the wrong attitude the following week and play like a park team when they come up against "inferior" opposition. This is regardless of who wears the shirt , who is coaching and who is the owner. It looks to be a malaise of Hull FC and God only knows how we get rid of it. I hope Gentle does.

Been wondering , to myself for a few weeks , whether PG is the man for us to bring silverware ?
AP will give him all of next season unless we struggle in 1st half of the season

I can understand the disappointment however for me the season is not over yet I think we can win a play-off game and that is progress.
I like Gentle and I have been impressed with some of his additions to the team this year, Pitts & Watts and how he has blooded the youngsters. The crux of our problems is the same as it has been for years no decent h/backs, if we get Holdsworth & Chase next year I believe our fortunes will change and we will see how good Gentle really is, the bloke is having to coach and play some players this year who simply are not good enough and are unlikely to feature next year.