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
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Wilde 3 wrote: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
I doubt it, but they will be up there in the top 2 if they can field the squad they had tonight I would think. We have a mediocre squad and half a dozen injuries. I don't disagree with your points on our tactical inadequacies but as said before asking, for example, a back up back rower to play starting centre against a Top 2 three quarter line is asking for trouble even if he tries really really hard.
Mrs Barista wrote:I think it's utter drivel to suggest that Warrington's quality differential had nothing to do with our heavy defeat.
If we had played to somewhere near our ability and ended up losing then you could point to a gulf in quality. The fact is that from minute one we looked like the last place we wanted to be was on that field. Right from Warrington's very first set we looked lazy and lacking in aggression. They could have sent the reserves and it wouldn't have mattered, they would have still battered us. Our attitude was abysmal, and pointing to things like spending power is just making excuses and ignoring what the real issues were/are.
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Mrs Barista wrote:I think it's utter drivel to suggest that Warrington's quality differential had nothing to do with our heavy defeat.
For me it’s not so much that it was a heavy defeat but the manner of the defeat that is of concern. Regardless of the difference in Warringtons squad we were not even on the field tonight and that is inexcusable. We can say how good Warrington were and how much better than us they are but the simple fact is that tonight’s performance was unacceptable from a Hull perspective.
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Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:If we had played to somewhere near our ability and ended up losing then you could point to a gulf in quality. The fact is that from minute one we looked like the last place we wanted to be was on that field. Right from Warrington's very first set we looked lazy and lacking in aggression. They could have sent the reserves and it wouldn't have mattered, they would have still battered us. Our attitude was abysmal, and pointing to things like spending power is just making excuses and ignoring what the real issues were/are.
You said the gap in quality wasn't a factor in tonight's result. My opinion is that the quality of personnel in the club and available tonight isn't good enough to match Warrington's. It's not making excuses or ignoring anything. Those are brutal facts. What the team available brought to the table was not acceptable either, clearly.
Thought you where a BIG club... Just a thought...No your not!!! You over-rate yourselves and always have. You are average. Sometimes have good days, sometimes have bad. Will you go down? no you won,t. Will you win anything, probably not. Do your supporters think you are a better than you are...yes you do. Are you loyal when times are bad....Absolutely not! Any kind of weather???? Not in a month of Sundays. Only one or two teams win anything...this year it,s not you! You are not as good as you think. Would I like us both to be dominating the game...yes I would,(mainly us)but we are both way way off just now unfortunately. It,s a pain in the arris supporting a team. is,nt it? Suck it up and move on. We have had to do it too often. Must admit I laughed when I saw your result though. Peace to you my B and W contributors...It,s only a game.... Next Thursday might be your time to laugh...but it,s Leeds....I hope we KILLLLLLLLLL EM!
Mrs Barista wrote:You said the gap in quality wasn't a factor in tonight's result. My opinion is that the quality of personnel in the club and available tonight isn't good enough to match Warrington's. It's not making excuses or ignoring anything. Those are brutal facts. What the team available brought to the table was not acceptable either, clearly.
Ok look. On paper Warrington had the better team. All things being equal they would have been expected to win the game. But the respective quality of the two teams becomes irrelevant when the attitude is as poor as that. Maybe a lesser team would have only beaten us by 40? So what? The real issue is that we weren't interested. I can't imagine that effort would have beaten half of the teams in the championship. Ability doesn't matter if you aren't going to make any attempt to apply yourself.
Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:Ok look. On paper Warrington had the better team. All things being equal they would have been expected to win the game. But the respective quality of the two teams becomes irrelevant when the attitude is as poor as that. Maybe a lesser team would have only beaten us by 40? So what? The real issue is that we weren't interested. I can't imagine that effort would have beaten half of the teams in the championship. Ability doesn't matter if you aren't going to make any attempt to apply yourself.
Exactly how London have won some games , good attitude , intensity, and wanting to win . On paper they wouldn’t win a game all season
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