Think you're being harsh. Wigan can take any team apart when they get into gear, Rovers without McDonnell, Welham, Green, Clinton? Young players did well, and will learn about closing a game out. And to challenge Wigan so closely in a game most expected a 50 point margin to the visitors is impressive IMO.

The bit I'd be more worried about is home form. Is that 6 reverses on the bounce?

Funny how this thread is all fc saddos.

We had a good go but ran out of steam against the league champions with a patched up team aswell, credit to Wigan but as a Rovers fan I have to ask why we don't seem to see that much effort every week.

funny how fc played yesterday and the 100,000 dobbins fans are leaving, travelling home, too ed off after losing the game from that margin.

The fact we have been pushing teams close offers, if not consolation, at least some indication that we aren't miles away - we just can't get over the line, which is a worry. We're not, as form might suggest the worst team in SL - on the other hand when we won 6 from 7 and we were never that good either. We're 10th this year pretty much guaranteed (I think), and that is, overall, a fair reflection - as it generally is.

Injuries hamper you, but all teams have them. Sandercock's first season has maybe been worse than any of Morgan's from that POV, so I hope nobody is calling for his head yet. Realistically though, if things don't pick up in the first 10-15 games of next season, he won't get a new deal. Hopefully, from our POV, this has been a bottoming out.
The one strange positive for him is that expectations will be lowered to distinctly realistic levels for 2013 - he just has to be damn sure we reach them.

New north stand, Disco Dave's dash and a few promising debuts - apart from that, our sixth SL season can get stuffed for me. Bring on 2013.
edit: Doing the double over Huddersfield was nice too.

Hope Galea, Webster, Murrell and the others still got a hand despite the disappointment, but.

A few basic errors cost Rovers the game today and the fact that Wigan had proven matchwinners in their team. Rovers were more than a match for tem for 65 minutes but seemed to just run out of petrol and were hanging on for that last 15 minutes it was just a matter of weather Wigan could score enough to overhall Rovers lead, they did, just and were worthy winners in the end.

They did, Murrell was speachless with the reception he got. Credit must also go to Craig Sandercock who went into the East Stand after the game to talk to the fans and have photos taken with them.

Reminds me of the thread on the FC board after the Widnes game the other week...

Yep, there were a few FC saddos in that one too.

Enough said.

Not really, Font made a fool of himself on the Widnes thread, loads of Hull fc fools on this one as usual.

...but nowhere near the level of gormery that might have been expected, so let's show our gratitude by keeping it... I almost wrote 'positive'. 'On topic', that'll do.

It's hard to keep anything on topic with all these idiots on here.

Chill out and stop being so crabby.

its not like you have lost out in the race for 8th is it?

and a few snappy Rovers fans too.

We didn't deserve that but at least we hung in there against a Hull KR side that was on fire for the majority of the game.

I enjoyed it in the well. The views not great with a section of the pitch blocked by the dugout but your fans were a credit. There was some good banter and you took that type of defeat exceptionally well.

To clap the Wigan team off at the end showed real class. I don't know why but the relationship between both sets of fans seems really good. Maybe it harps back to the magic weekend in Cardiff when Wigan would support KR against Hull FC and you guys returned the favour when we played Saints(we needed support back then as Saints would usually put 50+ on us).

Snappy maybe, but I don't like people like yourself talking e

WRONG!

Joining Jack please.

No mate, he's not serious he's a bell end.

If anyone is fluent in Moronese, and can translate this, I would be really grateful, thanks.

I see a fair bit of Rovers and I think that you're not that far away, but there are some serious improvements needed at the same time. You could sense (I thought) once Wigan scored the try right on half time that they would win the game, and that was the feeling around where I was in the RM Stand.

I've been impressed with a lot of the kids who've played this year, Sheriffe looks like he'll be a good player, I'm impressed with Liam Salter, Cox is a solid player and Dave Petersen is good too, so a few more of those and you won't be far away.

Really felt for Scott Murrell at the end today, it was obvious just how much Rovers means to him, him and Galea are 2 players who I've always enjoyed watching for Rovers, especially the Scott Murrell of 08/09 before Morgan tried turning him into a hooker.

That's usually my fault.

Wigan probably just deserved to sneak it, you just cannot concede that many points and expect to win a game.

The lack of control at twenty six nil was ridiculous.

I did however enjoy the game overall, we gave it a good go, that attitude and effort was there.

Shed a little tear at the end with the departure of Super Ben Galea, The Drighlington Dynamo and Jake The Snake.

dont forget to pick your dummy up