Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:37 am  

We often lose to HKR. I don't think now is the time for resting swathes of players.

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:44 am  

Pretty pointless game for us, finishing 9th or 10th makes little difference. We'll be putting out a team of young kids and players that need to prove themselves for the week after.

Kelly, Lunt, Sio, Mantelatto will likely all be left out

Seems a really poor choice of a tv game.

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:25 am  

barham red wrote:

Pretty pointless game for us, finishing 9th or 10th makes little difference. We'll be putting out a team of young kids and players that need to prove themselves for the week after.

Kelly, Lunt, Sio, Mantelatto will likely all be left out

Seems a really poor choice of a tv game.

Sounds a good idea for KR to do that. But will they? It would take a brave coach these days to field a weakened side deliberately when it's on Sky.

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:28 am  

A Hull KR fan was telling me the other week that they struggle to find 17 or 18 fit enough players to make a team. Never mind finding others to give them a rest.

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:30 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Sounds a good idea for KR to do that. But will they? It would take a brave coach these days to field a weakened side deliberately when it's on Sky.

You're talking about a team that got done by 60 at the pies!!!!

It'd take a braver coach to risk Albert in a meaningless game. Don't think you'll find too many KR fans who care about this game.

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:41 am  

barham red wrote:

You're talking about a team that got done by 60 at the pies!!!!

It'd take a braver coach to risk Albert in a meaningless game. Don't think you'll find too many KR fans who care about this game.

But do you have players to come in? The side that lost at Wigan was the same players that win games for you. Do you have academy players to come in? I thought the state of your academy was one of the main reasons behind the merger with Hull FC?

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 2:35 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

But do you have players to come in? The side that lost at Wigan was the same players that win games for you. Do you have academy players to come in? I thought the state of your academy was one of the main reasons behind the merger with Hull FC?

Our injuries are pretty limitted now, Campese and Allgood are the only ones not available as far as I know (less the early retirees / no shows)

We went in the Wigan game with 9 out if I remember rightly and lost a couple in the warm up. Our depth isn't great but we have some to throw in. If we get done by 80 it matters little. Reckon 2 men and a dog will turn up to watch from our lot.

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 3:39 pm  

barham red wrote:

Reckon 2 men and a dog will turn up to watch from our lot.

Not good enough - Wakey brought two men and two dogs.

Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:26 pm  

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Re: Building the Advantage Prior to the 8's : Mon Jul 20, 2015 5:23 pm  

Dux wrote:

Not good enough - Wakey brought two men and two dogs.

They were married couples tho.