I'm about 25% just now. I don't buy all this doom & gloom from FC just 'cos they got beat in France. Our away record stands at W1,L4

Plus they have Gleeson on debut, as Burnsy says, "surely this indicates a switch in the balance of power, east to west". Not that he knows owt about RL mind!

They will point to Bradford - they beat them, but Salford mullered them. I will see your Bradford, and raise you a Leeds - we struggled to beat them only to see Huddersfield tear them a new one at Headingley last weekend.

I may reach 30% by Friday morning due to blind faith.

Hull are probably playing their same bland rugby and look to grind games out - only this season they've lost out in tight games whereas last season they won most of these games. I don't think they're a bad team but I don't think they're anything to really fear either.

Our form has been very patchy but I think we're moving in the right direction.


I give us a 50/50 chance of winning, though there's only a 10% chance of that. ([size=85Naked Gun humour[/size)

Normally one team is going into the Derby full of confidence only to come unstuck during the game. This could be a tight on as we both are miles away from hitting any form this year.

Both coaches will see it as a crucial game, I'm edging towards a draw.

I can never understand how RL fans can predict a draw, it a rarity tht it ever happens in the game as it is, but I cannot remember the last draw in a derby. For me their will be a winner and a loser on Friday and I am confident we will get the two points as we have not been too bad in the last two weeks and Hull are rubbish at the moment.

Going into the normal season KC derby last year we were red hot and FC where dire, people where predicting an absolute rout, of course we lost.
2007 derby, FC on a run of 7 straight wins, we had won one in 8 or 9 games, of course we hammered them. So as can be seen form means absolutely 0 in context of this game.

We're going to batter, müller and pound them to a paste in a great big red and white pestle and mortar.

good to have you back 'Goose' ...it has been a tad too normal on here without your off the wall postings !

Been on tour fella, have to behave better for a bit.

In other words you are going to give it rice?

Fo' sho.

We're going to rice you.



KAPOW! WHAM! BLAMMO!

And then we're going to mince you.



SLAM! SMASH! KERPLUNK! (Ran out at that point)

And then we'll mince off.



Last part optional...

OO you are AWFUL,but I like you.

Dick and Emery. Two words which should not go in the same sentence!

4 points in it, either way.

Actually not. We seem to be trying to play expansive rugby and failing - creating plenty of chances and not finishing them off. Our defence is also largely crap this season.

Got "classic" written all over it this game.

Did remind me of the bloke who went to a fancy dress party with only a piece of sandpaper covering his privates.When asked who he was supposed to be,he replied...............................

That was you wasn't it.

I can't believe the slander that Dick is getting on this thread. Comedy genius, you Navy boys are incredibly homophobic, and we all know why...

This is about confidence going into the Hull Derby.
If you want to talk about Dick Emery et al we have given you a O/T thread if you missed it.

Given me?

Me?

I have no concept of ownership as has already been established.

This was a great thread prior to me absolutely ruining it.

We're going to get along famously.

You as in the board, Stop getting so defensive.


Indeed we are

Get your money on Hull FC.... www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html Note: Hull FC Squad: T. Briscoe, Dowes, Fitzgibbon, Gleeson, Horne, Houghton, Lauaki, Long, Manu, Moa, Obst , O'Meley, Phelps, Sharp, Tickle, Turner, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman Hull FC squad: Cook, Cockayne, Clinton, Fisher, Galea, Green, Fox, Hodgson, Latus, Lovegrove, Mason, Murrell, Netherton, Sheriff, Taylor, Vella, Webster, Welham, Watts. Good old HDM

Get your money on Hull FC.... www.thisishullandeastriding.co.u ... ticle.html Note: Hull FC Squad: T. Briscoe, Dowes, Fitzgibbon, Gleeson, Horne, Houghton, Lauaki, Long, Manu, Moa, Obst , O'Meley, Phelps, Sharp, Tickle, Turner, Westerman, Whiting, Yeaman Hull FC squad: Cook, Cockayne, Clinton, Fisher, Galea, Green, Fox, Hodgson, Latus, Lovegrove, Mason, Murrell, Netherton, Sheriff, Taylor, Vella, Webster, Welham, Watts. Good old HDM

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having seen the squads I'm surprisingly a lot more confident now, I reckon hull will have had gleeson practising a lot of defence this week as he's going to need it with sean long defending on one side of him and will sharp on his other side. we should get the ball in the hands of benny galea as much as possible down our left edge and I reckon we'll see a fair bit of success there

Sorry,its that damn PMH ,draws you into the Twilight Zone.

Can`t see a mullering either way t.b.h.,as neither side is exactly setting the league alight.Depends on who has the least knock ons etc, who edges it I.M.O.
I`ll go with the yellow bit.