ITS HAMMERING TIME AGAIN. SAME OLD FACES SAME OLD MOVES ONLY ONE FEAR TOM BRISCOE. ONLY DECENT PLAYER THUNDER HAVE. THE AWESOME POWER OF OUR PACK WILL MEAN NO BALL IN HAND FOR TOM.

If we go into the game with the wrong attitude, we are likely to be beat! Our squad does look in far better shape at the moment and player for player, we are the better team. I was confident about beating them every game last season but it turns out we lost both league matches but won the one that really counted, so I am again very confident we will turn them over in Cardiff.

O'Meley is the man for them, led them superbly last season and barring injury he will do that again for them this year.

A side against Hull always must be wary that Houghton and Briscoe are two very dangerous players. Similarly O'Meley and Fitzgibbon can be devastating. However, there are a few too many weak links in Hull's side - both halves have seen better days, and the likes of radford, yeaman, whiting, washbrook are possibly living on yesterdays form, and lauaki has several times (not just against rovers) proven more dangerous for his own side than the opposition with his discipline. This creates an imbalance in Hulls side.

We know what we are getting with the likes of Newton, Galea, Murrel, Vella, Cinton, Webster, Fox etc.
The only question mark for me (not a bad thing, just an unknown quanitiy) is Green. Nobody can say what this guy is going to do, unlike Mason, we know what he is capable of doing.

Looking forward to a very exciting season.

If our halves turn up we will win the game.

Too right, it worked well last time out.

A Horne and Long partnership might have had the opposition terrified a few years ago, not so much now(I'm afraid for you guys!).

Last season you also came out with a load of tosh, then went missing most of the year...same again me thinks!

No need to be...believe me

I think we will finish 5th but the top 6 should be a little clear of 7th and 8th in the final standings. The top 4 is not out of our reach though.

I just think our squad is superior, we have added in positions that need strengthening and we have a quality coach.

Were have we added that need strengthening? The only quality i can see that we needed was signing Blake Green and even that is a risk.

Mason, great but not needed in 2nd row but will take it.
Hall, neither here nor there, will either add to depth or take someones place but wont be any better then we have.

Top 4 is well out of reach, 5 6 or 7th for us again and for FC imo. With hopefully a better cup run for us this time.

Green will be a better option than what we had last season at 6, surely?

Mason can play in the front row without a problem, so adds very good options.

Hall has the potential, he may may produce, he may not but will add cover in the outside backs.

Mason adds a good offload IF morgan uses it, also will make space for others when hes targetted, but could cause major dressingroom disfunction.

Hall has had potential for the last 8 years, cover is all it will ever be, will not add anything.

Green i agree is obviously the best option we have to improve.... but look at the improvement of teams around us, looking at them and us id say we wont be moving much higher fast.