Peter Gentle won't panic after Hull FC side lose at table-topping Huddersfield

“I agree regarding Holdsworth and when I talk about offloads I don't mean high risk passes I mean the forward deliberately entering the tackle already turning to pop the ball up to a man coming round the back with a deep line already set. This play done properly can attract 3 defenders and stop the slide defence. We are too easy to defend against as all teams have to do is slide. We aren't committing the players and making them make decisions all they have to do is drift.”

“12-10 wasnt it the last london game.”

“Wilo
i agree with you,we all know what the team is missing at 7 but my concern like you is that we cant break the line from open play as most teams do regularly when presented with 6 tackles in the opposition 20.The attacking set up and movement of the ball is just too slow.
I am not concerned with the effort of the team,as they generally tackle well and work hard but Peter Gentle surely needs to work on Hulls attacking style ball in hand.
Holdsworth had a poor game but there is obviously something wrong with him at the moment whether it was illness or still a result of concussion who knows but we just can rely on his kicking on the last tackle to produce a try.
The turning point for me was when following a Hull penalty resulting in a good attacking position Westerman gave the ball away when trying to offload on the second tackle and Huddersfield went on to score a try from the error.
When i see how teams like Wigan,Warrington and even HKR set up in attacking postions and seem to easily break the line,we have a lot of work to do in this area.”

“What I don't understand about us and I have said this before is that we have many forwards capable of offloading but don't do it. We look clueless near the line and a simple out the back ball would just add that extra option. We did it twice last night (Whiting), one led to a try and the other a significant movement down field.

Our forwards are not going to out-muscle teams as they aren't big enough but why not play to their strengths? Other teams are always in the game because we simply don't score enough to put them under pressure. We can moan all season about not having a scrum half but we have to get on with it. The scrum half we have has built his game off support play so why not try playing our own game and not one from a text book.

In my opinion we lost the game when we didn't take the 2 and level the scores. There is a significant psychological difference in a tight game, in wet conditions being level than being behind especially against a big inform side. While you are behind you have to press and this causes mistakes which we saw last night.

Next week is a huge test of character for us. London are poor but we have played worse London sides away and lost.”

“What I don't understand about us and I have said this before is that we have many forwards capable of offloading but don't do it. We look clueless near the line and a simple out the back ball would just add that extra option. We did it twice last night (Whiting), one led to a try and the other a significant movement down field.

Our forwards are not going to out-muscle teams as they aren't big enough but why not play to their strengths? Other teams are always in the game because we simply don't score enough to put them under pressure. We can moan all season about not having a scrum half but we have to get on with it. The scrum half we have has built his game off support play so why not try playing our own game and not one from a text book.

In my opinion we lost the game when we didn't take the 2 and level the scores. There is a significant psychological difference in a tight game, in wet conditions being level than being behind especially against a big inform side. While you are behind you have to press and this causes mistakes which we saw last night.

Next week is a huge test of character for us. London are poor but we have played worse London sides away and lost.”