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General Zod. wrote:And I had no doubt that had we had a hooker rotation, we'd have beaten any side hull would have put out.
Lets agree to disagree.
Rovers have been beaten many times this season WITH their hooking rotation so to say they would have beaten any Hull side had they had that yesterday is a work of pure fiction.
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Bobbin' Along wrote:However, the fact that you have no doubt does not make it so. Cordoba was 'very ordinary', yet you compare him to Cusack, the player for whom the expression 'very ordinary' was invented.
Cusack though no world beater, is infinately better than Cordoba.
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Gordon Gekko wrote:Dowes and Cusack would deffo have made more yards and tackles than King and Cordoba (who was very ordinary). Thackray/Lauaki would have provided more impact from the bench, Washbrook would have played LF and Yeaman would have played right centre. That would have given Hull more quality and better balance. Agar got his tactics almost spot on yesterday but didn't really have the players to execute them properly. They rightly spotted Welham,Newton and Webster in defence and their short kicking game was outstanding. with ball in hand they always looked like they could break Rovers down. Remember there was only 6 points in it and Hull had three tries disallowed, 2 correctly and 1 incorrectly imo. I have no doubt that had Hull been full strength they'd have won yesterday.
The 'forward' pass was a massive get out of jail card for Rovers, and I would/will be gutted when something similar happens to Rovers. Remember though that Hull scored one of their tries off the back of a strip that Newton recovered. We had the better of the ref's decisions, no doubt - but it wasn't all one way for 80 minutes.
I knew sticking up for Thaler would pay dividends one day.
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Mrs Barista wrote:Thought Lovegrove was outstanding in your forwards, but Galea looks exhausted. Unrecognisable from that stunning performance at Murrayfield.
Couldn't agree more. The one bright side to Briers golden point is we get a much needed week of.
Gordon Gekko wrote:Dowes and Cusack would deffo have made more yards and tackles than King and Cordoba (who was very ordinary). Thackray/Lauaki would have provided more impact from the bench, Washbrook would have played LF and Yeaman would have played right centre. That would have given Hull more quality and better balance. Agar got his tactics almost spot on yesterday but didn't really have the players to execute them properly. They rightly spotted Welham,Newton and Webster in defence and their short kicking game was outstanding. with ball in hand they always looked like they could break Rovers down. Remember there was only 6 points in it and Hull had three tries disallowed, 2 correctly and 1 incorrectly imo. I have no doubt that had Hull been full strength they'd have won yesterday.
Very good assessment, although I'm not sure about the bit where you've put agar and tactics in the same sentence
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Jake the Peg wrote:Very good assessment, although I'm not sure about the bit where you've put agar and tactics in the same sentence
Credit where its due Jake. Agar nearly pulled off what would have possibly been his best result as a head coach and i thought his tactics were excellent.
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Gordon Gekko wrote:Dowes and Cusack would deffo have made more yards and tackles than King and Cordoba (who was very ordinary). Thackray/Lauaki would have provided more impact from the bench, Washbrook would have played LF and Yeaman would have played right centre. That would have given Hull more quality and better balance. Agar got his tactics almost spot on yesterday but didn't really have the players to execute them properly. They rightly spotted Welham,Newton and Webster in defence and their short kicking game was outstanding. with ball in hand they always looked like they could break Rovers down. Remember there was only 6 points in it and Hull had three tries disallowed, 2 correctly and 1 incorrectly imo. I have no doubt that had Hull been full strength they'd have won yesterday.
If both teams were at full strength and played there best game rovers would win every time,we are better than them now.Thats the long and short of it though the wessie's dont like it we are now the power in hull.
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