Marcus and rural robin spot on with your posts lads, am sure your time will come to give it back, just hope it isn't to soon lol

Quote: roversmad "Peacock isn't joining the coaching staff.'" www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/m ... hing-staff Couldn't find a definition of what "newly-created role of football manager" was. So I assumed the Guardian were right. I bow to your superior knowledge/Information/Pedantry (choose appropriate option(s)

Quote: roversmad "Peacock isn't joining the coaching staff.'" www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/m ... hing-staff Couldn't find a definition of what "newly-created role of football manager" was. So I assumed the Guardian were right. I bow to your superior knowledge/Information/Pedantry (choose appropriate option(s)

Sorry mate, disagree strongly with you here and agree more with Kiljoy. All talk beforehand was about Rovers needing to bring their A game to the final and leave every ounce of effort on the field in order to beat Leeds.

For me, it was our Z game, akin to our turgid performance against Halifax 2 weeks earlier and not those higher octane performances against Wigan, Catalans and Warrington in the earlier rounds. It was flat, uninspiring, lacked speed and urgency and was tactically sterile.

Albert Kelly was bang average, Maurice Blair pedestrian, Shaun Lunt bang below average and Kieran Dixon a mistake-ridden liability, despite his quick feet and fluorescent yellow boots. John Boudebza was OK when he was on the field.

So the creative spine of our team didn't create or kick well enough and the forwards didn't really sweat blood for the cause. Our fringe attackers weren't good enough in both attack or defence. Apart from a 10 minute period in the final quarter, when Leeds went 32-0 up, we didn't up our intensity levels to try to score and then Dixon bombed a clear 2 man overlap on the right 10m out to go it alone and later coughed up 2 further possessions to bring the total number of gift tries on the day to 5.

Leeds were outstanding in every aspect.

Nothing more to say other than for me there were no positives in our performance on the day whatsoever. We created CC history for all the wrong reasons. We are better than that. Most impartial or realistic observers know it. We failed on all levels and let our fans, RL neutrals and the watching public down very badly. I'm really upset.

Leeds got 52 v London in 99

I've never said it's not ok, just that we've been told for years that it's little club syndrome focusing on your neighbours. I'll admit I didn't know about the banner on the kc, that's pretty pathetic and setting yourself up for a fall, the only positive I can think that will have is the invoice Allam will send to Pearson for taking it down

Anyone know when the final DVD will be in the club shop? Think I'll buy goundrill it for Christmas.

The Windows above your little shack belong to our shop. We can hang whatever we like from our own Windows.

Yet you insisted it was getting there that mattered. Are you now admitting you were wrong?

I've never insisted anything of the sort, nor am I arguing the opposite now. Merely pointing out the double standard employed by many of your fans in the wake of the weekend's debacle.

That said, you have to be in finals to win them and the financial benefit is substantial. Some compensation at least, although I can say that while sitting through our no-show in 2013 I did wish we'd never made it there in the first place.

Never said you couldn't. Has the shop been re-let yet?

At least you made the final and picked up some good scalps on the way.
The rhinos have put 40+ points on Saints twice this year.
49 points on Warrington.
48 on Huddersfield (best defence in the league)
and.......
43 points in 40 mins second half on Hull FC as well as beating them 4 times this year.
Not many teams could have lived with Leeds last Saturday.
Your time will come.

Not unless it's been re-let to Rovers, no.

I can understand the Hull fans taking the pee ( I would have done the same ) I can even understand them putting banners on the bridges (I couldn't be bothered personally ) but to get up on a bank holiday go spend some money on balloons travel into town in the rain to take the pee out of your rivals losing a final is one of the saddest things I've heard and shows a real small club mentality something they constantly acuse us of

I totally agree, but it was I reckon about 20 of them max. And out of a fan base of several thousand, there are always going to be a few who think it's clever and original. Like you say the majority of us wouldn't be bothered, but every side (even ours) has its share of loons. They only made themselves look stupid heckling from the back and doing a bit of pantomime booing. Bless them!

I heard that one of them was in the dog house as he should have been at his mum's 50th birthday party yesterday afternoon. She was even more peed off that she had no balloons to celebrate the occasion. Loving, devoted darkside sons eh? Is there such a thing?