I know what you mean, but I think I can help.

Huddersfield are a top quality team, with a big powerful pack and real pace out wide. We know it's going to be tough, especially backing up after a derby, but we'll give it a red hot crack.

Take a trip to Hudds board. A lot of them are conceeding defeat 2 days in advance!!!

how did hull manage nil them and score 19 points also

As I recall there are a good few of the "glass is half empty" brigade over there. They're a good team who played poorly in their last game.

I've just been on their forum and they are complaining about a lack of intensity and line speed from their pack v Salford as well as a high error count. As their set completion was below 50%, they had to defend a lot in wet conditions on a heavy pitch and as a team they collectively made over 400 tackles. Brough and others started moaning instead of playing and their game dissolved to rat s**t.
Taking nothing for granted, we might just have better energy levels come Monday. They are a good team, but now is a good time to be playing them.

God knows!

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the rest of us are cautiously optimistic, as we tend to be before every game
i'm looking forward to it, we were pretty poor last night and we need to have a massive improvement or your halves will tear us to pieces.
i hope Lunt thinks he's still playing for us and puts in the kind of performance he had in the last 18 months for us!

I just hope that whichever set of fans end up on the losing side can refrain from whining about the opposition.
It would be so refreshing.

because in all honestly, we were absolutely abysmal, we went into the game with only 1 pre season game against a weak Halifax side and got caught cold.
we've improved a bit since then

44 Tackles and a try against our poor neighbours. Good stats.

change of club is what was needed for Lunty, he'd gone stale with us and had been seeking a move away for 2 years, because he didn't get it, he sulked.
still a fine player, not one of our fans would deny that, but it's no coincidence that we won 4 on the spin after he left.

2 Changes for monday,Welham and McCarthy out injured,Boudebza and James Green replace them.
Allgood
Sio
Salter
Campese
Green
Lunt
Boudebza
Cockayne
Burke
Donaldson
Dixon
Blair
Kelly
Goulding
Horne
Larroyer
Walker
Ollett
Mantellato

Why would Boudebza replace Welham? Surely it would be Salter???

Lunt has not had a lot of rugby this season and we dont want him playing another 80 mins,salter was already in the derby 19.

Oh right, I didn't see the 19 for the derby.

I think Green and Salter will make the matchday 17. Boudebza and Ollett could miss out again, as Charlie will spell Lunt at hooker.

Isn't it great being spoilt for choice

Long may it last mate.

Gutted for Welham, the lad has really done well in the last few games.

I think Boudebza offers far more guile around the ruck than Cockayne, although it's a difficult selection because Cockayne has so much energy, particularly in exit set's which could be vital against such a big pack.

Rovers need to take the Cas game into consideration when selecting Monday's 17. We have to rotate selection and use the squad as much as possible. I'd expect Boudebza, Salter & Ollett all to feature in the next 2 games at some point.

Hot on the heels of his pin point accuracy when tipping Hull in the derby, Millward writes us off again:

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Lets hope he has us down for relegation.

Millward never backing us on the handicap is a touchstone in these confusing and uncertain times. We've had players picked for england age-group teams, our first team is playing with zest, verve and enthusiasm and Hull fans are saying Hull is not a big club. Let's be grateful for this one remaining link to normalcy.

Millward's predictions are not the best but he makes it even worse with his comments like Hull being 'the bet of the round' to beat Rovers. After being the bet of the round a few days later Hull are described as poor, boring and lacklustre.

Now he's saying Huddersfield to beat us with 2 points start is the best Easter present you'll get all weekend.

He's probably not bothered he's achieved what he really wanted he's got everyone reading his column.

Personally I think his prediction is about right imo

Looking forward to this one as i do every away game, enjoyed the new stand last year and as it was on a Thursday night on Sky there should be a couple hundred more of us this year.

I'm frightened to death of Kelly and Campese though, they look superb from what i've seen of you lot this year.
Could go either way this - wouldn't like to predict it, just hope it's a good game and we come away with 2 points



Keep that sun shining - see you soon