Quote: barham red "I've noticed a number of times that you can tell which Rovers team will turn up by watching the warm up. I noticed on the clips pregame they never looked ready or up for it at that point and I feared the worst. Whether it was the long run of must win games took its toll, we eased off once getting into the play offs or they're just not good enough I don;t know either way it was predictable.'"
it was quite uncanny, JM came past first and looked as if he'd just lost his wallet and the players trooped wearily behind looking as though they were going to the electric chair ! as I said Michael Vella was the only one to look relaxed and chatted away without any problem - big Clint looked the worst ! I've heard of pre-match nerves but that was a bit OTT...
The Catalan players turned up in groups of two or three at a time and looked great,chatting with the fans and joking between themselves - a complete contrast from HKR
at the end all the HKR players were great,chatting to the fans and signing autographs etc - it's as though a great weight had been lifted from their shoulders.....
The only other team I have seen this season with the same look as the HKR players was Leeds - they looked really uncomfortable and also ended up losing as it happens
