He certainly has the ability and do wonder if the hype surrounding him when he burst on to the scene and then the number of injury issues has played a part in any attitude problem as in motivation to push himself?

Completely agree, if we can beat Salford, which is not easy by any means, we'll then be in a healthier mindset for the Wolves, Leigh and Saints fixtures, none of which we'll be expected to win, but, if we could possibly win two of those four, we'd be where I think we all expect this team to be, pushing for 8th place , which is realistically all we can really get from this squad. Salford's expansive style will be hard to combat, but they may now have their focus affected, adversely, by the financial crisis looming over them. Leigh are a good team, but beatable and haven't got the depth to cover injuries , so if they have any players out, I'd fancy us , with a fully fit team. I just hope we don't concede heavily against Warrington, or Saints, and compete for the full 80 minutes.

Agree with most of the above posts. It would certainly be a big plus if we could get Ashworth in this season if we are as rumoured looking to sign him as an addition and give us a bit more size.
Looking at the league I don't think any team has been totally convincing and St's look a way off where they left off last season. Do think Salfrod will be a tough game as Rowley has them well organised and they have some decent players too but hopefully off field issues and the Dupree situation may affect them a little.
We've done well the past 4 games and beat 2 desperate teams so hopefully the club can continue to improve and build in confidence.

As expected Taylor and Sao come back in and Carlos drops out.

Hull 21 man squad

1. Tex Hoy, 2. Adam Swift, 4. Liam Sutcliffe, 5. Darnell McIntosh, 6. Jake Trueman, 7. Jake Clifford, 8. Ligi Sao, 9. Danny Houghton, 10. Chris Satae, 12. Jordan Lane, 13. Brad Fash, 14. Joe Lovodua, 15. Joe Cator, 17. Cam Scott, 19. Ben McNamara, 20. Jack Brown, 23. Josh Griffin, 26. Harvey Barron, 30. Scott Taylor, 31. Nick Staveley, 33. Brad Dwyer.

On the expectations thing. I still see this as a transitional year with Smith trying to establish the culture and the systems that will serve us well going forward. Next year he will add some pieces to the jigsaw and hopefully we will be in a better place to challenge.

That said. This squad isn't without ability. We have plenty of good players right across the team. If we can continue to show the recent spirit and togetherness on a regular basis and enjoy ourselves with ball in hand then we will be hard to beat against any team. If we can just get in the playoffs then you never know.

Put it this way, for all the crowing of that lot across the river, and all the disappointment we have felt, I don't expect there to be too much between us by the time the season is wrapped up.

Two big returns for Salford in Lafai and Sio, it's going to be a tough test, but a good opportunity to show how much improvement we have really made since the embarrassment they put on us back in March.

Indeed and its a very strong looking 17 they'll have on Sunday, hopefully both Lafai and Sio will be a little rusty.

Its not just organisation Chris its speed combined with ball movement.
we seem to struggle with any team that has real pace in the ranks so we have to hope our new confidence,defence resilience and on field discipline continues

FFS, can you lot please stop reading the Hull Daily Fail?!

There's no crisis, yes we don't have much cash but that's a constant at the club. It's not like we're about to go bust.

If you're pinning your hopes on us being distracted by impending doom then you may as well not bother turning up on Sunday.

Hull to win this encounter by a comfortable margin.