I think it goes by school year so becasue Hodgson was 19 in September he counts as under 20 for next...this year. Bit confusing when the season runs from Feb to Sept but hey ho.

OK, guess the one thing to be remembered though is that Josh left FC for first team rugby. It's not his ambition to play u20s all season.

Massive year for both Hodgson and Spaven IMO.

And ambition to play for a better team.

Shame none wanted him

Not sure, but i know Hull FC have been bent over in the greenhouse for the last 2 years.

Have you been on the sauce Bart ?



Personally , I prefer the 'WIP' movies , especially the obligatory hosing down scene.

what the hellllllll

I will not throw stones then.

Do you have to try and turn every post into a sh*t throwing competition?

I stated a fact that Josh left for first team rugby. We were also starting to talk about it been a big year for Josh and Scott Spaven and you bring the fc v rovers jibe up. Trolling on your own site is a new one!

1) Yes he does,

2) Not for him its not.

With a lot of your fans peering in and cleaning the windows whilst doing so

Stating a fact is hardly turning the post into anything. Its hardly a jibe.

And if it upsets you so much, perhaps a better idea would be spending less time on here.

I come on here for some decent debates and a bit of banter. You didnt state a fact, you had a jibe. I dont really care to be fair what you say, the majority of people on here are decent and are up for the same kind of conversations as i am, you clearly just aren't capable.

Depends how you define fact. I would think most fans would look at league positions to define the better team. HTH

My initial point was about expecting Spaven to share Hodgsons big aspirations for 2010 given that they are the same age.
My personal viewpoint is that Hodgson will start the season in Reserve grade in much the same way Wheeldon did for us in 2009 until he reaches the standards that Rovers expect from its players, but will grasp the opportunity with both hands when he gets his chance and cement his place.
Having watched Spaven over the past 3 seasons i have seen a rate of progression but have doubts that he will ever become an established Super League player. Would be very happy to be proved wrong on that one though.

Obviously Morgs and Rovers have seen something in Spaven to warrant giving him his chance. I suppose with current financial pressures its essential we develop our youngsters. Worse case scenario means he does nt make it and it wont have cost us a fortune-at Hull I think they have taken a bit of a risk with big money signings at the back end of their career. Of course I could be proved wrong.

After the last two seasons I would be prepared to take it mate.

I agree with you about Josh, i'd love to see him given a run at 9 though after we messed him about positionally. He does have some real talent at 9. As with Spaven though for you i'm not sure if Josh has what it takes to become an established SL player, time will tell. Hope he gets a chance though.

I think that josh willl go well for you, as I also think that Ratu will. I think it could be even between us this year, and I think that if anything rovers are only lacking a prop or two from improving from last year. That said, I think last years Sl was the weakest I remember so I will settle for Hull 6th-8th and rovers will be in a similar bracket. IMO of course. Morgan is the difference for rovers and what he instills in the side. We would have won the grand final with Morgan in charge from the last five years of our club.

i think both clubs will make the playoffs this time around. We may be lacking a prop but have a few younger and hungrier (hopefully) players with points to prove this time around,
Hull look a lot stronger IMO this time around, esp in the forwards, were if everyone is fully fit then they will go very well ( its all about the fitness thou, Sam Moa looked as unfit at the end of the season as he did at the start IMO, and Lauiki looks another who may struggle for fitness IMO)
Hopefully young Liam Watts will push on this year and maybe if he stays then Mills will show a bit of backbone and have a go ( and maybe pigs will fly

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I for one cant wait for the season to start so all this garbage ends

I would be happy with 6th or above for Rovers. The frustrating thing last season was rarely did I see us perform as well as we could have done. If the Cook / Dobsob things gets going then who knows. I think Hull will finish about 8th, though it only takes a couple of injuries and they could be screwed (I suppose that goes for Rovers as well!!)

i'd actually say hkr are very well equiped to deal with injuries in key positions. cockayne can go in at 1, galea, murrell and i'anson at 6, cooke to 7, murrell to 9. at hull if long gets injured we have to move either berrigan or tansey which is not ideal.

Your bang on, we do have pretty good cover and did last season, which was another huge contributing factor to last seasons successful league campaign.