Supporting any team is based solely on emotion. I’m surprised you cannot accept the difference between a derby match and matches with other teams. Have a word with Saints and Wigan fans or Wakey and Cas. Not to mention the inhabitants of Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.

You have posted some odd things in the past but the above is a complete denial of a situation that is well known to millions of people.

But did they secure a CC final win.
It’s all opinions , apples & pears

For once I agree with a rovers fan

But saying that most clubs do

Roby, Clark, mcshane, lussick, Powell, parcell, litten, mcirloum, dwyerl, Leeming are all better than Houghton

And we wonder why we never kick on to the next level

100% no

We do need an experienced coach but not him

Just about scraping through with a top class Catalan team

The cup win saved his job as I remember they was terrible in the league at the time

Exactly id rather win trophys than 2 points

Apart from our 2 Cup wins most seasons both teams have been average

Beating each other at times is like 2 bald men fighting and then winning a comb!

I am at a complete loss to understand the relevance of the above remark. How good Houghton was in his prime or what he won some years ago has absolutely nothing to do with how good he is today. Today we have two hookers that are performing to a higher standard than he is in my opinion.

A very small percentage of FC fans when they have nothing of relevance to say trot out the mantra about cup wins or other past achievements. Yes FC in the past have had more success but today we who support KR have more reason to feel optimistic about the near future than fans of FC do. That again is my opinion. It does however seem to be shared by the majority of independent commentators and fans whose opinions I am aware of,

If throwing out irrelevant comments about past glories, when the discussion is about present performances makes you feel better then good luck to you.

Corrected for accuracy.
I got pummelled again in the pub Friday teatime, by dad and lad mates, originally from East Hull but are not supporters, “How many Derbies have you won at Wembley” in answer to my “it’s just a game in the league” statement. FFS

People on here and people you know are not a large proportion of KR fans. All teams have a number of supporters who say and post drivel.

But… kr fans are notorious for bringing up the past…. Please also read my last sentence… apples & pears
Houghton is a completely different style hooker to litten & parcel
It is irritating when people make comparisons.
They are playing for different teams and different coaches in a different set up.

So we can never compare two players from different teams. I wonder how international coaches choose their squads.

Winning trophies is better than winning games. However, it’s not like there’s a choice available between the two and winning games is better than losing games.

It’d be nice if the derby was usually a top of the table clash but it isn’t. Getting excited about or having an interest in it (or not) as a mid-table game doesn’t change the chances of it becoming such in the future (little revenue boost aside).

Chucking away the comb won’t grow us new heads of hair.

PS. To a couple of other posters, Hull had won the previous three derbies not the previous four. Stop nicking our combs!

Apologies for pinching a game, 3 Derby wins it is. Your as guilty of generalising FC fans, as you claim me to be. My comments are not derogatory. I genuinely want you to enjoy your day in the sun. I’ve never claimed FC are a big club, quite the opposite, many fans do but I’m a realist, as you will see if you read my posts without that chip on your shoulder, slanting my views. I believe we’re headed for a relegation scrap, as you say, it may well strengthen FC but I’ll not hold my breath. I still think it’s TEDIOUS to camp out on this forum bigging up your club and players and denigrating mine. Rugby League is generally in a parlous state, every club is in debt even yours and it’s getting close to having to repay those debts, REALISM!!!!