We looked good, ball in hand Vs Warrington..
Brown at 9..
Coincidence???

What happened there then? We won the 2nd half?

If Smith reverts back to Houghton at 9 next week then just shows he’s lost the plot.

For me Danny has been a great servant but it’s time to put a fork in him as he is done.
We have an international 9 in Brown and two young players in Charles and Balmforth who have the ability but need to be given a proper chance.

Houghton will be out for at least a week, probably two.

And no cards

Simply better distribution and direction as soon as Houghton went off and a proper half in Charles coming and an international hooker going in to the position he excels at.

Much better second half performance. Sadly, it shouldn’t take conceding six first half tries to start playing.

Much better defence in the second half. A noticeable difference when Danny went off. Charles looked like a greater of fresh air when he came on. Finally some strong go forward from Ese Ese and Pele.

Need to start Charles for the next several games and play Nu Brown at hooker. Hopefully our forwards can start laying a platform through 80 minutes. Hopefully no more bans will give us a more settled pack.

We are still a very poor team. Although they are much better than us, I still can’t see Rovers competing with the top teams. The only decent team they’ve played in the league this season is Warrington and they were outclassed in that game. Wigan and Saints won’t be conceding the tries we did today.

Give over. Even if Danny failed a HIA then Smith would find some loophole to get him in the 13 the following week!

I thought the young lad charles was exceptional,to come on when the team was getting drubbed and perform as well as he did,was terrific and if mcintosh didnt try to showboat he would have made a try with a clever kick.Is balmforth injured.?

Well we had Brown at 9 and Charles in the halves last week.

I wouldn't say that was the change in performance. I just thought we defended better and went forward with more purpous in the second half

If they is one shining light, I think Charles has serious potential.

I don't think so. They don't always tell us though.

He played and scored for the Reserves last week but there's no game this weekend.

Only for 15 minutes, score was 10-6 then Houghton came on at hooker.

Celebrate your win and ascendancy. Don't damn us with faint praise.

The City is yours for the foreseeable future. Revel in it as history shows it will not last forever.

Shows how poor we are, when Rovers fans can't be bothered to take the mick.

Ese'ese was a lot to handle in the 2nd half. He starting finding his feet. Pele also showed glimpses with a couple of big runs towards the end. Also Sao starting causing them a lot of problems in the 2nd half. Those lads need to keep that 2nd half performance up and not fall back into lazy, ill disciplined ways.

Shows how poor we are when I'm the one who's actually planning on doing the mick taking out of my Rovers mates.

"Couldn't even put 50 on us"
"Worst team we've played the last 3 weeks"
"Worst goal kicker in the league"

I also read somewhere that they've not won a trophy since 1985.

Que on rack at half time. The only thing Rovers players were discussing was where should we go for tonights p#ss up celebration.

Que on rack at half time. The only thing Rovers players were discussing was where should we go for tonights p#ss up celebration.

No one seems to be mentioning it but the leveller was the wind. In the first half they had it and dominated, in the second we had it and battled.

Had Martin pouched the interception and McIntosh not fumble his late chance we make it look like a game, somehow.

Just shows how we capitulated when thing were against us in first half. In second we actually managed to have a few chances.

Frustrates me when there’s a loose ball we try to score from it and end up losing it rather than dropping on it and securing possession

The first half was woeful. Rovers did play some good rugby with the wind at their backs but we just never gave ourselves a chance. We looked laboured and disorganised and nothing went well at all.

The second half however did show us a way that we might be able to be more competitive. Charles looks very talented, and Brown looks a totally different player at 9. I also thought Ese'ese played pretty well again and Pele, if he can keep his discipline, does have something about him. If Smith can get over his obsession with always picking Houghton, and if he puts trust in Charles, I do think we can play some better rugby and win a few games. I'm not sure he will though, that's the problem.

Thank you for a balanced view. Charles was ordinary at Huddersfield but played behind some go forward today. People going on about Houghton. His scoots and defence are vital but I like brown at hooker. Can only guess why Balmforth isnt selected. Sorry about some replies from my fellow Hull fans. Thought Rovers have potential and even we have the shoots of recovery but we are way behind you guys

I said earlier in the week that we should leave Houghton out altogether, Litten to full back whilst Walker is out, Hoy to six and Charles on the bench.
We went backwards at Huddersfield when Houghton came on and today played better when Houghton went off.
Charles was a breath of fresh air but Smith is bang average at halfback so we have to give Charles/Hoy a run at halfback so we can inject some zip and speed and hopefully provide some better last tackle options.
At least then we can have two nines playing nine
Hopefully Smith will be on his way before next week so lets hope we have someone sensible picking the team rather than the out of touch dogmatic tinkering Tony

Is balmforth injured.?[/

Only in tinkering Tonys head