AGREE WITH THIS ONE

I agree with you it is a very amateurish station, but to be fair to them it was a listener who contacted the station asking if it was true Albert Kelly had a season ending injury. The reply given was something along the lines of we haven’t heard anything.

If so then fair enough.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Thanks, you said it very well

Why the hell is a second-division team getting more favourable coverage than the sole super league team in the city ?

Were not get over it

"A fresh start for the Robins"

None so blind as those who will not see.

I think TLJ has a point.
It has wrankled me that, Mr Lloyd does appear to show bias towards his own and not to us, even though he's often in an anchor role, but blame the station for that.

I don't think there's anything wrong with bias in local commentary, I like it, but it should be even handed. Honestly, how can Gollum do that for us when he wears a red and white scarf ??
It's nothing at all to do with his incompetence in his roles as either commentator or anchor. Though it should be of concern to me, It's just that I'm past caring. That's one for his employers to act on.

What's wrong for me is that we don't get the bias I would like to have, in the same way Rovers had it with the brilliant and unashamedly biased Chris Park (whom I loved to listen to), with our own DDD in his pomp, and Burnsey for the Tigers. That's all I ask for, a genuine FC man covering all things FC.

're. Air time...maybe Rovers don't actually get more air time than our boys, I'm not sure, but it's so painful to listen to, that it feels like they get way longer.

The Sports Editor should do the right thing and appoint a happily biased commentator for the Airlie Birds, complete with B&W scarf, and then I'll be happy.
Nb. I do like the sound of Richard Stead though, and his classic put downs of Mr Lloyd when he moves into puddled mode.

gwillam Lloyds red n white bias has driven me nuts for years. but he does give us a good laugh now and then, pushing the wrong buttons etc,and his cringeworthy interviews with anybody connected to rovers. he ha d Jason netherton in the studio just before the season started and said to him do you think the players and fans will be looking forward to seeing all the qaint old rugby league grounds again!! to which netherton said "er no. haha

i've frequently heard mr lloyd referred to as an anchor - i think

More like a plank.

You are and always have.
Three seasons ago (when Rovers were a super league side) FC lost one Sunday and a KR fan texted in to RH:- "Great game, great commentary, great result!" Gollum read it out.
Next week Rovers lose so I texted in the same message, Gollum reads out: "Great game, great commentary!"

Ah yes, 2 syllables, sounds like anchor, I've heard it too.

Fllippin eck, is this thread real or did my mushroom omelette have the magic variety in, if it's the former and pettiness is the order of the day then the lesser teams lesser (and not first team) players have just beaten the bigger teams ( not first team players ) by a decent margin ( % trevloveshimsen can work out) apologies to the majority hull fans who read this who probably also think the thread is nonsensical twas the mushrooms, this thread is not real is it ?

Indeed. Could you post the number of SL appearances for each side? FC's oldest player was 22 (edit 24?) so our total number is quite small. Is yours in 4 figures?

Chris Heil will be older than 22 by now, surely? Unless it is a different Chris Heil, but it's not that common a surname.

24, and a Doncaster player as far as I'm aware. In the team against the French juniors we played a few Donny lads too. It helps Donny out but it's questionable what value it offers us. Who are you dual registered with? Did you play any of their lads?

Stupid local radio.

I don't really get playing Donny players either, maybe to make the numbers up, but you would think that we have players from the COHA, that could take a bench spot.

We've had arrangements with Gateshead (now Newcastle, of course) in the past but I doubt it survived relegation. I'm not clear it's even formally an option in that direction for a Championship club. Jubb and Moran are at York on loan, and Moran played tonight.

If it is helping Hull 23s fulfill fixtures I'd say there's a marginal benefit to Doncaster, but a bigger one to Hull. If everybody relies heavily on their academy teams, then your under-23 comp isn't offering much different, and reserve reserves is clearly not a sensible use of resource.

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Did anyone here Gollum crying when Rovers got relegated last season? He even had to go off air and hand over to someone else whilst he composed himself lol

I watched it on HKRTV last night and it looked a good run out for both teams, that I'm sure both coaches will have got a lot out of. was surprised a bit you never gave any of the older fringe players (the likes of Thompson) a run out. The principle of this game is a very good idea, sort an A-team match without the commitment to it being a formal scheduled competition

I have to praise Richard Stead in his role as a radio commentator.

He describes what is happening, and just as importantly [iwhere[/i. He gives a good overview of the general strategy of the games progression, and he also asks concise questions in a way for the summariser to expand on and give their opinions.

I feel there was a massive difference between how he commentates and how Gwilym does it.

For people who rely on the radio commentary to follow the team small things make a big difference. There's nothing more frustrating than 'banter' interrupted by 'It's a try!'