Don't be soft they are missing nearly as many as us

What? Don't you think hkr will win by 6 or more?

It's the equivalent of you going into the game without Dobson, Clinton and Newton. Plus you've had an extra day to recover and are in great form. Morgan said you were the form team in the comp this morning. Face it. Expectation is that you'll smash us and you know it.

I really hope you're right as there really isn't a finer sight in sport than three quarters of the KC stadium emptying with half an hour to go

, however I suspect the derby aspect of the game will make it a lot closer than you are making out

Clearly not a betting man Shelds.
In the betting world if you give Rovers +6, and we win by 6, then we have won by 12... if you think rovers will win by 6, then you give FC a +6 start. The fact a bookie has given rovers a 2 start makes FC favourite.

......and the weather now looks as though it could play it's part....

Stick to bean-counting love, this amateur reverse-phychology stuff isn't really working.

I take it back, you obviously have no idea how the handicap betting system works

Spot on mate, she really does talk some tripe

Expectation is a dangerous thing, every player on the pitch will be up for it.

Everyone expected for Rovers to get smashed in the first few seasons of SL derbys, if Hull get and early score and a roll on, form will go out of the window.

Think the odds are spot on, on form you would in my opinion be favourites but with us being the home team that would reduce those odds and make you very slight favourites.

+2 or -2 is here nor there. Some bookies look at other things when deciding their odds but betting wise they are poor odds for the punter.

Seems the [url=http://www.sporthull.co.uk/headlines/DERBY-Fitzgibbon-stopped-warns-Galea/article-2415701-detail/article.htmlHDM[/url havent heard yet.

OK, let's put it another way. If FC had just thrashed the champions and had O'Meley, Long and Fitz playing and Rovers had just been thrashed by Wakefield and were missing Dobson, Newton and Clinton, I'd say that was a pretty hefty advantage. Come on, it's hardly an unreasonable opinion.

Like i said, we are missing more players than you. Charnley and Latus will be sampling a competetive derby for the first time with only 4 first team games between them. One will be up against an international winger and the other facing an international centre.

You are 4th in the table having won 6 of the last 8 plus you have only lost once at fortress KC all season and that was only because it came 3 days after the first derby.

Difficult task for us given that we have come out of a massively physical non-stop battle against the champions the previous week whilst you had a game that was more of a training exercise.

Hope we can over come the odds

don't waste yer time pal, she's a woman (i think), knows nowt about rugby but a lot about money.


not a gambling man, but rovers by 8 for mine!

I meant hkr to win by six or more, I'd like to blame the betting system they have out here for my confusion!

We didn't "thrash" Leeds, we out enthused them and stuck to our game plan (something that's been sadly lacking this year) you're old enough and have seen a lot more (

) Derby's than me to know that all of this means nothing come game day.

We are however going to beat you, I won't be here to enjoy it as I'll be travelling back over, but I'm sure you'll be here to remind me on Friday morning if you win. Hopefully, either way, FilthyBaconWagon v.2 will turn up to help me commiserate/celebrate.



She does, understands the game to a "T" and although she winds us up she's one of imo the more knowledgeable posters on here.

...and if you'd won 5 of your last 7 games and where sitting near the top of S/L after 10yrs in the comp, playing a side on home turf, who had just come up playing with a near national league one side , losing 6 of their previous 7 games and second bottom, I'd say that was a pretty hefty advantage.....would you agree?...

Seems everyone on RH, red and white, black and white, pundits and interviewees all make Rovers "red hot favourites", Lee Richardson saying FC won't even be in it. I reckon therefore that I'm on the money with this one and you are all big girls blouses with all your faux "too close to call" nonsense. TBH if you play like you did last week I'll at least enjoy some good rugby.

Don't worry mrs B, our A team had enough class for a good win.

Never mind. Don't OD on the commiseratory bacon - you'll have meat sweats by 11am.


I know you're being nice, and I thank you kindly, but the benchmark is quite low TBF.

Looks like the bookies were spot on but how the hell did they know our captain would fail his fitness test and we'd produce a second rate performance ?

I knew you where a hull fan!

There was talk fitzy was injured though.