Cert good news for us. Still a lot of good players and still a big danger IMO. COYH

We have a big solid squad, it's a long season, so a bit of squad rotation should help keep players fresh, shouldn't it?

Not a bonus for me, was looking forward to seeing taylor in action against pritchard, manu, both have dealt with him well in the nrl, playing more front row for cats, would of liked seeing watts and taylor getting stuck in to him too. Fancied us anyway, more so now, im disappointed their missing some big players

As an RL fan, I was looking forward to seeing the likes of Carney and Taylor playing in the flesh. As a Hull fan, I'm over the moon they're not part of the squad for this weekend. Wish them a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing them play again soon.

Used to be a 6 in his early years

Taylor missing is a big boost for us and goes some way to make up for the loss of Ellis and Minichiello.

Not that bothered about watching other club's stars in the flesh, to be honest.

Fair play to you, but for me, anything that gives Hull FC an advantage I am all for.

i'd take an ugly win over an exciting loss for my team any day of the week.

Hopefully not too serious, he was great on Sunday.

From a personal point of view , I'd have liked to have seen both Carney & Taylor play on Friday . Shame their not but might just make things a little less harder tomorrow .

Ultimately I want us to win and the opposition being weakened helps but personally I also want to watch the best rugby I can and see the best players when I get the opportunity so disappointed inu, taylor and carney are missing from that perspective

I'll wait for a few trophies on the sideboard before I worry about harlem globetrotter type stuff

Good for you. I'm sure there are plenty of basketball teams around but I enjoy watching good quality rugby games and that means team fielding their best players. Nothing to do with basketball as far as I'm aware. It also means I hate watching wigan who's only game plan is to strangle the life out of the game

From a personal point of view I wish Catalans were playing their Under 19s.

Same here.

If people want to see Carney and Taylor "in the flesh" they could always go to watch them play someone else.

You are a person of contradiction then. You want to live in that ideal world were you support a successful team that plays champagne rugby against the best there is out there.

If you going to be so pedantic to try and undermine an analogy for throwing the ball about, at least have the decency to appreciate a champion team who have proved they have play and win in a variety of ways and not simply "strangle the life out of the game". You being such a purist I'd have thought you would appreciate that



Still back on topic, I'd rather see us win than be one of those who like to see us be glorious in defeat. Each to their own eh....

You miss the point completely (seems a trait for accountants on here). I support Hull but enjoy watching the game and want to watch good quality rugby no matter who plays it, even if we're not involved.

You're the only one mentioning defeats. Why do you accountants have to make things up? Anyone would think you wanted to be a barrister really

Accountants live in a world completely alien to everyone else. Or rather, they have a different take on life to everyone else. Too busy ticking boxes. The fact they don't really need to be ticked is what matters.

have to say I want us playing the weakest possible version of any team. I'll watch my 'good rugby' on the NRL streams. I must be an accountant.

I agree, just don't like accountants as been out with two

Personally I wanted to see how our forwards handled taylor but each to their own. Pray a few saints players get injured this week so we have a better chance in the cup

Someone I knew in school back in Deutschland right back in the day wanted to be an accountant. Who wants to be an accountant when they are like 12?? :-/

Good on you haha

Completely agree was really looking forward to seeing that battle, We beat them in france with taylor, no reason we wouldn't of tonight, just wanted to see it live

One of my mates wanted to be a dentist... a dentist!

I see what you mean, as a player I loved going up against bigger lads and trying to win the battle, but as an FC fan I just want us winning games before I think about anything else, for now anyways.

You are aware that simply typing FACT doesn't make it so aren't you?

Your rant above is nothing more than your personal opinion, which you are, of course, entitled to have. But please don't think that all you need to type is FACT and it suddenly becomes so.