Mrs Barista wrote:Very clunky, but as you say it's only early. 5 points from 6 and in the CC QF not a bad return from the first month I guess but our attack has definitely losses some zip without Reynolds.
We've got to remember that except for Reynolds these are Rainford signings that Hodgson is coaching. This Winter had the least changes in the squad I can remember at the club, and it will take another Winter for Hodgson to really put his stamp on the squad.
At the start of the season I felt I'd be happy with us progressing from 6th to 4th/5th and from what I've seen so far we are capable of doing so. So not a bad start at all.
UllFC wrote:We've got to remember that except for Reynolds these are Rainford signings that Hodgson is coaching. This Winter had the least changes in the squad I can remember at the club, and it will take another Winter for Hodgson to really put his stamp on the squad.
At the start of the season I felt I'd be happy with us progressing from 6th to 4th/5th and from what I've seen so far we are capable of doing so. So not a bad start at all.
That’s a really good point to be honest. He’s working with what he inherited.
I think the early signs are good from BH, and it will only get better as his ideas kick in over time.
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His Bobness wrote:I think you were fortunate to have Hudds without Sezer and Salford for your loop/extra games in rounds 1 & 2.but yes you beat them both comfortably and that's all you can do. If you had got Rovers loop/extra fixtures of St Helens and Catalans well maybe it would have been different.
Quite why bottom teams like Rovers get top 4 teams for extra games and top 6 teams like Hull get bottom teams I really don't know but it does nothing to enhance the competition.
Shoot me down but I didn't see much special from Reynolds and having missed most of the past 2 seasons guess what? He's missing again. Get used to it.
Hey Hull have a good team and a good squad for sure but McNamara? Living on his Dad's name and surely it's a matter of time before Swift is found out by Hodgson.
Out of sorts Warrington were vulnerable today but they had to improve and they did. There are bigger tasks ahead and we'll all have a better idea after the Wigan games. Actually especially after the cup tie because Wigan don't often lose when it matters.
I seem to recall Wigan losing a Challenge Cup Semi Final in 2016 and the Challenge Cup Final in 2017. I’m just trying to remember which team beat them when it mattered.....?
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al283 wrote:Really impressed with the defence changes.
Remember the many 'walk in' tries at the corner we used to concede, often with a 2 or 3 man overlap ?
Wire kept getting turned back inside despite having the most experienced & expensive halves in SL !!
Certainly hugely different performances in defence so far this season. Wire kept trying to out number us down the right hand side but it stood firm last season would have leaked a couple of try’s at least. Also we kept Austin out who previously we had a habit of letting score.
I really enjoy long walks especially when they are taken by people I don't like!
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Thing is, it’s still early days for all the new systems that have been introduced. I expect there’ll be improvements again, when players get even more used to their roles. We certainly look a lot more sound , both in attack and defence, than we have done over the last couple of years at least.
Good thing is that we still have plenty to work on, and improvements in us.
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