Didn’t we play Catalans before the last time we beat the Dobbins?

Agree though that it’s ridiculous asking a team to play on a Thursday night after a trip to France

Even with the stupidly short turn around if the 17 named perform like they can as a team then they should still come away with the 2pts.

It’s not a transatlantic flight going to France it’s an hour away you where back in Hull before midnight

Don’t expect us to tell
The opposition who’s fit and who’s not
That helps them plan in advance

Let them stay guessing until the latest as possible

You have obviously not flown to Perpignan from Humberside as Hull Fc do.
By jet its approx 2hours and 10 minutes
Hull charter an Eastern Airways aircraft on this occasion a Saab 2000 which is a fast prop aircraft but it takes a little longer 2 hours 30 minutes

"Thursday’s game will not make or break Hull FC's season in the same way it might for Rovers" say the Rovers reporter in the HDM.

Still, not much different to getting the coach back from Wigan / Widnes.

It would be the effect of playing in the heat which may have been a bigger factor

The main problem teams now have in their planning, is that we have recently become multi- dimensional in attack. Therefore very hard to plan against, no matter who is playing.

Quote ="bonaire"You have obviously not flown to Perpignan from Humberside as Hull Fc do. By jet its approx 2hours and 10 minutes Hull charter an Eastern Airways aircraft on this occasion a Saab 2000 which is a fast prop aircraft but it takes a little longer 2 hours 30 minutes'" They must have had a following wind then because the flight took 2 hours 13 minutes and they were back at Humberside by eleven pm https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... z#20ffbfb0

Quote ="bonaire"You have obviously not flown to Perpignan from Humberside as Hull Fc do. By jet its approx 2hours and 10 minutes Hull charter an Eastern Airways aircraft on this occasion a Saab 2000 which is a fast prop aircraft but it takes a little longer 2 hours 30 minutes'" They must have had a following wind then because the flight took 2 hours 13 minutes and they were back at Humberside by eleven pm https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... z#20ffbfb0

I hope we wipe the floor with them but just have a sneaky feeling it could be one of those games where we're not on it from the off and get turned over easily. I expect them to start with masoe and garbutt and try to hit us hard early on.

We need a win to keep the pressure on wire who could lose this weekend although I expect saints to send a weakened side to them and wire to pick up the points

Tough one this, as much as I want to beat KR I would love to contribute to sending Leeds down.

There’s nowt tough about it, what Leeds n Rovers do is irrelevant to us, take points of both if possible, and try and catch the Wire.

“The end bit sounds like a Donovan song”

Good points.

No bad news...…


1. Jamie Shaul, 2. Bureta Faraimo, 3. Carlos Tuimavave, 4. Josh Griffin, 6. Albert Kelly, 7. Marc Sneyd, 8. Scott Taylor, 9. Danny Houghton, 10. Josh Bowden, 11. Dean Hadley, 12. Mark Minichiello, 13. Joe Westerman, 14. Jake Connor, 15. Chris Green, 20. Brad Fash, 21. Sika Manu, 23. Mickey Paea, 33. Ratu Naulago, 35. Andre Savelio

Mini and Carlos replace Buchanan and Washbrook

Rovers (=#0040FF18 man squad): Chris Atkin, Ben Crooks, Josh Drinkwater, Mitch Garbutt, Craig Hall, Weller Hauraki, Luis Johnson, George Lawler, Tommy Lee, Kane Linnett, Harvey Livett, Danny McGuire, Mose Masoe, Robbie Mulhern, Daniel Murray, Adam Quinlan, Ryan Shaw, Joel Tomkins.

the 2 points are irrelevant now, we're in the playoffs.

Full strength, besides Ellis.

It's been a long time coming.

I expect Hadley to miss out, the other one is tough. A lot will think Fash, but he's been going well in this current 4 game winning run. Someone is going to be unhappy to miss out on the Derby decider.

With Matongo and Lane also missing. Good squad depth

Not to mention youngsters Wynne, Buchanan and Brown, who have all shown good signs for the future, when they've come in.

Backs pick themselves

Pack

Taylor
Houghton
Paea
Griffin
Mini
Westerman

Bowden
Green
Mini
Savelio

Our strongest squad, but I've said that a few times and players seem to drop out.

Rovers also have their strongest squad of the season and will add Parcel aswell.

It will be a tough game

He may revert back to keeping Kelly out of the early exchanges, and bring him off the bench, like he was doing earlier in the season. Although since then Kelly has improved and it would take a brave man to stick him on the bench.

This will be a very hard game for us and I expect Rovers to throw the kitchen sink at us. With the travel, the heat in Perpignan and the 5 day turn around (plus I expect perhaps at least Houghton and Kelly must be doubtful) it is what will be an almost must win game for the Dobbins. As for us well should we not get the points little changes and an 8 day turn around for Saints at home offers us a game in which we could make a real impact on the world of rugby league. But you know our lot the Forest Gump issue is always there and you never know what you'll get.

agree with all of that, radders on the radio last night said he was fed up of people saying rovers have no chance, but I have seen enough derbies over 60odd years to know the underdog can win so we need to give it everything and we should prevail

Have a feeling Kelly will be missing.

Be glad when it’s over. Hate derbies.

Maybe we will leave Mini out, allowing him the luxury and fanfare of a home fixture against the Saints and league leaders, celebrating his fantastic 400th appearance at the KC.

It is when you fly at 08.00 which means some players will be up at 05.00,but the comment was to the HKR poster who thinks its only a one hour flight to Perpignan from Humberside
We usually play well in the heat