Hull FC head coach John Cartwright has advised players not to listen to social media and affirmed that the only way to ‘stop the noise’ is to get some wins on the board.
The Black and Whites haven’t tasted victory since round one of Super League when they beat newcomers Bradford Bulls, with three straight Super League losses and a Challenge Cup defeat to Leigh following.
That’s led to some noise from fans and on social media that the pressure is rising at Hull FC and when asked, Cartwright had some simple advice when speaking to BBC Radio Humberside: “First thing is don’t listen to social media. If you do that, then you drive yourself mad so stay away from social media.
“I couldn’t tell you what has been said but whatever has been said, I’m sure it’s not positive and that’s not a help for anyone. To answer your question, just stay away from social media.”
Pushed further on the fact patience is perhaps short on account of the lack of wins, Cartwright added: “The only way to stop the noise is to win some games but listening to what is said on there is not going to help.”
Hull FC coach talks full-back plans
Cartwright was speaking ahead of his squad announcement and confirmed no fresh injuries, however, it’s since been confirmed that Aidan Sezer (pec) and Yusuf Aydin (ankle) won’t feature against Leeds Rhinos on Sunday.
That will surely cause some form of spine shake-up but questions of late have surrounded the full-back position with Davy Litten initially deputising in the role, before Zak Hardaker played there in the Challenge Cup loss to Leigh Leopards.
Asked about the position, Cartwright kept his cards close to his chest: “We’ve trained with a few different combinations today. When we make our mind up, we’ll let you know.”
One player who could fill in the role but hasn’t had a chance so far due to injury is Logan Moy with Cartwright confirming: “Yeah, he’s not far away. He’s only had the one game back from an injury.”
He added: “We feel that we’re not far away with the side that we’ve got. We’ve had a close loss to Leigh and a close loss to Wakefield so like I said before, I think we win those games last year but the bounce hasn’t gone our way this year.
“We’re not panicking. We’re not going to make rash changes. We’ve just got to get better at what we do.”
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