Re: Hull KR in game thread : Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:44 pm  

We had a lot of ball in their half in the first 40 minutes but did nothing with it. Utterly clueless in attack at times today. The next 10 weeks are going to be arduous.

Out of the last 10 games we've conceded 40+ points in 7 of them. We are in terrible shape at the moment.

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:06 pm  

anarkik wrote:

The Diskin thing amazes me, unless he's injured, which he's showing no sign of, why reduce your playing strength by staying off the field, almost as if he threw the towel in after the two late tries in the first half. If that's his style of leadership then he should have been shown the door rather than Cummins, who of course suggested they wouldn't play for him, well it appears Diskin doesn't want to play for himself either!

It was madness to think he could fulfill the duties of coach and player

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:23 pm  

What choice did you have in the short term

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:32 pm  

Well at least this defeat just about confirms what most of us already expected several weeks ago. It also gives the new coach some time to plan accordingly for the drop out of SL.

The game was awful, I spent most of it wishing I was somewhere else to be honest. I've got a season ticket so will continue until the end but I can't see why anyone would pay on the gate to watch us right now. Boring, predictable, low quality rugby league. So sad to see what a mess we have become, to see a fairly ordinary Hull KR side turn us over comfortably without really breaking a sweet.

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:13 pm  

Can't improve on that. Not bothered any more. The players aren't so don't see why I should be.

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Fri Jun 20, 2014 11:31 pm  

In the after match summary the usual suspects were discussing who out of the coaches without a job would be best for the bulls. One of them said Franny Cummins.

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:08 am  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Well at least this defeat just about confirms what most of us already expected several weeks ago. It also gives the new coach some time to plan accordingly for the drop out of SL.

The game was awful, I spent most of it wishing I was somewhere else to be honest. I've got a season ticket so will continue until the end but I can't see why anyone would pay on the gate to watch us right now. Boring, predictable, low quality rugby league. So sad to see what a mess we have become, to see a fairly ordinary Hull KR side turn us over comfortably without really breaking a sweet.

I spent most of the 2nd half wondering whether turning up just because I had paid for my season ticket makes sense. Its not enjoyable so why do it? And I get neck strain from continually looking at the clock to see how long it is until the final whistle.

Its got to be better than this in the Championship, surely

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:04 am  

Need to start planning for the championship now . Get a new coaching staff in so they can decide who to keep from squad , who wants to stay ? Who we can afford ? And then look at getting some more players in so we have a proper squad to compete next year. Don't want another year of a paper thin squad and loan players. Think like a lot of fans said on here and last night at the game I just want the season to finish now so we can rebud on a better footing and start the climb back up to the top over the next few years. Hopefully start next year with a bigger squad and no more off field problems as we have all had enough of the soap we have been in supporting bradford the last few years.

Come on you bulls !!

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:39 am  

The stupid thing about next year is we will have much more money than this year. The TV money plus the parachute payment will seem like we have won the lottery. If they save and split the parachute payment over two to three years this will give us close to £1.25m per year - over double that we have received this last two years. We should be able to have a very good full time squad. It also means we can sign players on two+ year contracts.

It is now vital that we sign an experienced coach and assistant who can attract quality players. The more I think about it the more I side on Kear with someone like Poaching or Morrison if he fancied teaming up with Kear again. Just watched the match again this morning and it was good to see Henry Paul and Derrick Fox at the game. I wonder what they are both doing at the moment. Shame Foxy didn't go into coaching as he would have been great with the young lads. Same with Henry!

I would offer Kearney a good contract to stay as our only overseas player and make him captain if Gale goes. I don't see them all going as they might not all get offers. Many would play much better under Kear.

I would use the parachute payment over 2-3 years to give us that time frame to re-build. TV + the PP. payment will pay the players for 2-3 years. The club should comfortably manage the other bills on season tickets, sponsorship and other income. We should be OK financially. Even if Green does move on we will be in a much better position and other owners could then be interested in a stable club rather than how we are now.

I am starting to look forward to playing some of the clubs we used to play a few decades ago. Competitive games again!

Things are usually only as bad as you allow them to be. It could be an enjoyable couple of years fighting and re-building our way back.

Re: Hull KR in game thread : Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:45 am  

I wont pretend to know the ins and outs of your financial situation.The people i feel sorry for are you lot,the fans.It'll have to be done the hard way but I'm certain you'll be back up soon..