Good Luck!

To the Mighty Whites in their 1st home game of the season against Southend.
Hopefully after today we can sing: '9 more points to go, 9 more points to zero!' Doesn't sound as much in single figures does it? :)

Hull FC had a comprehensive win in the end against Wakefield winning 24-42. It was a very close game in the 1st half. Our defensive line wasn't as 'on the ball' as we usually are. I don't know what coach Peter Sharp does at half time, but lately we have come out like a house on fire in the 2nd half. We started to get on top and later in the half Wakefield had 2 players sent to the sin bin. So we played against 11 men for a few minutes. That's what sealed the match. It could be argued that Wakefield got a raw deal from the ref. But when you look at it, they were sinbinned for proper offences, its just refs usually don't act against high tackles etc in the manner they should. Although Wakey played some lovely attacking rugby , their discipline was shot. We used to be the same, and it wasn't until we got rid of our indiscipline that we started to have success.

Just a word about our new scrum half, Mathew Head. Some of the balls he passes are a thing of sheer beauty it has to be said. He has so much time on the ball, or he seems to have. I suppose that's something you can say about all good footballers/rugby players, or say quarter backs in American football. The real reason is that they think faster than anyone else.
Mathew doesn't take the defence on at all, but sprays passes about to allow the players who can, to do so with speed and precision. Although playing a completely different sport, he brings me in mind of the great Johnny Giles of the Leeds United side of the 70's. Johnny had a midfield partner in Billy Bremner to do all the running about etc, like Mathew Head has a half back partner in Richard Horne to take on the line, what Johnny did was spray out fabulous balls with such accuracy I would say he could hit a sixpence!
I hope Mathew stays at the club. Watching him has got over the disappointment I had in not getting our hands on 'Shifty' Sherwin, that's how good he is!