Had to be a try for Kelly didn't it?

Exactly what are FC getting out of this game?

As with the Cas game it's a chance for Radford to have a look at his squad players against good quality opposition, and a chance for those said players to gain experience at a level or two higher than they are used to.

Oh give over.

Game time, increased intensity, coach sees fringe players in action, youngsters playing at higher level...

Entertaining half. Rovers probably deserve to be further in front but nice to see the youngsters get minutes. Good stints from Masi Matongo and Brad Fash.

Radford has stated that he will need to rotate the squad this season so he wants to use the game against a strong rovers side to see which younger players in the squad can step up.

So far I can't say it's anything less than I thought it would be although Green needs to step up his game if he wants a spot in the 17.

Not sure who'd take Green's place tbh. He has runs on the board from back end of last season IMO.

Think the policy of playing mainly junior players in the majority of the pre season is quite smart, and will pay dividends later in the year.

To give you a sense, 6 FC players this half of the field, numbers 25, 28 and 4 without numbers.

Fair enough, I just think £16 for a friendly like this is steep, so long as we don't get any injuries then I can take defeat given the team we have out.

Deserved that score has Hodgson.

Sounds like Abdul has played well . Will he be back in 2018 ?

Lol. Hopefully not.

Whats the song played right after the final result ?(after old faithful) of course.

Literally been the U23s for us all second half I think. Bit difficult to identify players as so many didn't have squad numbers but enjoyed the game. Good performance especially with ball in hand for Rovers.

good game really gave our young players a real test I was very impressed with Wray, Jez, Massi, Lee, the young part time player, Fash and lane and silk all played well it really looks good for the future I'm not a fan of these sort of games no one likes losing a derby but out of the 2 coaches Radford has to be happy what he has seen from his youngsters our middle was good just our edges where a bit exposed with young lads been a bit over run MOM match for me Jack Wray ball in hand looked great (Rovers enjoy your cup final lol)

No cup final. Pleased with the win obviously but more pleased Sheen kept main pivots on together for long periods. They need to gel and fast. One thing that did not sit right was the fact a few of yours didn't have anumber. I know they won't be part of the first team but if that's the one and only time they play in the "first team" at least give them the badge of honour of playing number #. I may be being petty but I would find it a true honour stepping out for either team so a number to tell your kids would have been terrific.

I think Radford requires certain things to be achieved before a squad number is given out and uses as a sort of target/reward/differentiator between senior/junior reserves. But it was annoying today in the second half with so many numberless. My mum listened on RH and they had no idea who was playing for Hull.

Lloyd was moaning. He even said he was angry at Hull for playing with some un-numbered shirts.

So after two friendlies it seems i was right (as usual) - Tuimavave is absolutely !

Is he still on? Blimey.

Didnt bother going today as its far too early in pre season to mean anything, did they say what the crowd was?

actually thought it was a decent game, rovers played well, and to be fair our youngsters never threw in the towel, Kelly could be a real bonus for us imo, thought wray played well and turgut did ok, its a friendly and a good run out for both teams with different aims, crowd was better than I thought but didn't get the number

I thought the young lads did well against a strong Rovers side, Kelly did well and showed flashes, pick of the young lads for me was Wray and Matonga, I fully expect the latter to play a few SL games this year, could push Green towards the end of the year for that 4th bench spot IMO.

Future looks bright, not sure about Carlos though, needs to show more IMO and his place is under threat IMO.

Was it Wray that kicked the 40/20? Very good sign to make first team debut and go and do that.