Gonna be close des I feel.

Nah. Hull to get their form back and seal our fate in the middle 8s. I can see Hull pushing 40 points with Rovers getting maybe 2 or 3 scores. We outplayed Hull in the derby at CP and for large parts at the magic weekend and still came away with nothing so I can't see past a Hull win on Thursday.

This is all part of the derby week build up. 2/3 days leading up to it, fans always play down their own teams chances. I think it's a psychological thing - mentally prepare for the worst yet hope for the best. We've had all sorts of reasons why we shouldn't be favourites for this one, "Rovers are due a win", "we're out of form" etc.

I reckon we'll win too, but not by much. 24-20, something like that.

I will be genuinely surprised if we win, I just can't see how we can.

We're not good on the road, Hull have better players and a pretty settled game plan.

There not doing well against the bottom four teams all the teams that have beat Hull we've beaten so that points to a defeat obviously

Well it looks a better contest than 3-4 weeks ago. Thought the s#its would win before Thaler was appointed. We need a minor miracle now.
Only hope is their mind is elsewhere but home derby will focus their attention.
Could be the last derby for a while if we don't get our act together.

Not good on the road? Have't you beaten leeds at headingley and hammered current top 6 sides cas and wakey away?

Anomalies.

Leeds and Wakefield were awful and would have been beaten by me playing in the halves, Cas away, was our best performance of the season.

I've been really flippant in my views of this game so far.

But I still can't see a Rover's win unless the door's completely fall off the Hull game plan.

I think we'll give it a decent go and probably have good goal line defence at times but we won't be able to stand up to your pack.

I think our only chance is to make you nervous, if we can hold until sixty minutes we might have an opportunity.

I think we need to hold them for 80 mins as holding them for 60 mins hasn't worked out in the last two games

I'm not sure they are as good as league position suggests..great plan A but if matched in forwards the backs are average.. coach fans gypsy s in city's ground.the result is irrelevant they could do treble and still be franchise stealing salary cap breaching goalpost swinging pitch invading ters

Yes iv had a few beers.will humbly apologise tomorrow after 30 point scudding

Forgot the whole team on banned substances as well. .goodnight all x

And easily our worst under Powell, reminiscent of the Millward era

S.

have a safe journey chaps, think it will be buzzing tonight, hope the best team wins, as long as its us lol

I need a copy of your CV, Craig. Needs to be forwarded to Boris Johnson. He needs this level of barbed insight to help write his future foreign policy speeches.

Josh Mantellato plays on the left wing tonight. Yippee!

Reasons to be cheerful. Blair in the halves, Donno at loose forward and Greenwood back in the second row.

Could be a close one. COYR.

Mantellato - never saw that coming (neither did he with his eye patch on!)

Rally round...

It means we don't have to score within 3 inches of upright to convert our tries

F'ing rubbish Rovers.

Utter rubbish.

Might as well of played with 12 men for the effort Kelly has put in no doubt Sandra will blame the haircut

Had to work late and missed the game - RESULT!

Not in the least surprised to see the scoreline, which itself hurts a bit.

I assume we've been outgunned again? Even at something approaching full strength, we've too many players who'd be fringe squad players at other SL teams. Depth was a issue, but depth of quality was bigger one, from day 1 IMO. No reflection on them as individuals - they've scraped together 14 points, which isn't shameful, given our limitations and the odd bit of misfortune.

Pick up the pieces for the 8s now, I guess.

I didn't go tonight either. I'm glad. And I think that's it for me this season. One thing that peeved me off was Peacock laughing his head off during the first half when we were getting dry bummed.
I hope his 5 year plan is relevant while in the championship. Play like that against Leigh, and it's good night from us. So so disappointed.

Congratulations to the Black and Whites. Richly deserved victory.

The margin of victory was perhaps a bit flattering, aided by bizarre Thaler decisions yet again, some appalling composure from The Robins in attack, missed tackles, misreads in defence and some bad luck on 50-50 balls.

Marc Sneyd was pure class in the first half. He was the difference. On that form HE DESERVES A SHOT IN THE ENGLAND SIDE. ADD DANNY HOUGHTON TO THAT AS WELL.

We looked toothless in attack. Bombed too many opportunities and Hull's defence stifled us. Unhappy with the soft way we conceded the tries by Steve Michaels. Otherwise no complaints.

Hull will win at least one of the 2 end of season main trophies.