Joined: Sep 04 2005 Posts: 1147 Location: In the land of wishful thinking once more. Patiently waiting for our time to finally arrive.
The sign of a champion side is one that can win ugly, and wins don't come much uglier than ours last night.
The work rate, commitment and self belief shown last night (mirroring recent weeks) was absolutely fantastic. The error rate may have been a tad too high for all concerned, but we can have no doubts about this team's desire to win games and their hunger for the battle.
There was a thread on here a few weeks back entitled "Do You Believe?". With every passing week that belief grows stronger that maybe, just maybe, we could be witnessing one of the great seasons in the club's history.
Because I've had my fingers burnt too many times in my many years of supporting the club, I'm almost too scared to even contemplate what might potentially happen in the coming months. The scale of possible achievement is almost too much to comprehend after nigh on a decade of floundering underachievement.
I keep waiting for the wheels to fall off (this is Hull Fc we're talking about after all!), but somehow it isn't happening. In it's own tortuous way, last night's victory was the stuff of (potential) Champions. There are still plenty of mighty battles to be won before any crowns are claimed, but we're in there, in the mix, fighting it out at the top of the table and after what has seemed like an eternity of wondering if these days will ever come 'round again, the excitement of what potentially the second half of 2016 could bring is almost too much to bear for this tired old cynical 50+ old chap!
Let's strap ourselves in and prepare for what could just be the ride of our lives, heaven knows we've earnt the right to enjoy ourselves just a little for once.
One final point; if our wildest dreams do come to pass between now and October, then one Gareth Ellis will join Whiteley, Norton, Sterling and Sullivan in the Fc Hall of Fame. Even by his standards, the guy was absolutely immense in his belief, effort and desire to take his team with him over the finishing line last night.
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Joined: Nov 30 2002 Posts: 3524 Location: North Hull
Ugly win , but great result . The abiding memory for me , was the players singing Old Faithful with the fans at the end . Great spirit , and a squad of players with a true love of the Club , and playing ability in abdundance . Long may it continue .
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HFC Boy wrote:Ugly win , but great result . The abiding memory for me , was the players singing Old Faithful with the fans at the end . Great spirit , and a squad of players with a true love of the Club , and playing ability in abdundance . Long may it continue .
Danny Houghton sang it from the heart. In his aftermatch interview, Sneyd alluded to a new ball? He said it was very greasy/slippery and accounted for a lot of the mistakes. Is this a new type of ball they've introduced. Remember the last time the slimmer ball was introduced, a lot of teams had problems? This team just keep getting better and better
They used to call t the Zoo! I Got a tooth knocked out in the toilets there in the early 80's by a skinhead wearing a bishops mitre!!!!!! what a place, tribes of soccer fans looking for a Sunday out, and then at the new ground about 6 seasons ago a full blown scrap between two groups of Wire fans who supported Liverpool and Man U fans broke out on the car park after we beat them in the play offs!!
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What a night to be in Black & White !!! At the game the handling errors didn't seem quite as bad as I'm reading here. The alcohol fuzz helps sometimes. Still fuzzy now lol.
We just felt it was a war of attrition that we always looked like winning despite the conditions. We had to beat the other 13 who had been beating almost every other 13 bar us. ......and we did. End of.
We snuffed out the leagues top try scorers and we looked well organised. Errors on both sides but It still felt like a champion performance to us. A statement of intent.
Amazing celebrations at the end again. Been going since 1965, and this ride is one of the best ever !!!! I'm starting to think it could be ............well anyway lets wait and see.
Just get onboard the joyride. Our team is playing great.
Joined: Nov 23 2009 Posts: 12755 Location: The Hamptons of East Yorkshire
EL Capitano is just immense and my man love for him grows weekly. Looked to be giving a rousing Henry V type speech in the huddle post warm up then led from the front once the action began. The man is a machine.
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