what do we think our chances are?

we have played 4 poor teams in the last 4 weeks and they say we have built momentum. I still reckon we will have to play the best we have all year, and saints will have to be at their utter worst in order for us to progress to the next round.

there just seems to be too much speculation and unrest at the club at the minute which i don't think helps matters on the filed.

Really looking forward to the day, but on-the-pitch I'm expecting a 20-30 point beating if I'm honest.

Eastmond is now playing well again and looking near his best and Pryce is back to add support.

With these 2 and others Saints still have loads of attacking options and still have a lot of flair and skill in the team.
They also have good 'go forward'.

So our defence which has been found wanting many times this season is going to face a severe test. I'm sure Rovers will take the field with lots of enthusiasm but I don't think it will be long before we are struggling out wide and once we are leaking points it will be hard to stop the flow.

It will be hard even to match the sheer energy and intensity Saints are going to put into this game because week in week out Rovers are just not used to playing at that tempo.

Saints actually are in with a genuine chance of winning the cup this year IMO and they just don't get beaten at home in quarter finals to teams way below them in the league. In fact looking at the past few years they just don't get beaten in quarter finals, end of.

IMO Saints are now gearing up to produce their best form for the business end of the season. I fear Rovers will find out at first hand.

I think you're right about this.

Eastmond/Pryce/Lomax/Roby/Wilkin is IMO the best 1/6/7/9/13 spine in SL and if we can get Paul Clough back fit we'll be a real threat with TP/LMS/Graham/Clough at prop.

Remember it has happened before even at wembley the underdog sometimes has its day why not us we should all

Theres always a chance, if we can really fire then we have a shout. In reality tho I think this will be a 20+ points defeat by a saints team who I think will appear in both finals this year and will win at least one.

Pish. I'll see your TP/LMS/Graham and raise you Netherton/Latus/Murrell!
There!

Dont fancy our chances much either but with it going to be our biggest game of the season so far Im really looking forward to it.

They have stars all over the pitch but the man to me to watch out for is Meli, looking strong and powerful in the centre

I'm more interested to see how he copes with Webster. Jakes form has been pretty good in recent weeks and Meli's defence is very ordinary.

Gobbled Mark Henry up with Reggae Reggae sauce on Sunday. Looks dangerous, powerful and aggressive in everything he does at the moment.

Should be a really good match up - Meli is on fire in the centres at the moment and looks unstoppable at times.

Echo what most are saying, if we are on top of our game we may have a slim chance, but realistically saints are overwhelming favourites and if they play to their best you cant see us winning. BUT no matter how slim, there is always a chance and thats the beauty of the cup, and il certainly go with blind optimism of a rovers win

Zilch.

Thaler is ref, Childs is running the line



Maybe next year.

he need to bring our very best and hope Saints have an off day, if we start like we did against salford then the games over after 20 mins. IMO Saints will win easily, i hope not though.

All optimism disappeared in an instant. Maybe he will pull up in the warm up

He is but he may not play. He was doing a lot of stretching of one leg towards the end of our match against the Dragons on Friday and he has had hamstring niggles all season so I'm half expecting him to be out of action. Also, Wilkin was taken off having suffered some kind of injury during the match and Makinson, one of our wingers, head clashed with someone else, looking decidedly groggy for a while. It looks like Eastmond could be playing fullback again as Saints have said Wello is looking very doubtful. Pryce will likely be on the bench again as his return is being carefully managed after a year without playing.

With all the disruption to our team this season we have been very inconsistent in our performances so although we have now been to ten CC semis on the bounce, I'm not taking anything for granted this year. I don't think it will be the walkover by us that some of you are anticipating, regardless of who we may have on the pitch!

Ul still stuff us saints fan, foster alone can destroy us awesome player he is

Maybe he will be confused and just penalise the team in red and white.

Morgan and Agar ?........



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Agar! gimmee a laugh.

Not according to his last press conference in front of the hull voices.

Been hoping that for the last three seasons mate.

if he did chances are child would take over, he reffed us there last year with sin binnings all over the place and a right hammering the one ref imho who is worse than thaler is child

optimism rediscovered





I wasnt at that game, however i am aware of how much Childs gets slated. But i think hes genuinely rubbish whereas Thaler always seems to screw us over almost deliberately

Hi All,

I'm trying to get a lift back from the Saints game on Sunday,
I'll be travelling to the game from Manchester so no problem getting there,
just need to get back home to Hull after the match.

any help appreciated,
I can chip in on fuel costs etc,

will have mobile with me at the game so can arrange to meet in the rovers end,

thanks in advance,
Jon

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I think Saints are looking for consistency for the rest of the year, something we have lacked in our performances. Pryce to play 30 of the 80 I reckon.

Our halves have looked more dodgy in recent weeks in defence so there is an area for Hull KR to target and see if they can panic Royce into making an early sub for Leon.