Not favourites by any means . No backs apart from shaull and now on about playing Yeamo ! . Still the weather looks good for weakend.P.S whats the news on mcguire?

The definition of favourite I was using was:

The competitor thought most likely to win a game or contest, especially among those betting on the outcome.

The only odds I could find align with this.

While i’m aware of the (admittedly self-parodying and absurdist) attempts by some B&W posters to forge an alternative narrative by worst casing the availability of your players, and downplaying our problems, to frame what will likely be another routine victory as something exciting and novel, unfortunately from our perspective, it is bull dung.

Edit, we’ve drifted out to 9/4.
Second edit, back in slightly to 11/5. Exciting this.

As i have turned over a new leaf/got bored posting drivel my post was a genuine one , i don,think there is ever a favourite in the Hull derbies as it means so much to both sides . The fixture no matter how well / bad / injured or healthy we are is most likely to spring a surprise is the dreaded derby . No excuses from me when we play your lot as the best team on the day wins , hopefully without the idiot officials making the headlines.

unfortunately you got bored long after we did with your garbage , but we will see if you have bipolar or not I suppose over the course of time,but agree with your sensible post,supporting a club is for life not just a game,a bit of banter is still healthy though.

Tbf I think the reason we have had more attention is because we have been absolutely hammered very quickly. Your injuries have accumulated slowly. Guys like Addy being injured pre season sadly get forgotten about. Whereas we have gone from pretty much a full strength team to recalling 19 year olds from loans and considering bringing guys out of retirement in the space of 2 weeks. Its going to generate more headlines and attention.

In reality both sides will have similar standard teams (relative to what their best 17s would be) on the field and there could be 20 players unavailable.

I arent one of the ones that is playing up our injuries for effect. We should win (although I wasnt expecting to quite so short with the bookies) but the players missing does make it more of a lottery. We saw in pre season that outside of the main players our squads arent that far apart.

spot on pal,try telling mrs b

As I said on one of the threads on our forum. She has been doing it for 10 years. I assume its a coping mechanism.

I think the reason your so short with the bookies is although you have a lot of injuries the possible team line ups been shown you still have a decent side just shows your strength in depth really

Hulls real issue is at half back. With 4 halfs potentially out (tuimavave in with a chance I think) I just don't see where our tries will come from plus well have 2 makeshift wingers and a makeshift centre.

Rovers seem to have a bigger squad of more even quality whereas our first choice 17 or so is good but beyond that it's mainly young players and the drop off in quality probably isn't as big for you as it is for us.

I think the bookies just look at league position and form. The odds may change when the squads are announced

Mulhern should be back in good time for the 8s, at least.

In the interim, i wonder if we could throw any players a SL lifeline? And they could help us build towards the 8s.
It wouldn’t have to be a former Robin but...

Frankie Mariano turned out for Doncaster at the weekend - dunno if he’s coming back from injury or just on the fringes at Fev. 31 now but a shot at a contract for 2019 could be tempting, i dunno - suppose going full-time again could be a big step.
James Green has been playing on loan at Fax, and at 27 his looks a little like a career in need of repair.
Jordan Cox has maybe gone beyond that point, and is without a club after being released by Sheffield. No idea what sort of shape he’d be in, but it must be soon or never if he does want to get back into the sport.

I know they might not be signings that’d set many fans’ pulses racing. But in a thin market, and unable to offer great security a bit of imagination is maybe in order. Tbf, Tickle hasn’t looked out of place, and looking further afield, Vaivai has done okay pretty much straight out of the local Illawarra league and Talanoa has done a very decent job for Hull having spent time as bin man. A lower standard SL does at least increase the potentially eligible talent pool.