Fair enough, i've not seen enough of this Burns to judge but i still believe Dobson is your best player and organiser in chief. Without Dobson KR are average IMO. Should be a tight game as he is fit

In the opening 6 rounds these two teams have scored 355 points for - but conceeeded 280 - so should be an interesting game. The Team which keeps its defensive shape and discipline to win for me, so shame if Langley is out he he does more than his share of tackling. If we play like we did at Huddersfield we should get the points.

Think this game is too close to call,two very evenly matched teams in my opinion

From what we have seen so far this season expect us and hull KR to be fighting for 8th place along with Wakie and Widnes, so very important to take points off these teams

4 pointer even at this stage of the season

Not a game where either side is likely to start as a strong favourite to be honest - unless you count home advantage. I'll be happier making some kind of forecast when I find out who we'll have available, to be honest

I think it will be very even next Sunday. I have watched Burns in the NRL-- he's had his problems but is a class player.He might have burned his bridges in the NRL so he'll be out to impress in the UK. Now he has 2 matches under his belt , he will start taking more of the burden off Dobson.
Additionally ,Paterson on the left has been their stand out player. Their left will be attacking our weaker side.
If I was a betting man I would have a small wager that these 2 will be seen as the best imports of 2013.

should be a close game in theory. If the season so far is anything to go by I predict the ref will make a right rickets of it and penalise one of the teams out of the match.

This looks like a pre-emptive strike on the Whinge Watch stats - we might need a ruling on this from TT

That's got to be a record. Blaming the referee before he's even been appointed.

I think whinging before the whingeable event has even happened warrants a three-game ban from the Whinge poll?

What happened to get your excuses in early and get them in often??

True enough. But in this case, its like telling the boss you fell asleep on the job because your baby was squawking all night, when the little bugger hasn't even been conceived yet...

Yes a blatant play there for early favouritism relic, there's no place for that sort of behaviour in this game. Absolutely outrageous. Bulls start one whinge behind next weekend.

Team for me, assuming Langley and Blythe are out, and Foster and Bateman are back in:

1 Kearney
5 Kear
12 Whitehead
3 Lulia
17 Foster
19 Addy
6 Sammut
8 Scruton
9 L'Estrange
10 Manuokafoa
11 Bateman
16 Olbison
15 Walker

14 Diskin
27 Sidlow
22 Murphy
21 Donaldson

or:

1 Kearney
5 Kear
15 Walker
3 Lulia
17 Foster
19 Addy
6 Sammut
8 Scruton
9 L'Estrange
10 Manuokafoa
16 Olbison
12 Whitehead
11 Bateman

14 Diskin
27 Sidlow
22 Murphy
21 Donaldson

Is Diskin sure to play? Apparently he was taken ill and was briefly in hospital IIRC. O'Brien to come in for him if so.

Think we'll miss Langley and Blythe for go forward. They're two of our best in that area.

I'm nervous that we could end up with a right hand side trio of Murphy/Whitehead/Kear again like we did against Widnes. The three of them defending alongside one another is a recipe for disaster.

On the plus side, having Bateman back might result in Lulia/Foster getting more ball in space if Bateman plays on Keith's inside.

Depending on the injuries, I think Bateman should play on our left edge. Lulia has seen far less of the ball than Blythe this year and Bateman will help move the ball out to him.

With Whitehead missing a lot of tackles, I can't see him improving this weekend with big Cory Paterson on Hull KR's left edge.

He's played every game so far, and we are 8th, so I would suggest we are average with him!

I don't want to think about how we'd go without him. At the start of 2011 he missed most of the pre-easter games and we were utter turd.

Ben Thaler will be the referee.

Joke/Disgrace*

*Delete as appropriate

Can it not be a disgraceful joke?

I didn't want to delete either of the words as well

That'll do. According to the Pussycats, he played a blinder for us against Wakefield at Odsal.

We hate Thaler more than you and he hates us more than anyone!


You'll be reet.

Fair to say as a club we don't like him either ([url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/apr/14/hull-kr-justin-morgan-rfl-super-leagueFew years ago[/url // [url=http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/Hull-KR-Rovers-demand-answers-referee-Ben-Thaler/story-16077835-detail/story.html#axzz2NMo8QsISLast season[/url)

Good work. HKR 4/5 favourites already for Whingers of the Week. I am praying for Bulls to beat HKR & Leeds to beat Wigan inbred hillbillies for a possible Whinge-off battle to surpass the Rumble in the Jungle.

I'm going to start blaming the referees for us failing to win Super League next year. It's clearly their fault. And the way we're going with blaming them so far before the game is even played, it seems a logical progression.