Obviously nobody’s laughing at him that was just a pathetic attempt at trolling by A Alder

Theres no doubting his credentials and his CV but for a coach of his experience i cant understand why we are so terrible in defence, something no coach has ever had the ability to improve since we first entered SL.

I’d say that under Morgan in our best years in SL will played a low error, good kick chase game. If we fell behind and had to chase the game, it could go very badly. Especially against teams like Saints, if a ref like Child got a monk on with us.

Since then, our coaches have all wanted to play some footy. In this week’s HKRtv interview, Sheens mentions that we’re still a dry weather team. I think we’re a bit more balanced than in recent years, but still different to the teams you think of as being aggressive and physical - although I see some are complaining of a lack of size on the Wigan board and Hull fans are less confident than previously in their pack.

Cas and Saints have shown a more expansive style of play can work. Hopefully as the team gets to know each other better, we’ll improve in attack and defence. But there do still look to be basic issues in the strength of our contact and maybe we should try to get three in the tackle more often?

Anyway, if we win tonight, he’ll be a genius again!

We did take some hammerings under Morgan like against Saints etc but we did have some class overseas players the like of we’ll probably not see again in the same side I personally didn’t like the style under Morgan but it was our best period in SL so you can’t have everything

If it is a choice, I much prefer winning to playing an attractive brand of rugby, no doubt about that.

I think, simply, the overall quality of our squads dropped after Morgan left, relative to the rest of SL. It was always going to be hard to replicate the recruitment we had for 2008. The club looked to become more sustainable, and obviously we have things like the North Stand now. But when good quality players didn’t come through our own ranks in anything like the numbers hoped for, the long-term planning for the development of the team backfired - leading to churn in chasing better results initially and relegation when we decided to be patient.

This is our first season after pulling ourselves clear of that mess, really. I think because we’d done a decade in SL and with hindsight we know we recovered, it is maybe taken for granted slightly - but look at Leigh and Widnes. In 2008, in the second season after our first promotion to SL, we got 23 points from 27 games. Around that level would be fair to middling in 2019, I reckon. Then in 2009 we kicked on a bit. Fingers crossed!

Morgan was a great motivator he definitely got us up for the derbies I think the first season in SL apart we punched above our weight and I think as fans we expected it just to get better and better and it didn’t but every team goes through a cycle

That’s very true. Anything seemed possible for a while.

Mind you, Morgan did have the advantage of mostly playing derbies when Hull were in the lower part of a cycle. Ahhh, the good old days.

Any team finishing an important match with three in the sin bin you have to ask whether the coach has lost control of the dressing room. Disgrace.

At least you won't have to suffer the middle 8's.
Its gonna be a straight fight with London for relegation.
Just as well you spawned them 2 points against us in the last minute after we totally dominated you second half.

How come you didn’t win then

Spawn.

I think that was the word that trumped him.

Atkins attempted tackle in that last try for Cas was possibly one of the worst I've ever seen.

Was expecting the loss and the poor defence and discipline that came with it too. Cas are a very good side but they dont need helping out like we kept trying too
Get them tackle bags back out Sheens

Here’s a burn for us both from the VT.



Ouch, patronising Cas fan, ouch.

Please give this wizard a new contract, he’s doing a marvelous job!

Very patronising, but unfortunately true.

Scoreline flattered us. Although there can't be many sides in super league who've scored a try with just players on the field ? Felt at 20 -12 after 50 minutes the game was in the balance. Think you missed garbutt massively tonight. Still think you have a good side and will surprise a few this year.

Anyone else get on Masoe first try scorer at 75s

Oh don't worry about them. They will only choke again when the big games come around.

For all this talk about Tim Sheens, I have to agree with him about the bottle throwing rovers supporter. This particular rovers fan is an idiot and needs banning for life. No place for that in our family sport.

I endorse Sheens comments too.

Well done to the Rovers and Cas fans who apparently identified the culprit.

I’ve seen a few comments from Rovers fans, saying that drunken idiocy puts them off attending away games.

I agree with what you say but the big problem is doing something about it how do you stop it because it’s always been a big problem but something has to be done

Yeah, it is always easier to identify a problem, than to solve it.

If the club know who it is, then I think a ban is in order - although how easy it'd be to enforce is another matter.

Some condemnatory words from the chairman or CEO might influence some. However, there are people it is difficult to reach. If you're the sort of person who'd chuck a bottle at Rob Mulhern or any other player, there's a good chance you're the sort a person who doesn't give a stuff, i reckon.

Much as I'll never be a Rovers fan I do have some sympathy for the real fans who have to put up with these loonies giving the club a bad name.

I don’t blame rovers or rovers fans one bit. I think it’s just a reflection on how cr@p the British yob culture has become. It’s now ingrained into our society and the only thing any club can do is try to discourage them types from following your team.

Ban one idiot and next week another 10 idiots can turn up and do the same. Sorry state of affairs for the rest of us civilized people I’m afraid.