giddyupoldfella wrote:I don't disagree that he was the only one, but every chance he's had, he's serving up the same drivel.
From the back, he see's all, and has got to be communicating and organising from there, yet it was a shambles, and to top it off he pulls out of catching the ball. I can't see where his future lies with us.
Miloudi does not serve up the same drivel and was actually one of our better performers tonight at least he tried. At the reserves game last Saturday Miloudi ran the show and was constantly talking and organising. He seems to be some fans and Coaches scape goat.
His communication from the back was actually ok, numbers were correct in the line, it was inside defenders switching off, players like Thompson having no lateral movement. It was waiting as a defensive line for Warrington to attack us it was grabbing shirts.
Why people are talking about the difference in money spent is beyond me. Tonight wasn't about cash, tonight was about desire, passion, commitment, character, pride and those traits should come for free
Moe syslak wrote:Wire fan in peace here! Do any of you think minichello is ready for retirement? Absolute quality player in his day, but he looks finished to me.
I agree, and if he hadn't invested heavily into one of our sponsors, then he wouldn't even be here this year
Moe syslak wrote:Wire fan in peace here! Do any of you think minichello is ready for retirement? Absolute quality player in his day, but he looks finished to me.
Last year was already one year too many for him. To give him another year was one of the worst bits of recruitment/retention that I have seen.
He has been an error and missed tackle machine since the start, but you could cope with that because he was such a strong ball carrier. Now he just offers nothing. In fact he borders on being a liability these days.
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Wilde 3 wrote:His communication from the back was actually ok, numbers were correct in the line, it was inside defenders switching off, players like Thompson having no lateral movement. It was waiting as a defensive line for Warrington to attack us it was grabbing shirts.
Why people are talking about the difference in money spent is beyond me. Tonight wasn't about cash, tonight was about desire, passion, commitment, character, pride and those traits should come for free
Warrington are a top notch side, higher quality all round. It's one factor in a defeat of that magnitude as are the other factors you cite. Thompson is a back up second row playing starting centre against a top drawer three quarter line. He can be as passionate as he likes but has neither the skill nor pace to adequately fulfil the role he was asked to. Unfortunately.
Mrs Barista wrote:It's one factor in a defeat of that magnitude.
No it isn't. You could have pulled 17 people from the crowd and paid them nothing and you would have got a more committed performance than what we saw tonight.
Warrington have a more talented squad than us, but tonight had nothing whatsoever to do with talent.
as dreadful as you were tonight money talks. and the wire backers or chairmen certainly throw theirs around just hope it dosent end up like the premier league
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Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:No it isn't. You could have pulled 17 people from the crowd and paid them nothing and you would have got a more committed performance than what we saw tonight.
Warrington have a more talented squad than us, but tonight had nothing whatsoever to do with talent.
Don't be silly. Gulf in quality -> flurry of early scores - > heads go down - > blah blah blah. Saying we got owned had nothing to do with different squad quality is laughable. 3 of the top 7 Man of Steel points earners so far are from tonight's Warrington side. Maybe the fact they are really good was a factor on their win after all
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Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:
Mrs Barista wrote:It's one factor in a defeat of that magnitude.
No it isn't. You could have pulled 17 people from the crowd and paid them nothing and you would have got a more committed performance than what we saw tonight.
Warrington have a more talented squad than us, but tonight had nothing whatsoever to do with talent.
We were simply diabolical tonight and haven’t in all honesty looked a decent side so far this season. Regardless of the opposition tonight what is alarming is the total lack of any sort of performance or pride from Hull FC tonight. It’s not just the magnitude but the manner of the defeat that is concerning. To be quite honest the way we played tonight we would have been beaten by anyone in SL and most likely a few teams in the championship. Yes Warrington were very good and it was always going to be a tough ask but we were beaten before the game had started. Warrington didn’t even have to work hard tonight we gave them far to much time and space and helped them continually by giving up cheap ball by errors or penalties but what’s new. Our line speed is shocking and give up territory far too easily because of it. Tonight had nothing to do with Warrington being far better we just didn’t or weren’t able to get up for the game and didn’t even put up a fight whatsoever.
I really enjoy long walks especially when they are taken by people I don't like!
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Mrs Barista wrote:Don't be silly. Gulf in quality -> flurry of early scores - > heads go down - > blah blah blah. Saying we got owned had nothing to do with different squad quality is laughable. 3 of the top 7 Man of Steel points earners so far are from tonight's Warrington side. Maybe the fact they are really good was a factor on their win after all
So based on that logic, and the quality they have due to the money they spend compared to the rest of the SL, they will put 60 points on every team? Or, will other teams adopt tactics that negate their attacking rugby, I.e. move up in defence to give their players less space to work in? We hung back, all game. They had players running at static defenders and we wonder why they got round us, past us, through us so comfortably
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