Craig Hall : Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:58 am  

Just thought Id ask all you Hull Fans whats happening with this guy was awesome at times last year and thought he would get a game with whiting, motu tony and raynor being out but G Horne playing Centre

Can you please enlighten whenever ive seen him played well scores trys etc.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:00 am  

We have a safety first coach who would rather go out and try not to lose a game rather than trying to win it, hence Hall isn't in favour due to some defensive deficiencies. Id McRae were still in charge his name would be 1st on the team sheet every week

Re: Craig Hall : Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:01 am  

Floridagators2009 wrote:

Just thought Id ask all you Hull Fans whats happening with this guy was awesome at times last year and thought he would get a game with whiting, motu tony and raynor being out but G Horne playing Centre

Can you please enlighten whenever ive seen him played well scores trys etc.

Morning Craig

Re: Craig Hall : Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:07 am  

Floridagators2009 wrote:

Just thought Id ask all you Hull Fans whats happening with this guy was awesome at times last year and thought he would get a game with whiting, motu tony and raynor being out but G Horne playing Centre

Can you please enlighten whenever ive seen him played well scores trys etc.

We are clearly looking for good defensive dislpays this year and on last nights effort whos to say Agar got it wrong.Craig Hall has proved himself to be exciting with ball in hand and shown he knows where the line is, but one of his development needs is his defence and hes clearly rated behind the backs we selected last night, who were awesome and fully justified Agars selection policy.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:08 am  

i like craig hall he had a good season last year, but we had a list of injuries as long as the east coast. He filled the gaps well last year as did danny houghton and a few others. now we have an 'almost' clean bill of health they are going to have to challenge for a place in the team which is superb and can only be good for us.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:58 am  

He said at the NHS thing pre-game that Agar had told him he wasn't a million miles away, so he'd be doing his best in training to make the mark.

Seemed confident enough that he'd get his chance.

So am I.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:02 am  

As said, he'll get his chance at some point this season and if he takes it, he'll stay there.

He has more natural talent than all our centre's put together.(IMO) He just needs to show it more consistantly.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:36 am  

Play him against the Welsh....G.Horne to the Bench with Maloney...Burnett to miss out and Houghton on the bench as well...Washy to start at 13

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:39 am  

fc baldy wrote:

Play him against the Welsh....G.Horne to the Bench with Maloney...Burnett to miss out and Houghton on the bench as well...Washy to start at 13

Agree - Hall and Houghton should feature in that game.

: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:39 am  

He and Whiting were mingling with the fans in the West Stand concourse. Both looked very happy and Hall looked to have bulked up a bit. He's a class player who is still very young witha few problem areas. But he has an attacking flair that you can't teach, pace that also can't be taught and an instinct for getting to the try line (did I mention he can kick goals as well?). He'll get his shot, don't you worry.