Hull FC • Re: Season over ?

I think most of us would agree we are now in (very) long-shot territory in regard to top-six hopes!

Whether or not we make the six, I think the key over these last four games is, what is our attitude and commitment like?

TS should be using these four games to drill into the squad that our aim should always be to win the game which is happening in front of us, irrespective of opponent or surrounding circumstance.

The very best always seek to win, at all times, which tends naturally to lead to a winning mentality which in turn produces a successful side. The aim should be to have that mentality as an ingrained attitude running through the club as a whole and not on some ad-hoc basis.
Over the past 5/6 years we have been guilty of the complete opposite to this attitude. We've reached a point where the play-offs seem out of reach and the towel has been thrown in, leading to some horrendous 8/9 games in the closing weeks of the season, as we've sat and suffered in abject horror.

Tony Smith has twice changed the mentality of under-achieving clubs; at Leeds, twenty years ago, and (to a slightly lesser extent) at Warrington. Can he repeat it for a third time with us?
Only time will tell on that, but this next month seems as good a place as any to alter that mind-set which is the underlying source of why we, as a club, never quite seem to be where we all think we should be. All journeys have to start somewhere!