I thought that a while ago, not that we'd gamble being underdone but just that it might be factored into pre season.

Agree there'll be no easy games. Widnes still look light of a half back, but other than that it's going to be really tough for any team from the championship that have an eye on promotion via the million pound game

Who played in the centres and how did they play?

IMO Salford looked well drilled and professional, certainly in defence. We made far too many errors, that tuimivave kick near the sticks defied all reason! Thought 18.6 flattered us. But it was only a friendly, but we need to improve on that for sure.

Radfud in Mail blaming lack of competitive mindset in some players
That concerns me
Are we still in a Challenge Cup hangover ?
Serious question
Remember there will have been a hell of a lot of talk prior to this game in the dressing room
And on the practice pitch from the coach and players
We are aiming to start the season with a bang so by the Reds game yesterday we should have been near red hot
Let's see how the season starts but we need a 2 win start in my opinion

There are a lot of good points on this thread and of course we will all give the team under the circumstances of a friendly the benefit of the doubt. But last season we hit Rovers pre season in a manner few Clubs have, we were red hot and carried that into the game against Salford at the KCOM and pretty much through the season before we tailed off in a manner that was perhaps attributed to us peaking too early so its a fine balance.

We all know that skill and effort from Hull FC sides in the past is one thing, but in the end any success we have had has also been down to a good attitude and the team fighting for each other. so some fans can be certainly be excused for being a bit concerned when they consider that display and indeed take note of Radford's words afterwards and the fact that all the talk in camp has been about the way we are improving attacking wise.

I hope that a pre season that has so far as far as I'm concerned appeared to be a bit of a shambles is a master stroke and I don't get it or understand the validity of all these games spread over such a long period, but as I say some will be starting to get a bit concerned that in our last game before the season starts the coach is questioning some players application.

Actually our early season record was pretty poor wasn't it, wasn't we 2/5 after round 5?

Yep but with the exception of the Widnes game there were no issues at all with our attitude and passion from to the Rovers Friendly onwards which appears to be Radford's major concern at present.

Don't think we looked underdone, we looked the fitter side second half until another brain fart from a high kick, led directly to their clinching try.

The skill set was the difference, they moved the ball far better than us and sliced us open a few times in the first half. I don't remember a clean break by us in 80 minutes!

Negatives - We can't deal with high kicks, 3 times 2nd half we either let the ball bounce or lost it in the mid air duel. Talanoa didnt even get off the ground for the 1st one.
Right hand side attack is all at sea. Carlos looks lost there, fonua will never just come inside and take a tackle. how mnay times again did he go into touch or lose the ball. Big questions for Radders there, I'd stick with michaels on the wing and leave fonua at centre. but he has the option of connor too. Carlos - I don't know what he is.

Positives - Masonga was great, looks the real deal. Hugely impressed with him and think he'll oust one of Bowden or Green if they don't really step up consistently.
Sneyd looked really sharp, was running the ball more and put in a couple of beautiful little kicks, especially the drop out to get the ball back. Trouble was, he seemed one step ahead of most of his team mates!
Thought Washy made a big difference 2nd half.

I hope I'm wrong but I think Pritchard leaving could come back to haunt us - from a culture P.O.V if nothing else. He was obviously a huge character in the dressing room and team chemistry/morale is a fragile thing.

Let's see, hopefully it's all an overreaction and we come out of the blocks firing against Wakefield. We'll only know for sure in October.