Not if someone left the cake out in the rain.

Guess it depends how long it takes to bake it

not one to get too excited/disappointed with friendly matches, but surely a match like today would be better than a 40-60 point hammering! todays scoreline shows where we need to improve on

As Noel Edmonds warned on Brass Eye cake stimulates a part of the brain called Shatner's Bassoon. Makes a second sound like a month.



Just so no kids. It'll ruin your life.

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... er-8058027 Escaped relatively injury free. Mitch sprained ankle, Darnell bruised heel. Tex had ice on his calf at the game according to people on SM. Can't be too serious if Smith didn't mention it

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... er-8058027 Escaped relatively injury free. Mitch sprained ankle, Darnell bruised heel. Tex had ice on his calf at the game according to people on SM. Can't be too serious if Smith didn't mention it

I don’t think that I can make it, cos it took so long to bake it and I’ll never have that recipe again, oh nooooo.

Sounds like it’s going to be another long season, if he’s our chef.

Richard Harris

The same Sheffield no mugs who we smashed last season



Friendlys aren't a huge factor



But super league v lower championship is still a big gap or should be



The signings we've made are great dwyer, hoy, Clifford and Sutcliffe especially but can they carry the dross of last 3 years ?



That's the worry for me



People suddenly think cause Smiths here he can turn Houghtons taylors griffins can suddenly perform and haven't done it for 2 years



Will mcintosh stop making errors etc ?



How are these factors going to change so soon ?

I think it is important to remember that this was a first run out for the lads, for some like Clifford, Swift, Cator it is their first game for a very long time. Regardless of opposition it was never going to be a vintage performance.



There was definitely positives to take away from the game. The first thing which became evident is that every player looked in very good shape. We have some absolute units in our side, but the likes of Satae and Tag looks much fitter then what we have previously seen, the proof of that being playing the full first half and still looking relatively fresh.



The second is Pace. Hoy and Dwyer in particular looked rapid. I can understand the comparisons made between Hoy and Field, especially in how they move. He has a couple of blunders which lead to tries but with ball in hand he will always have the defenders guessing.



I also thought the line speed was good, and even more impressive seen as the ref was keen oven giving a massive 10 most sets. There was some hits from the likes of Fash and Satae, and also Taylor. Easy to say in a friendly but it looked like he had a bit of fire in his belly for the game again.



Onto some negatives and one of them has to be the leaving ourselves short on numbers out wide. It wouldn't be as much of a worry if we hadn't struggled with this for a while. It is still early days for Smith so I am hopeful this can be rectified. There were some daft individual errors, but as a first run out in freezing conditions it can be forgiven.



Overall, a good run out. And credit to Sheffield, they have some good players and wouldn't be shocked to see them in the frame for a play off spot in the Championship.

On the numbers out wide point, both our first choice centres weren't playing yesterday - so hopefully this is an easy issue to fix up when Carlos and Liam are back, also when players get used to playing with each other a bit more.

You can’t read into friendlies. Winning/Losing is pretty irrelevant.



Tag and Satae played first 40. Obviously Smith wanted to get some miles in the boys legs. Whilst it might have made the score prettier if they had played shorter stints they wouldn’t have had to play under same fatigue and resilience



We played 3 different players at Hooker and mixed our pivots up. We are bound to lose a bit of continuity there.



Add on top of that players such as Ligi, Brown, Evans, Carlos, sutcliffe, Trueman, and Savelio. We’re no where near at full strength yet and still have 4 weeks until start of season.



Some Hull fans confuse me, The talent boy just loves picking on players irrespective of how they play. Loves slagging Mcintosh off but ignores the little stuff he does excellently like the skill it took to set up Tags try.



Unreal to see Tag play big minutes and look fit for the first time since 2017, if he can contribute positively this season it does give me a bit more confidence in our pack.

pity we cant get to see a friendly at home because pearson letting these stadium football grubs get away with murder.start kicking pearson.