He's been number 2 for a couple of years to one of the best coaches to coach in SL, currently at Wests.



Was also assistant under Ivan Cleary and Tim Sheens.



Coached in SL and the NRL.



That alone would make him a better appointment than Briers.



Good luck to him. Brave but potentially great appointment by Hull.

Can't see them meeting for a coffee and a chat especially if Mrs H is about.

HKR? Made a couple of good signings already, players with something to prove, have recruited early and they have a bloody good coach.

They're going through a massive squad overhaul for the 2nd year in a row, it didn't work this year, They're just repeating it again

Size of squad and fixture pile up caught up with them this year. They'll go ok - mark 1st July in your Westlife 2021 calendar and come back to me.

It`s a Hull thing. Some not happy unless they are moaning about something.

As has been said in a roundabout sort of way above - it makes the Hull / HKR derby even more interesting....

Dead right. Thank God we are not like that ... wouldn't you get fed up if some of our "fans" were the same.

Why? Do they not get on?



Hull fan, so not sure what's gone on...

Smith dropped Hodgson for Ratchford for the grand final in 2012/13? His wife Skye took to Twitter to express her thoughts on Smith.

Did he actually drop him? I thought (but not certain) that he didn't bring him back into the side after injury.

I do remember that Brett Hodgson had taken some very big hits in the games prior to getting injured. I remember thinking that it was probably best for his own health not to play in the Final. Brett was a super player but vulnerable when he actually got caught.

I've seen westlife 4 times live, it would have been five but one of my mums dogs got loose and I spent the evening searching.

Quote morrisseyisawire="morrisseyisawire"Size of squad and fixture pile up caught up with them this year. They'll go ok - mark 1st July in your Westlife 2021 calendar and come back to me.'" They had a 30 man (minus masoe) squad this year and I want to say took 1 or 2 others on loan during the year. https://www.skysports.com/hull-kr-results Also, they had some good spacing between their games save for the last month. Sky were pushing thjs narrative about them playing differently, thinking outside the box, but they're just not very good. As I say, they've released somewhere near 10/12 players again this year. Big turnover, no consistency.

Quote morrisseyisawire="morrisseyisawire"Size of squad and fixture pile up caught up with them this year. They'll go ok - mark 1st July in your Westlife 2021 calendar and come back to me.'" They had a 30 man (minus masoe) squad this year and I want to say took 1 or 2 others on loan during the year. https://www.skysports.com/hull-kr-results Also, they had some good spacing between their games save for the last month. Sky were pushing thjs narrative about them playing differently, thinking outside the box, but they're just not very good. As I say, they've released somewhere near 10/12 players again this year. Big turnover, no consistency.

Would they come see you if you were bad

Maybe the pooch has more sense than he's given credit for?

i was secretly grateful

Not to bring back Hodgson for that grand final is something I still can't forgive Smith for! One of the major reasons 7 years later fans are still taking the p1ss about it being our year.

Agree in Hindsight because of the bench on the day, but it wasn't Tony Smith than cannonballed ratchford was it?

He had a choice of a fit Brett Hodgson or ratchford. The tackle is irrelevant.

Hodgson was great for us but I don't recall being too stressed out that Smith stuck with Ratchford he'd been in fine form.

Want it a just fit again Brett Hodgson though and an in form (as usual) stef Ratchford? Apologies if that's not how it was, that's just how I rember it.



We lost that final because of a lack of subs in the end. The cannonball was the moment that I realised we were done for. Of all the finals we have been in that was the one we should have won and was the most gutting IMO. Especially when Bert was left out but you can't reckon for those things when picking a side for the game. In hindsight he should have been on the bench or starting but Tony got a lot more right than he got wrong so I forgive him. If Joel and ratch weren't injured in the game I believe we would have won it.

Also remember this was about 2 weeks after bert had been cleaned the out by wotsisface for widnes, he was in a bad way after that tackle

Opinions, opinions.

We were butchered the moment Wigan scored their first try. I've said many times before, we were "rabbits in the headlights" from that moment on. Wigan were, and are, battle hardened. The injuries were a fact of life.



Anyway, back on track. Hope it goes well for the fella (obviously not against us, though). He came across as a decent bloke. Unfortunately for him, Hull seem to have as much of a scattergun approach to signings as we do.

Quote Smiffy27="Smiffy27" Brett was a super player but vulnerable when he actually got caught.'" Especially when he was caught like this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_f5Rr93v_Q

Quote Smiffy27="Smiffy27" Brett was a super player but vulnerable when he actually got caught.'" Especially when he was caught like this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_f5Rr93v_Q

If TS had played a semi-fit Hodgson ahead of an in-form Ratchford in that GF people would still be going on about it now. "TS preferring his ageing Aussie mates cost us the game" etc.



Look at all the moaning when Price played Ashton ahead of Ratchford in the semi against Salford.