If you'd have done the same at the begining of last season and compared Hull's 17 with saints 17 then you'd have said it would be a walk over for saints. Sometimes results aren't based on supporters views of how much better they are than the oppo. Personally I think we're pretty well matched and FC will have very few changes to their team. Add to that FC have started really well the last 2 years and derby's are always a close run thing and I think it'll be a tough one. I'd take a 1 point win now.

ITS HAMMERING TIME AGAIN. SAME OLD FACES SAME OLD MOVES ONLY ONE FEAR TOM BRISCOE. ONLY DECENT PLAYER THUNDER HAVE. THE AWESOME POWER OF OUR PACK WILL MEAN NO BALL IN HAND FOR TOM.

If we go into the game with the wrong attitude, we are likely to be beat! Our squad does look in far better shape at the moment and player for player, we are the better team. I was confident about beating them every game last season but it turns out we lost both league matches but won the one that really counted, so I am again very confident we will turn them over in Cardiff.



O'Meley is the man for them, led them superbly last season and barring injury he will do that again for them this year.

A side against Hull always must be wary that Houghton and Briscoe are two very dangerous players. Similarly O'Meley and Fitzgibbon can be devastating. However, there are a few too many weak links in Hull's side - both halves have seen better days, and the likes of radford, yeaman, whiting, washbrook are possibly living on yesterdays form, and lauaki has several times (not just against rovers) proven more dangerous for his own side than the opposition with his discipline. This creates an imbalance in Hulls side.



We know what we are getting with the likes of Newton, Galea, Murrel, Vella, Cinton, Webster, Fox etc.

The only question mark for me (not a bad thing, just an unknown quanitiy) is Green. Nobody can say what this guy is going to do, unlike Mason, we know what he is capable of doing.



Looking forward to a very exciting season.

If our halves turn up we will win the game.

Too right, it worked well last time out.





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A Horne and Long partnership might have had the opposition terrified a few years ago, not so much now(I'm afraid for you guys!).

Last season you also came out with a load of tosh, then went missing most of the year...same again me thinks!

No need to be...believe me

I have seen how optimistic you are for the coming season with your final league prediction, many dont agree with you but credit for your enthusiasm. It will come back to haunt you as there is no way that you guys will finish above us in the league this coming season, no way at at all and you can save this quote and use at your will!!!

Why do you say that Rupert? do you think we will break the top 4 once again? If so, why?

My predictions never come back to haunt me ask your mod







Last season I predicted us 4th and you guys 9th. I was so very close maybe if Radders had not lost it who knows, we were never out the top 6 all season...As for you guys I was only 2 places off.



Bookmark the thread and you will see my predictions will not be too far off...Also bookmark this thread because you will not finish above us, just because I go against the grain with my optimism does not mean I do not know my rugby.