Pretty mixed bag.

Negatives - disjointed defence and failure to stop the offload in any way shape or form. Miller generally anonymous. Wrong options in the red zone.

Positives - Ellis, Paea, Feka, Rankin. Think Rankin and Horne look our best halves. Quite a few players still to play - Houghton, Azza, Yeaman, Watts, Biggs, Talanoa, McDonnell, Tuson.

Hope the spectator taken off in an ambulance was OK.

Didn't go, listened and got feed back from 5/6 different people.
What I've put together is, Bradford, in first half played a fairly solid team (which was near full strength) whereas hull chopped and changed. Which is coincidentally when Bradford scored most of their points (directly after our interchanges and positional changes) the back line was non existent for 90 % of game
Crooks on wing, Thomson centre stark won't play 1St team this year only arundel who played in his true position
When our more experienced players where on we controlled the game better.
Sounded like we nearly scored a few great tries, which finishing wise will need tidying up. We've been held up or disallowed 8 times i think?
9 1St team players still out today.
Think yours what I know of the game sounds unduly negative to me, but don't miss read mine as unduly positive
it's a friendly nothing more. Solid hit out and mostly unscathed!

what's new!? we've been bad at that since 2007!

bad that the defence looked bad too though, defence has been the only thing thats been generally good over the last few years! can't say i'm filled with confidence for the new season

You make a good point. Many of your players are going into the Rovers game with 2 games under their belt and are now fully match ready. The Robins are yet to make a tackle in anger. I have a feeling we are walking straight into an ambush.

He went straight down the tunnel, was holding his hip and limping for a good 5 minutes before he went off.

James Cunningham also went off in 2nd half, physio signalled immediately that he coundn't continue, but he then got up and walked off with only a slight limp.

Dissapointing run out, Bradford were better than us for 60 minutes of the 80, there off load and kicking game looked reallly sound, our kicking game was poor apart from last 10 minutes.

On the positive side saw nothing wrong with the Lineham try and we were held up over the line on at least 3 occassions. Peae looked good but only did a couple of short stints as did Feka, Rankin improved the longer he stayed on the pitch, Shaul had a decent game. It was only a friendly (or Trial game as we seem to be calling them now) so not worried yet!

Don't know if been mentioned but St John's had to attend to a guy near the front (Hull fan I think) who appeared to have been taken ill and left in an ambulance, hope they are ok.

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Bollox RBA your still 4weeks in front of us

I thought Miller was poor at Donny, let Tyson-Wilson do most of the work imo. I can see him not making the 17 for Catalan tbh.

You have the "Best pack in Super League" according to Phil Lowe
"One week's preparation in Tenerife is worth 6 weeks in the UK" according to Craig Sandercock
"It's Rovers' year" according to Mike Smith.
Massive advantages to Rovers, those, hardly offset by 30 minutes each for a few first teamers at Hull.

Biggest choice for Radders to make. Question is whether Rankin and Horne are too similar, I guess. But on the very limited showing so far, both would be ahead of Miller. Hopefully when Houghton and Azza play we'll get on the front foot better.

Those quotes may or (more probably) may not be proved correct. What cant be disputed is that there is no substitute for match sharpness. You arnt as daft as you make out and fully realise this.

Getting yur excuses in seven days before the match? This must be a record.

no it wasn't the Bulls full squad. Ferguson, Diskin and Kearney + one or two others were all missing. They were also playing two loan youngsters from Wire. This is a team that has been in turmoil and players told they could leave. Hull should have done better and have probably gained nothing from today.

If Radford has learned anything from the last two games it should be that Cunningham isn't ready and needs to be loaned out to Donny.

We should have done better without a doubt, but strange comment about us gaining nothing. We would gain nothing from thumping a championship side 80-0. But this was a good tough game that we will probably learn quite a lot from.

There is a substitute for match sharpness, it's called a warm weather pre season camp to give you a 5 week advantage and having a better pack than either a Wigan or Warrington. Coupled with the appetite Sandercock will have to set the right tone this year having been bested by a Gentle for 2 seasons, both of those trump a 30 minute canter out at Odsal for some of our first team squad. Stop being silly.

Wasn't full strength FC either,what we gained was players having a run out and gaining a bit of match fitness and sharpness,our younger players will have gained massively from this so it's all a bonus as the score is irrelevant.

Horney is more of a runner & good support play,Rankin is going to need to be the play maker with a very good kicking game if that HB combo is to work otherwise we will be very poor in attack. Imo.

haha still reeling the same old cr@p out I see.

next weeks only another friendly, some of your guys will have played 3 times and some of ours once, results aren't the end of the world because its just about the fitness and trying new moves out isnt it.

Not me shouting the odds, cockle, it's your board and management team. If it's "your year", and you're 5 weeks ahead of us preparation wise, and have the best forwards the competition can offer, you'll be hitting the ground not just running, but steamrollering. And we've hardly pulled up trees so far. Scary.

I'm sure Radders and his crop of top notch signings will be ready for next weeks cup final

You seem to have bought into the Rovers marketing spin, line & sinker.

Some people give Mike Smith lots of flak but he's clearly done a job on you.

Given your enthusiasm if you like I'll pm my membership number, just quote it when you ring Rovers and you can benefit from the offer of a reduced price ticket for the Leeds game and be part of the expected world record crowd. I won't let on to anyone on here.

As for next week I confidently predict that for the winning set of fans it will be highly encouraging and for losers a meaningless friendly.

I thought spin was the reserve of FC, we've had years of you fellows pouring scorn on it whilst exulting the honest, "tell it how it is" commentary from your board. Why should statements about this season be dialled down if integrity and honesty rule OK at the Little KC, or whatever MS3CP is called these days?

The friendly result is meaningless, true. Look at last season. You won it.

Might be your cup final, seen as you have won nothing since joining SL but we aim for bigger & better things buddy....

What?

i could dig out last years quotes from sandracock regarding how much he wanted to win the game for the fans and treat it as a major game, like the one at the magic weekend 2012, his quote "was winning a cup final"

major kleenex shortage this time last season in east hull

Only one team and set of fans who see this game as a cup final and they dont play in west hull!