He was excellent today although he never lets us down. Imagine if he was bigger!!

Coaches are the X factor
BH seems to have done just that
I don’t want this to end

The defence was tip top today

Griffin needs to watch the tape as reds only try needn’t have happened

Wire will be the next test and I have the feeling this Wire match will really be the acid test more than Wakefield or Wigan after that

He's won nothing yet. Radford put silverware in the cabinet and ended the Rovers fans favourite song.

Unless Catalans hammer Hudds we end Round 2 in 2nd.

Very true.

He's also not had our biggest SL defeat yet or longest losing streak either.

Pundits and fans alike mention how different our team is this season.
Players mention how it's different and fun now.

Yes it's early days but there's definitely green shoots emerging.
Sorry Lee but even you must see it.

I'm not sure what relevance your comment has to this game or is it you'd rather have Radford over Hodgson?

I'm merely mentioning the difference in our team this season and enjoying the performance in our 1st two games.

on todays form he retains his shirt imo even if bowdens fit next week

Big credit must go to Purtill and Ellis too, probably finally allowed a big input.

Full team brilliant again, couple of little hiccups but nothing to get nit picky about, same as last week.

Earn the shirt, I think Fash earned his bench spot after today, and Johnstones going to have a battle to get back in as is Faraimo. Which is how it should be.

If we can keep the intensity up and keep, Sneyd, Connor and Reynolds firing I think we're in for a good season. Mention to Houghton too il take it back about releasing him as he's playing fab, good to see Hodgson seems to of got his head right.

Great performance defense has improved loads and our attack looks dangerous from all over but the jury is out until we play the top teams for me

Huddersfield like last season are awful without sezer

And Salford struggled last season in the league and are weaker this time around aswell

Cause remember folks our record was good against the lesser sides last season it was terrible against the top sides

So don't go over board just yet

Who knows what will happen in the months to come or indeed next week at Featherstone, but I have to say that I can't remember when I have been so comfortable watching Hull FC. There is so much control and structure to our play, no headless chickens, even when we are disrupted by injuries and everyone playing as one and enjoying themselves.

That’s very true no one knows what will happen moving on to round 3 and beyond. What is pleasing for me from the first two rounds is that an awful lot of the little things that for so many seasons just haven’t been rectified are showing strong signs whilst still work in progress.
In seasons before when we lost a player to injury we tended to fold and look completely lost yet today we lost Reynolds, Sneyd and Sao yet managed to not only re adjust week and quickly but still keep up the intensity. That alone shows we seem to have a totally different mind set and willingness to dig in and work for each other. That is something we have lacked going back to when Peter Sharp left.
I think BH is a very astute coach who spends time on the little details that make such a difference. Not only that but his man management is so refreshing and it shows with the players that they believe in him and methods.
Probably for the cup game leave Reynolds, Sneyd and Sao out and bring in some of the Fringe players. Hopefully Brown & Bowden both fit for the cup game and bring in McNamara.
Everyone’s raving about St’s yet they’ve not really played anyone yet either but happy for us to go under the radar. As a comparison we put 35pts past Salford and only let in 4 compared to St’s 29 for and 6 against.

Certainly a bright future ahead and I’m sure many fans will be like me and actually looking forward to the games ahead rather than the feeling of dread.

There will no doubt be some lows as the season goes on but I don’t anyone can argue with the huge improvement we’ve seen already.