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After all this time Hudge finally gives his verdict and its stays at Caravan Park.

I am glad they are not using the KC and I can not help thinking the decision was taken to help them beat us rather then from a business decision.


Our fans with the fight for tickets to a stand where using binoculars to see the game is a must or watch it live on Sky

Unless we can get tickets in the west stand, will be the local for a few beers and a tv for us.

Shows why Rovers are and always will be a small time club, they'd rather have the slight advantage of playing at home in the hope of securing 'bragging rights' against us. Rather than increase gate receipts for a single fixture by 200-300%.

Laughable really.

So, what was the point in switching it in the first place?

Haha I never though about that, our game was played while their north stand was still in use so if anything their going to get 2,000 less fans than if they played it when they were supposed to.

Perhaps negations to use the KC broke down and this is just a way of making it look like it was their decision for their fans.

this ^^

hudge probably couldn't get what he wanted for the kc, so has to save face!

best seat in the house for me, front room and sky

Well,im working that night so not botherd...il just enjoy winding the scummers up i work with when we 2@ em.

Think i'll give it a miss .Dont fancy watching a game on a building site.

Its not the fact that they want to stay at Caravan Park that is such a give away but more the small minded parochial ambition that all that matters is beating us.hat shines through the whole article. I'm a fan and like beating Rovers but like finishing in the top four a lot more. Our management see the loss at the weekend as two points lost he obviously see's it as the club being one win away from their ultimate objective of beating us more times than we beat them! What is more worrying is him putting that above a massive pay day for a Club he admits is losing money every week at present, I'd be looking for any excuse to switch the game if it meant an injection of another £150,000 into the Club that would make it stronger and more competitive when it comes to signing players. All our administration bang on about every week is finishing as high as possible in the League and taking it from there, all they appear to talk about is beating us. True Colours I guess.

Reads as though Hudgell would be happy with 3 wins a season.As long as they are against us

Spot on Wilf, no wonder the fans celebrated like it was their cup final and a few have come out of hibernation back to the boards the sole goal of beating us and the bitterness filters right from the top of the club all the way to the bottom.

I'm struggling to see how those comments can be reconciled with the quotes in that article

"It's the same two points as the ones we lost at Castleford and at home to Bradford," added Hudgell, when asked how important the win was to their campaign.

"So, in one respect it's no more important than any other game."

"It elevated us into the top eight for the first time this season and was a pretty vital two points given the run of games we are about to enter."

Fair enough, he then goes on to admit the bleeding obvious, that those 2 points are sweeter than most for the fans - wow.

[iIf[/i the club has turned down £150k, then despite the controversy and mockery that would have invited, it is a [sizemassive[/size piece of gormcloppery. On the other hand, the figure was widely played down went it looked like it might be moved (a rare example of cross-forum consensus, excluding my lonely voice in the wilderness )

Also, I'm far from convinced that losing hurts more than winning gives pleasure. That sounds like a miserable way to spend your leisure time.

I really hope there is no building rubble about when this game is played I remember a very sad Friday at the Boulevard when the rubble was used for throwing.

Very sad episode for both sets of fans, and an incident like Ganson one in the last match against the home fans could see it ignite, or have we grown up now?

ps
I really dont know how the building is going as I have no interest whatsoever.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that this won't be the final derby of the year, if the league stays at it is come the end of the season, we'd have another one to endure.