...is the team to play with passion and give it their best shot.

If they do their best then you can ask for no more; but that means getting the defensive line out fast, and respecting the possession that we have.

Many of us would crawl over broken glass to see rovers get beat and all I ask is the same passion from the team and the coaching staff.

Come on you Hullaaaaaaa !

Play with passion and I'll accept defeat (but hope it doesn't happen!)

So you want them to play with pride and passion and give it their best shot and to get the defensive line out fast and repect possession? Is that all

i'm confident we'll win. we need to be well disciplined though!!

With adversity comes strength. Our boys will respond.

Can't see anything other than a Rovers victory. Think Horne will be forced to play and he is not right yet. If he plays Whiting at full back it leaves the edges very open. Hope Horne doesn't play full back any time in his career, he will be singled out like Murrell did in the last game and he will get hurt. He is a nice kid, known him for years and he dose not need to be at full back.

Hopefully the team will pull together and show their collective commitment.

What about a Hull victory - that's an option... or a draw? There, I think I've covered all the options for you.

Can see a bit of a drab affair coming.the dobbs will just constantly kick down the pitch and we will just be continually returning the ball.give or take of few penalties for our indiscipline.who is the ref by the way........got that one in before anyone me thinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think Manu will play centre, and against most teams I think his lack of pace could be exploited, but as he will be marking Welham I can't say I'm too concerned.

Great post. Think we might take a hiding, but as long as the effort and commitment are there, can't ask for any more.

think horne will play myself on sunday which is a great risk but hopefully it will pay off but not fullback, hopefully manu will play centre not ideal but i think given the oppisistion, the occasion id go with experience with manu rather then lynne on the wing who i feel has a great deal of potential but at this moment not quite ready.

I can ask for more.

I've never doubted their effort, the majority of the time that isn't an issue. What I would like to see is all their efforts gel together, so they look like a team. Quality teams deal better with injuries because they have a sytem, we appear far to adhoc IMO.

A game that leaves the rest looking poor. Plenty of points, the fans of both teams doing the city proud and although we have the furthest to travel home, a game that sky were right to finish off the weekend.

They start as favourites and I don't mind because I thought we had no chance the derby when briscoe saved the day but the play-off derby thought stood a good chance and was played off the park . Sometimes been underdogs helps us

Oh come on, how are you under dogs? nobodies played a game yet! you finished above us last year and beat us 2-1 in derbies. I have no doubt about my team, we will win.

Only Coral give Rovers better odds for winning the GF than Hull so the bookies agree with you.

However, as fans of both sides ALL know - we haven't got a clue who will win. We just know it will be horrible to watch unless you are folllowing the winning team... and it's the ref's fault.

You have the king of hull playing for you and the best 3 backs haven't you ?

got rovers with +6 yesterday on bet365.com its down to +2 now after the tansey announcement, can't find too many other bookies posting handicaps yet online.

a good day at the office. and 2 competition points (Shaun McRae 2000-02).

WTF? If anything, our game is likely to be one of the poorest. Wigan/Saints, Warrington/Huddersfield and Leeds/Bradford all better games in prospect for the neutral than ours IMO.

I actually think we will win. I think it will be a typical derby though, dire to anybody other than a hull or rovers supporter. I think the fact that we are the last game will work in our favour because the ground will be heavy and should help us play to our strengths.

That's it, we're doomed

Its a derby and form goes bang out of the window ...........


Oh and its the first game of the season FFS, one team is a little too cocky and history shows us its at these times the grim hand of fate steers the game the other way.