Some of yours are still counting Watts as a loss


Watts is a loss but not an absentee.

I agree..Divisive lad but on the pitch very good

Radford will have his squad under pressure whereas ours have nothing to lose?

Radford will have his squad under pressure whereas ours have nothing to lose?


Bragging rights? 8 straight wins much hurt as a club if you lose again.

there wont be much hurt on fri would expect to lose to a top 6 championship side with the team selected, much hurt if we go down for sure

Aye it's a sad thing when a fan can't be d let alone the players. The middle 8 campaign unfortunately outweighs a one off game even against them. Don't get me wrong would love em to win but just can't see it as it only means anything to one side. Not unlike their game on Sunday.

give over, both teams will be busting a gut to win, come 7.45 we will all want to win ,

of course they will , we could win this game and go down that's hurt ,losing and staying up take it this particular time

I meant as in league position

I think this game means more to Radford and Hull than Rovers. Rovers have more important games coming up whereas Hull have pretty much 7 dead rubbers to play so this game is the only meaningful game left for them. Would I like to see a rovers win? Yes. Would I be that bothered if Rovers lost? Not really.

You mean 8 straight HOME wins. Let’s not forget last weekend too quickly.

Doesn’t he mean 8 straight derby wins

Obviously we all want to win. However, I wouldn’t expect us to under the circumstances. One of those circumstances is that Hull have been the better side over the last few seasons and continue to be so - kudos for that. But on top of that we’re missing a lot of our better players - through injury, suspension and in some cases caution.

Your season is almost over, ours is just about to start. It matters but, for us, much less than what follows.

It’s probably overstating things to suggest that relegation poses an existential threat, but possibly only a bit. Certainly, I imagine it’d precipitate some fairly big changes.

Hull seem to be low on confidence and not playing particularly well and I expect us to go and play with a lot of enthusiasm but the fact is they have a lot more talent on the field than us that should get them through the game without to much trouble

That is the truth of the situation.Despite the odd nutter still clinging to Smailes fake news.There is always the Derby factor and the favourite can get turned over but Hull should win at a canter

I expect they'll try to come out of the blocks fast, but if they make errors, we exploit them, the crowd goes quiet and they get nervous...

I struggle to see it, but stranger things have happened.

On a side note, it is nice to see Joe Wardill back in contention for a place after his injury problems!

firstly we are fav, but like you we have injuries, connor Bowden, Hadley westerman, green, Kelly, thats a good chunk, put in shaul, mini, paea,tuime griffin, who are playing busted,, add in sneyd who imo wont play and we are struggling, playing against a young fit rovers team raring to go and we have a perfect storm brewing,

surely Radford wont play anybody who is busted as you say ,not in this game or any of the remaining 7 afterwards whats the point can only be he dosent want to pull pints just yet

in fairness players from other teams will be playing who are not fully fit, trouble is we have a few, but its a derby and people want to win whatever is said, we still have a squeak and thats all it is and for that we need warrington or cas to fall off the cliff which I don't think will happen, lose fri and we could be 8th which yes radders and hull fc will not want to be in, as for radders well hes won us 2 cc finals 2 top 3 finish and we are 5th after all thats happened this year, think hes doing a grand job,

I know you are chief cheerleader for Mrs b but you surely can't believe what you have just wrote? The only way KR win looking at both squads is if Radford has lost the dressing room and the players want rid, Not unlike what he led to oust Gentle

chief cheerleader, mmmmmmmm like that, do I get a badge

Since I was a boy in the sixties, watching Hull Derbies one thing has always been predictable, the unpredictability of them, regardless of which team has who or what, tha never can tell.

Fair points but can't recall a set of circumstances like this?The 2 points only being relevant to one side,strange bans to key players retrospectively,only 2 of the 1-7 named? A raft of 1st teamers back for FC on the back of a huge 72 point gubbing and the coach singling this game out as a must win.Crikey x10