Injuries have hurt us, true. That doesn't excuse a half hearted effort to stop the opposition forwards through the middle in recent games and also the lack of go forward on offence. When the backs gain more yards than the forwards bringing the ball out from our half, you have to ask if those forwards are really trying their hardest.

I think you're making excuses for underperformance. As I said on another thread, the RFL reschedule meant I missed my first home game this year, but I listened to the Cas game on RH. Seems like we upped our performances a bit in the 2nd half, so it can be done.

When we have the ball deep in the opposition half, with composure we are likely to score. Shame we are having to rely on opposition errors and penalties to get there with fully paid professional players wearing our shirt.

Im not making excuses iam giving reasons,the 1st half we were awful and dominated,as you say in the 2nd half we could have won it,but early season we dominated teams in the pack,when we played hull at the kc and won 20-6,the pack was walker,lunt,allgood,blair,horne,mcarthy,with larroyer and burke on the bench.A big difference imo.mcarthy made only had to make12 tackles in that game,lunt 44,allgood31,walker31,burke26,horne25,last night mcarthy had to make55.obviously as you say some are not making enough effort,or are simply not good enough.

Rovers rode their luck in the early part of the season and pinched a couple of wins when they should have been down to 12 men early on. Your luck has ran out and you have been found out.

Who did we "pinch" a win against certainly not hull,we cruised in.Injuries are part of the game and at the moment we are struggling,but just remember how bad you were while ellis was injured,and remember what goes around comes around.

It's funny the harder a team works the luckier they get

Hull had enough field position in the 1st derby to win the game twice but at that stage we couldn't have scored in a brothel. With the way we're playing now we'd win that game with the same amount of field position and possession. The stats from the game were well in our favour other than the score obviously

Nice theory jake but you can't say you would have won I felt we should have won by at least 30 the win was that comfortable

First 25 mins or so Rovers just didn't compete really.

Cas were taking the ball up strong but were unopposed for 10 or 15 metres, then came the collision between a Cas player running at full pelt & a Rovers defender stood still waiting for him to smash into him. Unsurprisingly Cas won the collision and added to the 10/15 metres already gained unopposed.

It was quite shocking that Rovers were so lacklustre and I am at a loss to explain it.

Albert Kelly produced a couple of moments of brilliance to get us back in it and from them on it was a completely different game. Cas still gave it everything but no longer had the free 10/15 metres per tackle and suddenly they found it much harder.

For a while it looked like Rovers might pull it out of the fire and got within 2 points but a piece of brilliance from Campese didn't quite come off and Cas scored soon after to restore a 2 score advantage with not long left and that was that.

Going 0-18 down in the blink of an eye and without Rovers breaking a sweat ultimately proved too much of a hurdle.

Chris Chester & the Rovers team do need to do a bit of soul searching after this. Cas clearly came out with the intention of a fast start whilst Rovers seemed happy to work their way into the game.

Once the game became a contest there was little to choose and Rovers probably shading it. Definitely a game we could & should have won but didn't.

My point was that with the stronger pack you weren't dominating us

I disagree I think we dominated you from start to finish

The stats would say otherwise but you think what you like

Results count not stats and I suppose if we had defended really we'll at Magic we would have won 20-0 but that's not what happened

In all seriousness teams have worked out your soft underbelly which is your pack who are missing a few. Think most teams will go that route against you

In all seriousness teams have worked out your soft underbelly which is your pack who are missing a few. Think most teams will go that route against you

We heard you first time.

Lol I do tend to repeat myself

Yes I specifically remember your post at Easter saying - Radford Out. Yes I specifically remember your post at Easter saying - Radford Out.

I am waiting for your updated post later this month, saying - Radford for Pope, saying Radford for Archbishbosh of York, saying Radford deserves a 5 year contract extension, saying Radford will win coach of the year, saying Radford for Future England coach, saying Hull will hammer Leeds in the RL Challenge Cup next round. Basically talking .

You missed Radford for prime minister. Just saying

You would have been nilled but for a gift from the referree.

After he's done his next 5 years as coach of the Black and Whites, most of it in the Championship with no money to spend, he'll be timing it nicely for the next General Election and Alan Johnson will be stepping down as an MP. Jobs a good un.

see I don't talk rubbish all the time, get you money on him

Cancelled out by one of yours that shouldn't have been given. 14 nil about right for 2 dire teams that day

Only one dire team that day,look back at your forum after the game and see what your fellow fickle fans thought about it,and about your now popular coach.

he was hammered on here and a lot of it was justified, But he looks to have turned it round and well done to him as at the moment a few of us eat humble pie,

Still a fecktard aren't you Rolfie?