So guys, how do you think the game will go on Saturday ?

After yesterday, I'm looking to another loss. Yesterday was our worst performance all year by a long way and I should suspect morale will be down to another low now. Something big needs to change if we are to stand any chance against them. Improving our discipline would be a start.

echo echo! your a trouper you Gouldy, more power to you.

With 7 suspended hkr might hit 70 again.

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Will you struggle to field a side with these additional 7 suspensions (Cahill was already missing after the Brown hit)? I was slightly confident of a win before this, now I'm trying to get a bet on, but most bookies have pulled the game from the coupon!

even missing 8 players the crusaders squad still looks stronger than wakefield's last week which was the poorest superleague team I have ever seen. the threequarters and front row are still strong plus the fullback with the scrabble winning name is back, just the back row and the bench is weak really and a lot will depend on witt.

I'm expecting a low 30's to mid teens score this week, maybe something like 34-14 to the robins hopefully!

any word on what happened to get them all suspended ?

With Tansey involved?.....three guesses.

You would need three

App alcohol related thats from a journo who deals with crusaders app it's been resolved but they're still suspended for sat game obviously cos they ave named the squad, so one to many shandys then lol

There's different rumours going around all the time.

1: The were on the lash the night before the Huddersfield

2: Betting scandal (consequences would be a lot more severe if so)

When I seen Tansey involved, my guess was that he'd thrown a house party. He promised and promised he wouldn't let anything get in his way of his last chance at Crusaders. He'll never get anywhere in his career, he'll never learn.

So, what do people think the score will be after hearing all this ? I'll go Hull K R by 30+

Spot on there, numerous warnings whilst at Hull leading to his dismissal and then he takes the mickey out of you when you've given him a chance. Doesn't know he is born, making a living playing a sport he supposedly loves.

Exactly. Shame as well, cos Tansey is a very good player. Since he's moved to full-back with Schifcofske injured, he's been most probably our best player. Especially against Leeds. Some players will never learn and Tansey is one of them.

Congratulations to the Crusaders management team for taking a strong stance on this issue. Strength of discipline is one of RL's great traditions, and sets our game apart from other popular sports. Hull KR's stance has been less encouraging, lets hope they take notice of what has happened here. I for one will be hoping for a positive Crusaders result this weekend, but regardless of the score, the Crusaders club are the winners here.

It is a bold move, but really they had no alternative.

Many were calling for the club to release information about what they'd done, but then things have to be kept confidential.

i think this may be a close game for a while, but think Rovers will pull away with it in the end to win pretty easily. you got to admire the desicion to suspend the players by your board, a very strong sign that no more messing about in the future will be tolerated.

Don't know what to make of the game and how to react to it.

In a way, I was expecting this result and given the team we fielded we didn't do all that bad.

Thought 1st half we matched Hull K R at the minimum and we wasted a few good chances. Perhaps we deserved to be ahead at HT.

Second half was frustrating - you can't defend any team no matter what the experience and quality of it is, if they aren't getting basics right. We spilt way too much ball today (did we even complete a set of six 2nd half ?) and when you do that, its hard to compete in a game.

We lost the game in the 2nd row - Hull K R have one of the strongest second row partnerships in Super League and today it showed. I thought Galea and Newton completely bossed the game for them today.

A few things we can take into the next game, but a lot to build on once again.

went just as i said it would, it was always gonna be a big ask for your guys to win this game given the disruption you had. but fair play, it sounded like the players had a good go 1st half.

Yer - we had a good go, but like I said, you can't defend a team if they're not getting the basics right.

Had my first trip to wrexham for this one, quite enjoyed the place, that pub utside the ground is pretty good.

Thought we had a mare first half and the crusaders put up a very spiritied display. Rovers did what they have done a lot of times this season by racing into a 12-0 lead, looking like it was going to be how many and then let the oppo into it and in all honesty you should have been leading at half time. Only a mix of poor decision making and good defence from us stopped you getting a couple of more tries.
2nd half we seemed to click a bit more and some of your ball play was suicidal, gifting us two walk ins. Reckon if you'd had a couple of the 7 banned players playing it would have been a different story. Still 2 points is 2 points.

Apparently Justin Morgan came out of the dressing room after half time with a broad grin on his face and said 'that's shaken them up!' It did too.