So, finished 6th this season (10 minutes away from finishing 4th), but lost in the play-offs. An improvement of 6 places still on the previous season.



What do we expect for next season?



It's not particularly hard to improve on 12th in the league with the players, facilities and money we have. We had the joint best home-results in the league this season (although losing at home in both the play-offs and the CC). On the flip-side, our away form was shocking. We lost more than we won.



It's 100% Agar's team now. Everyone in the team is his signing AFAIK. So there are no excuses. I think anything other than 4th means that Agar has taken us as far as he can go. Anything lower than 6th should get him the sack.

Our squad is not quite good enough to be in the top four next season. Especially as we are standing still while many other squads are vastly improving. Add that to the fact that we have a guy in charge who is out of his depth and, hey ho, 6th - 8th at best again.

at leaste top 5 with winning 1 or more playoff games with a better brand of rugby, would love a run in the cup but you dont know who you"ll get

Top 4 would be a natural progression and a stab at the Challenge Cup should always be a goal for a club in our position.



I hope when Agar reviews the last year one area of concern which demands improvement is the for and against columns. A negative points difference is simply unacceptable and hopefully a change of style may be the answer to this which will appease a lot of fans who are clearly not happy (rightly IMO) at Hull's style of rugby regardless of injuries in the halves.

Watching Wigan flinging the ball around filled me with envy.

Thats kind of the point tho. Agar has had long enough to build a squad capable of finishing in the top 4. If he hasn't then that is his failing. If we dont improve again next season then no more excuses and he has to go.

But JR said that the only reason for our dour rugby and negative points difference was having injuries to half backs !!







Remind me again, how many times were they asked by the fans pre-season "what happens when Long or Horne are injured ?" and we were told that we have lots of options. We all knew that we didn't have any options that were good enough.



I hope JR saw Saints beat Wire last week without any recognised half backs.

Something that we would never have been able to do.

But I think that we all know what is coming about 7 or 8 weeks into the season though don't we !!

My hopes are for better rugby, a similar place in the table, a playoff win, and a few rounds of the cup.



My expectations are not so grand, however.

Yep, Matty Smith is definitley not a recognised half back

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For next season, top 5 with a better brand of Rugby and a play-off push would be good.

Indeed.



I'll take anywere in the top 8 if we play entertaining rugby league.



We need ideas, pace, support play and the confidence for all three. Big ask for Agar and the lads in the off season.

An entertaining style of rugby please. I don't think I can stand another year of the dour stuff we have been watching for the last few years.

Less "Bring back the biff", more "Bring back the width"!