Simon Grix insists he will keep on 'giving it everything' to help Hull FC get better this season. The 38-year-old will take charge of his 10th game as interim coach this Saturday afternoon, with his Black and Whites side hosting Hull KR at the MKM Stadium. Overseeing steady improvement, Hull have showed some positive signs in recent weeks, even if they have just the one win to show for it.
That, ultimately, is the sour bit, with Grix, who has now been in charge for three months, determined to turn encouraging displays into wins. While proud of recent showings, there's a drive now to get even better and secure Super League competition points, with the coach, who signed a two-year deal with the club, taking over from Tony Smith back in April. Cl ick here - Get the latest news on our Rugby League Live WhatsApp channel "I won't take credit for it," Grix told Hull Live when asked about recent improvements.
"We were always going to get better, irrespective of who was leading it. We obviously got some things wrong earlier in the season, and that's why some decisions were made to move people on. "We had bans when we were all real keen on high tackles which we could argue has got a bit looser now.
There were all those bits and bobs. We didn't help ourselves either. There was some silly stuff in and amongst it.
"We just had a really tough start to the year and we were always going to have a patch where, once we got the blokes on the field as apposed to being injured or banned, and some.