Fev seem confident : Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:58 pm  

http://www.totalrl.com/index.php?showtopic=201515 They have every right to be really but i feel even with our injuries we still have a very good team 1-17 and this will IMO be very close. I never expect anything but a win at home and Friday will be no different. Varks and possibly Heckenberg back into the 17 and things start looking up. Plenty of noise needed on Friday too, nobody comes to our gaff and gets an easy ride!

http://www.totalrl.com/index.php?showtopic=201515 They have every right to be really but i feel even with our injuries we still have a very good team 1-17 and this will IMO be very close. I never expect anything but a win at home and Friday will be no different. Varks and possibly Heckenberg back into the 17 and things start looking up. Plenty of noise needed on Friday too, nobody comes to our gaff and gets an easy ride!

Re: Fev seem confident : Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:21 pm  

I can see how some of them would be confident because there top and our injury crisis, but one of them goes over the top saying our pack is poor. Gannon, Doran, Davies, Kavanagh, Gerrard and Houghton will crush them, plus Morrison won't take the ball in for them against his old club and big Jon will be hiding.

Re: Fev seem confident : Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:51 pm  

Grayshon is doubtful, Morro will be pumped for this but we have 2 mean feckers in the front row in Jordan James and Jim Gannon. Plenty of fireworks but also a night to remember and reflect with the sad death this week.

Re: Fev seem confident : Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:09 pm  

As you say, we have every right to be confident, but not over confident, and DP is guarding against just that. Anyone heading to your gaff expecting an easy ride will surely get their @rse handed to 'em, big time. Really looking forwards to the match tho, it should be a belter.

Re: Fev seem confident : Mon Apr 26, 2010 11:20 pm  

Maybe become very complacent and are due a loss.Cant believe alot saying att 2000.If they bring 400 should be over 3000 for this game.Anything less will be disappointing.

Re: Fev seem confident : Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:53 am  

I really do hope someone puts Morrison on his booty, well I mean he spent a lot of his time here getting knocked on his booty, so its only fair really. Really liked Morrsion, but thought he was totally ineffective at prop (where he seemed to play almost every game for us). Said it all really that he came to us in 2008 with the reputation that he's be one of the best 2nd rowers in the division, but McComic played him exclusively as a prop. Come World Cup time and McComic plays him in his proper position for Scotland. If McComic felt forced to play Morrison at prop, shouldn't that have told him something about a lack of props in our squad. He didn't even bother to rectify that problem for last years squad either.

And if Grayshon plays, he wants shooting after his final performance for us. Never seen such an awful performance from a player who was playing against his future employers. I can see Hardman having a good game against us. Really like the way Featherstone have Hardman joining the line of attack when they push it wide and its something we don't do a lot of ourselves. I remember Ford getting 4 tries against Gateshead, by joining the attack from fullback, but not seen a lot of it lately.

As per usual, I think that game will be won and lost in the pack. We have a tendancy to let teams run on to us and we fail to put them under any kind of pressure. Conversely, we can be a bit slow at the play the ball and often struggle to make the hard yards. Hulme adds a bit of spark coming forward so if the forwards can get on top maybe he can be the one to take advantage.

Re: Fev seem confident : Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:01 am  

Really?

You've said both Duffy and Morrison were pants for us on here lately yet last season without the two we struggled... think we only lost that play off game when Morro played, great championship player!

Re: Fev seem confident : Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:29 am  

vikings 4 ever wrote:

I really do hope someone puts Morrison on his booty, well I mean he spent a lot of his time here getting knocked on his booty, so its only fair really. Really liked Morrsion, but thought he was totally ineffective at prop (where he seemed to play almost every game for us). Said it all really that he came to us in 2008 with the reputation that he's be one of the best 2nd rowers in the division, but McComic played him exclusively as a prop. Come World Cup time and McComic plays him in his proper position for Scotland. If McComic felt forced to play Morrison at prop, shouldn't that have told him something about a lack of props in our squad. He didn't even bother to rectify that problem for last years squad either.

And if Grayshon plays, he wants shooting after his final performance for us. Never seen such an awful performance from a player who was playing against his future employers. I can see Hardman having a good game against us. Really like the way Featherstone have Hardman joining the line of attack when they push it wide and its something we don't do a lot of ourselves. I remember Ford getting 4 tries against Gateshead, by joining the attack from fullback, but not seen a lot of it lately.
As per usual, I think that game will be won and lost in the pack. We have a tendancy to let teams run on to us and we fail to put them under any kind of pressure. Conversely, we can be a bit slow at the play the ball and often struggle to make the hard yards. Hulme adds a bit of spark coming forward so if the forwards can get on top maybe he can be the one to take advantage.

Apart from the fact he's only just back from injury, he scored at Batley by doing exactly that

Re: Fev seem confident : Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:04 pm  

VikingXIII wrote:

Gannon, Doran, Davies, Kavanagh, Gerrard and Houghton will crush them, plus Morrison won't take the ball in for them against his old club and big Jon will be hiding.

Do you really think so?? Crush them??
I admire your confidence. Fev have played against the big (Fax) and the mobile (Barrow) and defeated both denying each a Bp and dominating the forwards.
Of course, Friday is another day and I've watched rovers for too many years to know it never pays to be over-confident. They'll be no "country mile" sheeite coming out of rovers!!

But I'm just genuinely interested to hear what evidence you base that statement on?? How do you think you will win the forward battle and "crush" the fev pack??

Re: Fev seem confident : Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:17 pm  

Seems us fev lot are been allocated tickets in north stand. Im pretty sure we was in south stand for play offs last year, any reason why we cant be stuck together behind a set of sticks? Makes atmosphere a lot better when away fans are seated together.