At this stage i think 6500 ticket sales is pretty good going. Talking to friends and family at Rovers yesterday none of us had sorted our tickets yet but we are all going. With a big publicity push later on in the week i reckon we will see a crowd well in excess of 10k.

Too many derbies I'm afraid it's a joke having another one. Looking forward to the Bradford friendly next week.

i agree

two derbys a year is enough i dont want to see your ugly mugs 4 times a year

it is a money spinner but does take some of the shine off it maybe you'll win a couple this year though

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I am surprised at the low tickets sales, I can't wait to see our new look team and playing style. With all the bad news around I would have thought AP might have asked us to treat the game a little more seriously than a normal friendly. Nothing like a derby win to get the feel good factor, even if its in a meaningless game.

Nicklas and Ellis getting 40 minutes each, good to hear. Rovers fielding pretty much their starting 13 for SL with far fewer interchanges this week.

Great news, I am dying to see how Ellis fairs in SL and with KR fielding their strong team it will give us a pretty good idea of how he does.

Would not be surprised if it was around 9k, it's only a friendly and there is a bit of overkill on the derbies these days.

not just that, we're sharing the gate receipts, so that will put a fair few off, not giving Grudge any of my hard earned.

I think we will lose - its our 1st game and we will be blooding some of the kids in the 2nd half. What i am interested to see, is how the first 13 play in the 1st half. If we play expansive rugby with support play and show signs of good rugby, yet we lose the 2nd half with the kids playing, that wont upset me

The only reason I think we will lose is because Rovers will be playing their third game and this been our first.

Is Ellis doing 40 at york as well?

That seems to be the [isuggestion[/i though Nicklas tweeted that he was deffo doing 40 mins in each game.Lyne,Green,Kent etc to play at York too.

After watching Rovers against Wigan i think we'll get the win depending on PG subs. With us playing York the day before i'd imagine we'll be going against Rovers with a strong line up.

Me neither. Going to Bradford next week.