Just to add, what a refreshing change - a derby thread without all the usual garbage

I expect a 16 all draw till the 79th minute when Radford will intercept a long cut out pass by rovers and then open his legs pin his ears back and prove to us what a world class player he is and how fit he is or will he simply drop the ball anyway or give away a penalty.......

Depends which Hull FC turns up really, hopefully they will have had along hard look at themselves and the Coach included and come out on Friday fired up. If they dont then i can only see us getting another drubbing and the hands on Morgan and his merry men as he always gets them up for the derbies unlike Agar.

fancy us to win by 7 a late drop goal from longy to seal it.

With such a tight game predicted, could boil down to which coach has the most influence!

Don't understand the comments about our pack being too big for Rovers. Radford, Dowes and Moa are small for props.

Moa maybe a prop but dowes and Radford are barely RL players never mind props

Dowes maybe, but Radford is huge, shame he doesnt run his weight though, Moa might be small in height but is big the other way and very powerful.

Wouldn't say radford is huge if he is he definelty doesn't use it

You are Rommel and i claim my £5.

I am cakking it over this one. Beginning of the season I would have us nailed on to win, now?......If Hull arrive up for it,I will say us,just.

Are we having a sweep on when Hame gets sin binned?

The derby games usually go to the team that want it more, for that reason I think Rovers will scrape it. Hope I'm wrong, but the derby games of the recent era hardly fill me with confidence.

Can only see one winner! Horne will be a major influence on the squad and if Fitz, O'Meley, Lauaki, Manu can get on top of them, I think the hard work is already done. In Sean Long and (this season) Richard Horne, we have two good half backs who are more than capable of orchastrating a victory over the Red and Whites. Cusack should return and his experience should lift the team.

My only concern is who will throw the first punch. Moa, Lauaki, O'Meley or Long.

Here comes the Boom!!!!

lets face it, we've been hurt by rovers in the last few years, the vast majority of the squad have been hurt by them so if hull go out there not wanting it then they are not fit to be in the profession they are in, we have to win aswell because warrington 3 days after a derby is a big ask, come on u ull !

Not at all confident about this one, to be honest.

Morgan has proved in the past how he is much better at lifting his team for a derby game than Agar or Sharp before him.