THE AGAR EFFECT IS KICKING IN, I WAS GUTTED TO SEE HIM LEAVE HULL





THE SOONER YOUR RID OF HIM THE BETTER

The sooner we rid of you the sooner this board will look clean me ole crab stick.

I've got to say,you're quite possibly the poorest troll i've seen on this site!!

You forgot the 's'

Cant you book some holidays

Whilst I like the look of this side, I would be a little concerned with Walshaw opposite Atkins. Following his progress in the reserves I believe his lack of positional sense could leave him exposed. I agree Walshaw is big and strong and if Atkins is stupid enough to run straight at Walshaw I would back Walshaw every time, but he is not and Atkins has developed well as a centre and has good feet before collision which I (IMO) could cause Walshaw problems (I hope I would be wrong if he did play opposite him though).



I would also like to see young Slater thrown in the mix of players, in the reserves he is showing that he has a big engine with good defensive attributes. We are scoring points but unfortunately we are letting more in and thats got to stop. Slater has good tackle technique from initial contact to controlling the tackle to ground slowing down the PTB.



Overall I think we as supporters need to be patient with this team, there is too much talent for it not to eventually click. Dont forget we have had as many new faces as Widnes yet everyone seems to be giving them time to develop. Once they get used to each others style of play, I am sure we will be seeing some great results.



It would be nice though to pick up a few wins along the way though and send us home happy and that not just being from the beer

We can field who we like, we won't beat Wire at their place when they are fresh from a loss, and let's face it, not many teams would. For me, it's the home game against Catalan, and the London and Cas games where we should be hoping to pick up points. If we come out of Easter without a win, and that is possible if we blow the Cas game (because what do you bet that London start to come good), it is looking very grim for us.



I can live with the fact that things aren't gelling yet, but what is frustrating is that the problems are what we have been saying all along: no grunt up front and no goal kicker. That comes down to bad recruitment. What worries me is that some of the teams around us have started to show some form over a few games, and all we have shown is a good second half at Widnes.

atkins is big and strong, and gets many more chances at warrington than he did at wakefield once we lost solomona. i was really dissapointed with him against leeds at the weekend, he seems easy to steer towards the touchline, from where he usually flings the ball in field wildly.

I know this won't be at all comforting, but these were all staples of Agar's tenure at Hull. And if he remains consistent with his selection policy during his time with us, I don't see the latter point happening any time soon. I don't think he ever made an unforced change to the team lineup in all 4 years.



With the points about Smith/Raleigh/Washbrook I'd therefore try not to be too damning of them individually. The same faults were true of multiple players for us, some of whom have been seen to do better, so it really does seem to be a coaching issue (although when with us all Agar ever used to spout in post match interviews was that players had gone away from the gameplan, which becomes hard to swallow when the performances are consistently of the same nature but they retain their places).

Wait until he starts to make an interchange 2 mins before the half finishes, that used to really wind me as much as his interchanges used to puzzle the whole crowd.



As for giving returning players a run out in the U20's, not a chance they will go straight back in as long as they are Agar's friends 17.



Feel for you fans, I really do.

It was well documented about the prop and kicker nobody was available whom the club saw in their plans, yes we are suffering but I would rather suffer and see us how we are than just signing players for the sake of it, now we have no financila issues we dont want to become an easy target for players who do not fit the patterns or are looking for an easy pay day.