I haven't the energy for her drama's

Neither team have real injury problems as it stands (Could change with the 17 tomorrow) so no injury excuses from either team.

Pressure is rightly on us though.

Talisman Houghton back coupled with the return of Paea
Timely boost for Hull.

just like lunt and Maguire for you then, for what its worth I think ur gunna pip us for this one

Maguire ? ?

Sounds like Lunt and McGuire won’t make the 17.

Hopefully this episode in our ongoing penance for the mistakes made in the middle of the decade won’t be too painful.

At least i’m not nervous! I just hope the lads tackle their hearts out, show pride in the shirt and our fans don’t get on their backs if things go badly.

always a shot to nothing , still in middle 8s if we win, come july we need all troops back ,just a shame for the fans we couldn't be a little stronger

Timely boost my

Two massive blows, where they either going to play, id be suprised if they play on Monday either.

Really disappointed if we lose this, still not confident though.

It would be madness to play either at Wigan. With or without we will lose comfortably. We need to target next Saturday at home to Widnes.

Some joke decisions on trys already in this game

Couldn’t of turned out a worse performance against an average bump it up the middle team. This team really lacks composure without Maguire an Lunt.

FFS we gave you 20 start last time, and you blew it, this time we played you with 12 men same result lol,

Other than Houghton's,all our trys came through the edges. Stop trying to downplay Hull to make yourself feel better about losing against 12 men.
Hull would do right to bump it up the middle against Rovers anyway since your pack is pretty terrible.

Ohhh the bitter fruits of those long-term plans, eh?

We are still a very good team, unfortunately that is still by Championship standards.



Shut up you.

Tbf, we’re no worse off league points wise than I expected this morning, but playing against 12 for so long gave us a shot, and the failure to take it probably reflects how far off the pace we are (not trying to take anything away from Hull). I’m not angry or even especially frustrated - I feel sorry for them as much as anything. Maybe they’d prefer anger to pity? I dunno.

Post-derby probably isn’t a good time for strategising. See how we get on versus Wigan, and then more crucially versus Widnes. After that, two fifths through the first 23 rounds, will be a decent time for the club to take stock. It’ll be tough to strengthen, offering the prospect of the middle 8s again, that’s for sure.