If Rovers turn up to play like we know they can then we win. If the Rovers we've seen for most this season turn up then we'll score a hat full of points but ultimately lose the game. We won't know which Rovers side will turn up till kickoff or maybe till the 60th minute..

When did form ever matter going into a Derby?

I'm expecting the usual twists and turns that our Derbies usually produce. Hope some of your players are dying their hair again this season for the cameras!?!

When did this happen?

Its interesting to see with FCs 'success' this campaign their fans Sat Navs have helped them populate our Forum!

Wonder if they will be so accurate after the derby?

However it was disturbing to see the proliferance of FC Shirts in Morrisons on Saturday!!!! - Looked like a dress rehearsal for My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding!!!

A few points Basil. I have frequent flyer points on here, in any kind of weather, so to speak.
Secondly I've never seen an FC shirt on Gypsy Wedding.
Thirdly, you make it onto the Hull board sometimes. Last time? Oh yes, after Rovers won at the KC in January. Your Sat Nav's been a bit faulty since, it seems.

It's derby week, a thread like this invites us in for some mutual ridicule. The most transparent April Fool this morning is the rumour that Dobson's "a doubt". Please, whoever you are, try a bit harder. Pants effort, that.

If Hull turn up with the right attitude we'll win. We have a better side, your lot always have a better attitude on derby day. But hopefully now we have got a top coach and you havn't things will change

You deserve to lose purely for that.

i will happily accept a narrow win against another basement team

One of your best posts there divoz, never thought I'd say it but I agree with all of that.

I'm not going with all this "we can beat anyone on our day" shizzle.

Huddersfield has us beaten and then imploded, we lured them in with our utter crapness.

Hull by plenty.

I'm not expecting a win, Hull are on a roll, turning over anyone who gets in there way, with timely injury returns to boost them further (Yeaman/Mckinnon) whereas were just pants. Our super pack is naff, with no staying power, Hull are 2nd because they've beat all the big boys and were still pants.

Derbies are always difficult to call, historically form goes out of the window..

Out of our 2 games though I imagine it will be easier to get 2 points from the derby than a visit to Hudds, so hopefully we will maintain our form.

Hull look much improved. Aside from ourselves the 4 teams they have not played yet are Wigan, Hudds, Leeds and Catalans. So the exact extent of the improvement is still open to question. That doesn't mean they won't answer any doubts strongly - we just don't know yet. On the one hand you can only beat what is in front of you, and they have been doing that. On the other I know some Hull fans believe that results have been slightly better than performances, and their squad is being stretched for the first time this year. 6-1-1; unless they have a slump, they should make top 6 from here - winning 9 or 10 of there last 19 would be good enough 5th/6th most likely.
We've shown the odd flicker, but have been more Hyde than Jeckyll. 3-1-5 - I'd take 8th right now, in a heartbeat. More because it'd mean the ship had been steadied, that for the slim chance of reaching the GF. We could really do with a win over Easter, in either fixture tbh. That'd be a proper timely boost.

I'll take a draw now tbh. Our very thin squad of forwards is being stretched (not bad luck btw, more bad planning/recruitment). Absentees like O'Meley and Moa are not something that we can cover and this will be our downfall which will see us gradually slipping to a more realistic SL position.

As for Friday, If your pack gets on a roll, you could win by a lot. If our very much improved defence can keep on top, your side could "fall away" late in the game.

I personally fear the worst but I always do.

However it was disturbing to see the proliferance of FC Shirts in Morrisons on Saturday!!!!

Thats a bit rich when the you manage to win a game...ur shirts are seen all week on Holderness Road. God there must be a stench at KR games when they play!!!

Derby games always hard to call teams can top of league one at bottom form goes out of the window its all on the day you just hope
your team turns up and makes less mistakes.

KR by 10-16 pack too big and strong.

FC young bench hits the wall due to second game syndrome.

Haha, nice try.

Fergie would be proud of some of the 'mind games' on this thread

Cant call any game this year never mind a derby.

not got my ticket yet, where are kr fans going that are not in the north.

50/50 for me, maybe 55/45 to Hull with being at Home and some good confidence.

Playing Ok at the moment but not brilliant.

Webster not playing will help us, as he always looks good against us.

If Hall is back, will he play at centre?

Hopefully Hull will have Yeaman and McKinnon back, and maybe Moa, looking forward and dreading this game.

Upper West, a couple of quid more but a fantastic view...

Me too, another day or so & I'll be getting butterflies. I love the atmosphere of a derby.