Finishing 5th hardly equates to it "being your year", Smith followed through with referencing silverware. Last year Sandercock played the injuries card and excused zero play-off wins and being dumped out of the cup with the comfortable "we're just a small club" comment. Different arena now. You have the comp's best pack, and little time left on Sandercock's contract. Massive pressure on him to deliver from day 1.

isnt there pressure on every manager though?

You just did!!



Appears that the noises coming from Caravan Park are about making a real bid for success this coming season. Shame the fans don't support the confidence of Sanercock, Smith and Grudge.

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Just hope we come out on the better side with injuries though. That's always my only worry with the derby pre season friendly

Yes, but relative. More if you're soon OOC. More if your board believe you have the best pack in the competition. More if they've said "it's our year". Twice. Gentle felt it, as Rovers fans were keen to point out with AP's ambitious statements, and he had 2 years still to run. Toast at Easter if he doesn't deliver. Or equally as likely, a timely boost extension before Leeds.

"its our year" for what???

"I really believe this will be our year". Got to be winning something, otherwise it's someone else's year. With the best pack in the league, which we all know wins games, it's just about by how many through Salter, Cockayne and David Hodgson.

What if he's going back to the NRL in 2015 and Chris Chester is stepping into the hot seat?

He'll have even more incentive to fulfil Mike Smith's prophecy. Bit presumptious that Chester would take it up automatically though. If Wane goes to the NRL there'd be a head coach vacancy at Wigan too.

Only if you lose

Why? Are there league points available for the winner?

A lot of rovers fans, on other forums, are saying FC have no chance of winning anything and likely to be relegated, if that comes in.
IMO, there could be a lot of humble pie being served at craven park next season.
Also, in FC's 8th super league season, they won the challenge cup, it's rovers 8th season. Can they match FC?

Relegated. Big claim given the squads Bradford, London and Wakey have. Quite worried now.

I think you are making that up!

I assumed that by other forums, he means the HDM comments.

Yes, HdM forums.
Plenty of very bitter vitriolic dobbins haunt that site.

Just need to use it for what it is. A game to put miles in the players legs, it would be nice for us to go through a pre-season program without picking up any serious injuries for once. We lost Welham and Eden from this game last year, Ben Galea the year before that and again against Bradford prior to that.

I think it's a daft move by us to head straight into a derby against you lot without the players having at least 40 minutes game time previously.

And me. Ridiculous number of 'derbies' these days not worth me travelling for it. Looking forward to Fev game though.

Tricky game as well,think they turned wakey over yesterday.

ive just heard that the game will be played at Craven Park due to urgent repair work needed at the KC.

To the relationship between Allam and "Hull Tigers" fans you mean?

apparently the pitch looks like a scene from Saving Private Ryan with all the toys Allam has thrown out of his pram today

He's a strange one that Dr Allam , threatening to walk away and 24 hours later shells out 6.5 million on Jelevic . He's a nut case

What kind of parent gives their child a mortar gun?

I think you lot should get your heads down for the next fusilade. Put on your battle bowler Martin, Doctor Allam's assault isn't over yet.