I do hope so.

I'm pretty sure I saw Horne say to the players at the end this win means nothing unless we rip KR a new one next one!

I know it's a Derby,and they are close, and last time out we sucked, but surely, surley if we play like last night then we can take them to the cleaners?

Rumour on the KR forum that Dobson has broken ribs and will be out aswell.......

Derbies are different , last night means nothing towards it.
We owe them big time , but also our push up the table depends on the points.
As for Dobson, he didn't play on good Friday did he !
A nervous week ahead !

Play as we have been and we'll win. Drop our standards and we may blow it

If we do spank them there, it will get the monkey off our backs as far as Magic weekends go.

Will be good to spank the monkey in Manchester

It depends on which of our Rovers side turns up, I dont hold out much hope but they have proved time & time again that our form good or bad can change for no reason. All I ask is that they give every thing they can & If they can't do it for the derby's then they should look for a job in Tessco stacking shelves. If Dobson is out havent we signed a young half from York who may have a point to prove?

Fair point.

Although if they raised their game in every match as they do for the Derby you might be top 4?

Yep we are

Hopefully, but I've developed a healthy sense of pessimism when it comes to things FC. So not making any daft statements

Please play him

I would love to see our side teach him why you shouldn't laugh at your own team when they have a bad game. It would certainly add some spice to what is otherwise just going to be a walkover on current form.

I'll take the 2 points regardless of the margin

Can never be sure how a derby match will go, particularly at the magic weekend

what is very pleasing is look at where we are at as a team going into this derby compared to Good Friday. not only with Ellis and Holdsworth back and only a few injuries currently but they way we are playing and dominating teams and being clinical in attack, even in the only defeat since KR, but will still cautious going into the game but i am confident of a win

If Holdsworth has his kicking game like last night you will . Dobbo didn't play in the first Derby but neither did Holdsworth .

This is the most confident I think I've felt about a derby since they joined SL. My confidence will only rise if they get beat on Sunday.

As long as they don't try and take Holdsworth out like they did Blake Green.

I agree with Jake , R*vers will find it difficult to beat us if we play to that standard again.

Me too.

Hope so, though.

This game has the potential to be a record derby win in our favour or a loss. All about attitude from us and gentle's comment last night about us "owing them one" leads me to think we'll take the points. Don't really care about the score as long as we win

I agree. I'll take a last minute drop goal to win it.

But it would be great to give them a right good pasting!

and cost gravelnuts his job at the same time....we shall see.

This my fear, Sandycock is under a lot of pressure and if they lose to Wakey this will make him even more desperate for a Derby win.

I know this quote taken from HDM is regarding the game tomorrow but with what happened to Green last week it could be misinterpreted.



“Tim Smith seems to be pulling the strings so we need to make sure we do a good job on him."

Brilliant point. Yes I hope he plays too and I hope we smash him, legally of course.Going into this with cautious optimism.Don't think well cane em, these games are so unpredictable but it IS possible on current form.

If we score a couple of quick tries, then I feel we will be going for the record. We have the far better team and coach.

However, if Rovers score first, I feel it will be a real battle as it will knock our confidence and we will start throwing the ball around too much.

I think if we we stay cool and control the game we should be ok. We got away with our lack of composure in the first half at Warrington, we can't afford to let Hull KR sniff blood.

well given our magic weekend track record vs hkr i have no confidence in it being a spanking. like others have said id take a 1 point win. we have blown it too many times when weve expected to win, (like even the players expect a walk in the park). and it is a derby.
remember wembley 83, that was supposed to be a walkover but we didnt half come up short that day.
we also blew it last season when we had a good lead n not too much time left
playing with confidence is a positive,over confidence is a recipe for disaster and too many are being too bullish about this game.
i hope the players are keeping their feet on the ground

well given our magic weekend track record vs hkr i have no confidence in it being a spanking. like others have said id take a 1 point win. we have blown it too many times when weve expected to win, (like even the players expect a walk in the park). and it is a derby.
remember wembley 83, that was supposed to be a walkover but we didnt half come up short that day.
we also blew it last season when we had a good lead n not too much time left
playing with confidence is a positive,over confidence is a recipe for disaster and too many are being too bullish about this game.
i hope the players are keeping their feet on the ground

I only hope we get a descent ref that see both sides not one side only.If we do I can see Hull FC winning by a good score

Hopefully we will win, however I remember when Rovers first came up we all thought it would be an easy 8 points that season (we had 4 fixtures that season). Every season since they have proved that Derbies are always unpredictable.

Rovers have a knack of always raising the game for us, especially when Morgan was in charge.

I'm confident that we really seem to be hitting some form and our injury situation has improved. If we click on the we could win easily. However, no game is ever in the bag. Last Magic Weekend we were sitting very pretty around the 65 minute mark until Man of the Match Ganson and Hodgson saw them home.

Saying that Pete Gentle has got us playing some of our best rugby for a few years, so I'll back us to win and hopefully win well this time.