i see your point but we have scored points at home this year against better teams we scored 18 against London in awful conditions with the team we are going to be playing tomorrow and i think London are better then rovers in defense and we are much better then cas who put 20+ past them so i still think we are favorites and should be winning tomorrow with the team we have out. i am 90% confident if we turn up we will win comfortably but we need a 80 minute performance from 1-17 and to let the ball go and attack them. i cant wait this is what we love rugby league for COYH

I try to be positive but one kick in the teeth after another at the moment and looking at the possible starting line ups for tomorrow its hard to see where the points will come from. The fellas taking the pitch tomorrow will need to find a pace/tempo and accuracy in attack that so far this season they have been unable achieve.

Thats the problem though, when was the last time we 'turned up' and put in an 80min performance?

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Castleford.

You think? have to go back a long way to remember a side as bad as Cas where that day!

Irrelevant. We scored 52 points and conceded none. You don't do that without being switched on for the full 80, not even against a side playing badly.

I dont think ive been this nervous for league derby game


If we get beat im in for it big time at work come tuesday as ive give the Rovers fans nothing but shat all week, attacks the best form of defence in my book .......facking come on hull

I'll be glad when it's over to be honest. People tend to get carried away in derby week.

THats how I feel.

Got the feeling there will be some surprise news to come, it wouldn't be a Good Friday derby without a last minute signing, a player getting de-registered to bring back another, a last minute injury etc

Bit late in the day for that now.

Unless you have got Marty McFlys Delorian with a 25 year old Peter Sterling in it, I think its going to be a squeaky bum type of a game.

If the two squads remain the same i would be blinkered if I didnt expect rovers to win and win comfortably.
You will score against our defence dont get me wrong but if we have a word with ourselves expect us to post 30+.

Hoping this will be the catalyst for us to start playing at the tempo required for this competition. Sure we don't have any play makers (according to current squad) but we can take these at home if to a man we play 100% to form. Sick of hearing about KR's points scoring - they have had a far easier start to their fixtures than us. What we need is some purpose, desire and speed and a simple game plan. They have conceded points against the weaker teams in the comp and the fact that they fancy it should be enough to motivate our lads. Should have been 3 from 3 last year but for Ganson - time to carry on that momentum.

If dobson had his kicking boots we'd have posted 30 on Warrington.

And if you hadn't gone to sleep you might have beaten Salford. But you didn't!!

Irrelevant. We put 30 on them as well!

Every team has it's off day. Sadly, this is a derby of two poor teams. Its just going to be a case of who's worst on the night.

To be fair if we were 1st and 2nd in the league I wouldnt expect a great match. Too much tension!

I haven't decided whether I think our cr*p attack will still manage to get through their cr*p defence and their good attack will break our good defence to make it a high scoring game...

Or they could nullify each other out to make its low one.

As long as it's not a bit of both and they stuff us, I'll be happy if our patchy squad can keep it close.

But you conceded more than that!!

Yes I remember the whole game talking about it.

You're at best a top 8 challenging side - maybe not too much difference from us but we're at home and have a good record there. Average teams have put plenty on you - notably Cas last week - so at home I expect us to win. No disrespect but if it was Leeds, Wigan or Saints at home we'd have little chance. We should approach this like it's 2 points for the taking if we play to our required standard. It is time Hull woke up and if we do we will win.

All week i've been thinking the worst.. But now the day's here i feel we could surprise a few people.

I won't be going to the game expecting a win, but somehow i've got a little feeling we could topple the dobbins.

we've been in this position before with injuries but somehow turned up for the derby and produced a great display..

Either way win or lose, i'm black n white all the way... COYH

Never be afraid of a Robin COYH

If you want to play at that game, we beat Bradford and they well bummed you.

Like most of the derby's the form book goes out the window and it's the team who turns up and wants it most on the day gets the victory.

I'll go for a draw, around 20 points each