We had a tough derby v hull last week,why would we want another tough game pre season ? The easiest warm up game in theory v halifax,we played mostly reserves.You think that makes sense,2 hard games within 7 days pre season for the 1st team?

only if we beat said opposition if we lose to a championship side how low would confidence have been then.Shame about the performance and result but better this weekend than 1st week of season maybe a wake up for players and fans alike today

No point in playing average sides like last week (no real disrespect intended to Hull) which only serves to lull everyone into a false sense of security.
By playing a top side like Warrington it gives us a much better idea of just where we are at currently and what needs to be done to reach the standards required to compete at the top.
To be honest I half expected to get beat convincingly today though not quite thus admittedly, winning today with so many new players only playing their second game together and against a side like Warrington, who in my opinion will still be at the top or thereabouts by the end of the season was always going to be a big ask.
Having said that there are some worrying signs that need to be addressed very quickly, especially it seems in defense, it will be interesting to hear what Chris Chester had to say in his after match comments.

Chester will have learned more about the side from a hiding at Wire than if we'd bullied a lower league side with a strong team, it's got nowt to do with confidence. If we want to compete in this division we need to "man up". Today will have showed the team and staff how far off we are, and it sounds like a long way. No point going into the Leeds game being deluded, we have enough deluded fans without the squad joining in.

This.
The new players now know that this is the standard and intensity they will face against Leeds. Only times 10.

Tbf, aspiration among fans on both sides on KuH RL divide seems to be realistic and limited to making the top 8. I don't think I've seen a fan of either suggest their team will make the play-offs. Campese said it's what Rovers should be aiming for, but today may have brought home the reality of what Craig Sandercock used to refer as the 'team full of internationals'. For us the slight mitigation is that Wire are a team that will expect to make the play-offs. For Hull, at least it was 1 part first-team, to 2 parts fringe squad members. But if there is a third league derby, I'd guess right now that'd it be in amongst fixtures against London, Bradford and Leigh.
Still, s'only pre-season innit? No need to get too disheartened yet.

There definitely will be. It's at Craven Park on July 19th.

Laroyer out for 6-8 weeks with fractured cheek bone no word on kelly but i noticed him holding his calf a fair few times at the kc

Stop whining, you'd have lost by more at Hull last week if radders hadn't started messing about with his team at 22-6 up

Of course. Alternatively, your squad depth is shocking, when compared to the fringe players Rovers brought on during the 22 unanswered points section of the game.

In other news, the RL supporters of the city of Hull continue to blindly follow gash teams whilst the rest of the league point and laugh.

We know the disruption caused by 2 subs can be devastating to teams. We found out were we were last week which was similar to you. Unfortunately we both found out today that that level is gash.

If I am being honest, I can see us both struggling to reach the top 8 this year