Come on Phillip, he said they'd both play. Not that it was a possibility. As previously predicted by, er, me, as soon as Morgan did his famous "diagnosis doom" in the post match press conference:

27th Feb as Dobson is injured and the recovery period is claimed to be 10 weeks

Then, on March 16th with Newton also supposedly ruled out:

I still don't think either will play

Oh, the old double bluff. Not falling for that.

I think Justin said they could play easter weekend,dint mention which game ! IIRC.

agree, they both will thankfully

I think Dobson will play, so who now is going to de-registered?????????

Back to the derby, really not looking forward to it. Every time we play rovers they seem much more pumped up, focussed and more of a team than we ever do.

Dobson is playing...newton a bigger doubt.

so whos getting de registed now then to make way

If and it's a bloody BIG if he is playing how do we know it hasn't already been sorted out.
Just playing devils avocate.
I myself think we will be without both Newton and Dobson, I also belive you will win.

I also think neither will play against fc and IIRC no other player can be deregistered in this affair.Once Masons passport comes thru,Mason goes Tongan and Dobson gets put back on quota.If Dobson is back on quota Mason is Togan or gets deregistered.

I can take it or leave it to be honest. The same as I've felt for every other game this season. Could well be a sub 20K attendance I reckon.
Will probably be a close game. I'm sure the Rovers fans will enjoy their annual big day out though.

If the RFL stick to what they announced then this is correct.

That will be the issue for Dobson, more so than the injury.

Anyway the team I think Agar will pick, assuming no Westy:

Phelps
Turner
Gleeson
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Long
Ogre
Houghton
Moa
Tickle
Manu
Fitz

Radford
Dowes
Lauaki (2nd row)
Obst

Don't think Westerman will be fit so I would go with

Phelps
Whiting
Gleeson
Yeaman
Briscoe
Obst
Long
Ogre
Houghton
Moa
Tickle
Manu
Fitz

Radford
Dowes
Lauaki
Turner

It means Houghton doing 80 again but needs must. Turner or Whiting interchangeable but I think Whiting is maybe a bit better on the wing. Turner can do a back row stint.

It’s a bit of a debate in our house at the moment, we can’t get another seat anywhere near my season pass in the East Stand, which means buying two seats together and “wasting” my season pass seat, or sitting apart, which kind of defeats the object of going in the first place.

Damn East Stand fully reserved!

check your pm Standee given you an easy solution.

If I were picking I would go with:-

Phelps
Turner
Gleeson
Yeaman
Briscoe
Obst
Long
Ogre
Houghton
Moa
Manu
Tickle
Fitz

Lauaki
Radford
Whiting (Back row)
Horne (to allow Obst to give Houghton a spell or even cover 9 himself)

Not looking forward to friday at all, i cant say ive looked forward to any matches this season, its quickly becoming a chore, and if i never had a pass, i probably wouldnt have gone, this club and its fans deserves more than what were being served up, and if Agar had out about him, he would resign and let this club move on, with a decent coach (we can but hope), I can see it becoming ugly come the final whistle on friday if we lose!!

Indeed, another consideration when deciding to drive from Mansfield on a Bank Holiday when we have Sky at home.

Then you start considering fuel costs etc. I'd say it's worth it.

If we win you will be happy and in a good mood. Should we lose it's another nail in the Agar coffin possibly.

You could watch the Wigan Saints game straight after as well! Laid out on the sofa, nice cold, reasonably priced beer...

I feel the same standee, and im only 10 minutes away, im looking for excuses not to go, the kids are bored of it (my kids are the most fickle fans ever, only want to go when were winning!!

) im getting bored of it, usually when its the derby, its the game we look for when the fixtures are released, the derby build up is exciting, but this time, i really couldnt give a t&ss about it!!

Thats not a Good Friday for me though.

My plan - Hull V Rovers, back home to watch the Wigan v Saints game with Fish and Chips and then watch Hull and Rovers on Sky +

It's the first derby match i'll be missing in years. Don't have a pass as i live 120 miles away so don't lose ewt. The only way of looking at it is that if we lose another home game he has to go. That will be 4 losses at home already and we haven't even entertained the likes of Hudds, Wire,Wigan and Saints yet.

I really admire what Dalglish has done at LFC in terms of his youth policy. Blooding youngsters at every oportunity in their correct positions. If we'd done this a bit more over the last few seasons we may well be in a different position now.

Well I'll be there as it's likely to be my one and only home game all season. One way or the other it should be one to remember.