Now you know Kirk likes the number 4 shirt as it matches the number of passes he makes per season. Superstitious is our Kirk.

Are you sure?

Obviously I do not see as much of Hull as most on here but in my opinion despite a good first seventeen which should improve on last season's 11th place I would be worried if the team suffers injuries. Just my view of course.

They've got the right picture on the website but in the actual paper on Saturday the pictures was definitely McIlorum.

I disagree, I think we have depth in just about all positions. We are relying on youngsters in many cases, but we have some very good youngsters. The one area that concerns me is hooker.

Hooker aside I think we have really good depth and balance within the squad, I can see what other why fans aren't sure about squad as they won't know how good our young players are.

There is a good chance the likes rankin, Yeaman, Bowden, Thompson and Whiting won't get into our 17. That's without the young kids like Naughton, Lancaster, Logan, Abdul and HTW.

If disaster were to strike and Shaul, Lineham, Sa, Pryce, Sneyd, Paea, Green, Houghton, Ellis and Westerman were all unavailable. We would be able to field.

Naughton
Lancaster
Michaels
Yeaman
Talanoa
Abdull
HTW
Bowden
Rankin
Watts
Hadley
Minichiello
Whiting

Feka
Thompson
Cunningham
Turgut

It's still a useful team.

I did post pre season that I thought hull had a decent first seventeen but would struggle when injuries occurred and according to reports today Friday could be a time when some other squad players get a look in. At least Lee Radford isn't downbeat to be fair, in the same article he says hull have only had three bad halves to date and the players have come back happier this week, so all is not lost.
IMO, both teams will be desperate to win after heavy defeats and both have injuries. Depends who want it the most.