Sorry, I knew I had missed one out. I am sure Jubby has a bright future and will get plenty of game time this year as well. Looks a top prospect and one for the future for sure, his brother will be in another year or two as well.

I thought he did quite well last season. It was his first experience in the position and it was in Super League. He took the ball forward well, on the whole was safe under the high ball and has a step to beat people. You should contact TS as soon as possible pointing out his mistake. He is going to play him at full back when the the lad is not a fullback. At the same time let him know the four players who would be better in the position. Don't bother with Ben C as he already knows about him.

To be fair I didn't think he was that good at full back but Sheens knows a lot more than me so if it's Marsh at FB then I'm happy with that

We'll see, I think you may be surprised.

I agree Constable,as I think London will do very well, having said that it should be a great contest next year, with HKR,London, Fev, Toulouse, Batley, Sheff, even Dews and Swinton being hard to beat.

You might as well add Bradford, Halifax, Oldham and Rochdale into your list to get a full house.



I hope I can guarantee one thing and that is Hull KR never again underestimate a Championship side next season after the Oldham CC debacle at home and the almost banana skin headless chicken performance against Fev away in the Middle 8s last season.

I forgot about Bradford,the others I feel won't be challenging the top 8, no disrespect to these Clubs, as they will all be capable of causing a shock result, but I think Oldham and Rochdale are a bit light on experienced personnel,and There seems to be trouble in the camp at Fax,I like watching Fax however, and have a few friends there, but they don't seem to be going forward, I forsee a long hard season for them.

In reality there's three teams in that league and possibly Fev but they rely on dual reg a lot Halifax are skint as are Sheffield Batley have lost Kear the others should be nowhere near us if we aspirations of SL

My choice of a 17 Man team has changed due to injuries and would look like this;

1 Shaw
2 Oakes
3 Minns
4 Hefferman
5 Cockayne
6 Abdul
7 Ellis
8 Scruton
9 Lunt
10 Mitch Clark
11 Blair
12 Greenwood
13 Addy
14 Tilse
15 Lawler
16 Clarkson
17 Donaldson

Marsh (Inj), Wardill (Inj), Harris, Cator, Salter, Horne, Mulhearn, Moran, Milton, Jubb (Think that everyone up to press)

Do you think promotion will be a walk in the park .frankie it will not be as easy as that

No I don't at all and as I've never said that I can't understand why you've quoted me as saying it I do think we should win the championship easily but promotion is another matter altogether

Agreed we're expected to run away with the championship, the dreaded middles 8s is a different matter.....

My main fear is 'complacency' and the Oldham debacle is still fresh in the memory.

Having spoken to Cookie he said it was a constant challenge to keep complacency at bay, but once the season reached Rnd 20 a new mindset developed.

I think our pre season friendlies will stand us in good stead when you look at one of our biggest rivals pre season fixtures londons....

I know we need good pre season fixtures to give us a stern test and this season more than ever to assure the right intensity. Hull and Leeds are perfect tests.

On the negative side, we usually tend to pick up a few injuries in these pre season games. These have tended to blight us in recent years come Round 1 when the season begins in earnest. I really hope we have better luck this year with injuries.

Surely it can't be as bad as last year.... i like the balance of the team this season two more players in and I would be fairly confident

can it be any worse then the last season and the one before I hope not

Do we really need a high intensity stern test with high injury risks at the start of the season?
To me this season is more like a marathon with high intensity at the end, if we qualify for the middle eights.
I would prefer a steady start and build momentum and intensity as the season progresses.

There's a balance to be struck.

If it weren't for the money, I wouldn't have wanted to touch the Hull friendly with a barge pole. Yes, it's only a friendly, but they'll be looking to give us a heavy beating in every sense.

That said, I think planning for a 'steady' start would carry the risk of going in underdone again. Our first competitive games are Bradford and London. There's a bit of fresh optimism around the club at the moment, but if we start slowly it might turn out to be rather fragile.

I'm nervous some fans are taking rounds 1-23 for granted, as an extended warm for the real season that starts in late summer. We have to be focused on hitting teams hard, fast and ruthlessly from day 1, IMO.

By steady start I mean the level of the warm up games, I agree it's a matter of balance MR. But think it could be very damaging letting the new squad take a good beating on their first run out.
I for one am not taking games 1-23 for granted, it will be a lot tougher than some seem to think. Like you say we must be ruthless and hit the ground running from game one, hopefully lessons have been learnt from the last preseason and the fitness and conditioning will be muck improved.
However it's also important to learn from Leigh's first attempt and not burn ourselves out by the time the middle 8's arrive if we are good enough to qualify. Hopefully we will be in a position to add a couple of fresh bodies to assist.
I think we are in for an interesting season and as usual with Rovers a bit of a roller coaster ride, but hopefully not as bad a ride as the last few.

Yeah, I'd have been tempted to include a confidence builder fixture in there. They say losing can become a habit. And for me the feelings associated with the MPG will linger until we win a game.

For all that results in friendlies don't matter in of themselves, heavy defeats against Leeds and Hull would bring back the familiar pre-match trepidation ahead of the Bradford game.

Tbf, friendlies can chuck up some odd results. Leeds might play a mixed team of senior players and young lads for a chunk of the game at Headingly, for example.

I know its the of season but has nobody got any news on rovers

There's a rumour of a kid called Jake Butler-Fleming signing from Wentworthville Magpies.

The club shop has been busy.

I haven't got my Dream Scene print yet.

Proper East Hull name.

Naaaa, a proper East Hull name would be Jake Lambert & Butler Fleming