Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:53 am  

Despite 2 years passing, scars exist from the last debacle. Last night was a body blow with a raft of injuries, whilst Radford confirmed on Humberside that the remaining injuries for them are all cleared and good to go. They will be at full strength and we have the following out:

Addy
Lawler
Lunt
Heffernan
McGuire
Scruton
Kavanagh

We will do well to keep it to sub 20 point defeat I expect. Last night showed the gap between ourselves and the top sides, which Hull obviously are. Damage limitation exercise.

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:10 am  

SirStan wrote:

Despite 2 years passing, scars exist from the last debacle. Last night was a body blow with a raft of injuries, whilst Radford confirmed on Humberside that the remaining injuries for them are all cleared and good to go. They will be at full strength and we have the following out:

Addy
Lawler
Lunt
Heffernan
McGuire
Scruton
Kavanagh

We will do well to keep it to sub 20 point defeat I expect. Last night showed the gap between ourselves and the top sides, which Hull obviously are. Damage limitation exercise.

I expect it to be a tough old game as always a nail biter up to the end this Easter period can make or break your season so we need a big one with two tough games the points are all that matter to me, Derby's always produce the unexpected so don't write yourselves off yet sorry to hear about Lawler hope he makes a speedy recovery great young local talent, Danny and Pea will be a massive bonus to us for sure

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:15 am  

I'm more worried about what Wigan will do to us I still have nightmares about our last Easter Monday fixture and that was at home

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:40 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

I'm more worried about what Wigan will do to us I still have nightmares about our last Easter Monday fixture and that was at home

I don’t know, losing 30-16 with a load of kids (including a 16 yr old Will Oakes on debut) was better than I expected. ( and it was away!)

[Mild Rover]

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 10:48 am  

SirStan wrote:

Despite 2 years passing, scars exist from the last debacle.

That was pretty routine sort of game for us in 2016. Good psychological preparation for what was to follow, as well.

I just hope we can take something positive out of the Easter weekend, result, performance, whatever, and then have a good crack at Widnes. I’d absolutely love us to turn over Hull or Wigan, or just match them attitudinally (which I know isn’t a nice thing to admit in the case of Wigan), but I can’t see it.

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:11 am  

SirStan wrote:

Despite 2 years passing, scars exist from the last debacle. Last night was a body blow with a raft of injuries, whilst Radford confirmed on Humberside that the remaining injuries for them are all cleared and good to go. They will be at full strength and we have the following out:

Addy
Lawler
Lunt
Heffernan
McGuire
Scruton
Kavanagh

We will do well to keep it to sub 20 point defeat I expect. Last night showed the gap between ourselves and the top sides, which Hull obviously are. Damage limitation exercise.

We have Manu and probably Hadley out, Paea is having a fitness test this week.

Sheens said that he expects to have Scruton and Lunt back fro Easter, Kavanagh might play, depends on his head test.

All Iv'e heard from Rovers fans since you beat us in the friendly is how strong a squad you have, so now is the time to show this.

You ran Saints close who are the best side in the league, with injuries to key players and refs decisions going against you.

It will be a tough, tight game.

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:44 am  

Weather may play a part?The threat of snow now looks more like rain but that can lead to a tight game? Factor in ref and probable bit of biff early doors and you just don't know? My bet will be Minns 1st try and a red card in the game. Result wise I ain't going to predict as anything could happen either way

[Mild Rover]

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:54 am  

Dave K. wrote:

We have Manu and probably Hadley out, Paea is having a fitness test this week.

Sheens said that he expects to have Scruton and Lunt back fro Easter, Kavanagh might play, depends on his head test.

All Iv'e heard from Rovers fans since you beat us in the friendly is how strong a squad you have, so now is the time to show this.

You ran Saints close who are the best side in the league, with injuries to key players and refs decisions going against you.

It will be a tough, tight game.

We’ll miss McGuire’s quality, and it’s a bit frustrating that we haven’t been able to get our two most pivotal pivots on the field together often. I guess you’ve felt similarly when missing Houghton and Kelly recently. But depth isn’t the issue - we just lack that bit of extra power and aggression, and that consistently costs us in contact. In fairness, we seem to have good energy, tenacity and a doughty attitude - but that tends to wane as the game goes on, especially against the more physically dominant teams.

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:12 pm  

Is McGuire deffo not playing or is there a chance he could still play... if he is out I hope sheens puts Quinlan in the half’s and put dagger or moss at full back... and salter in the Centre to replace heff...

Re: Good Friday Derby : Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:12 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

We have Manu and probably Hadley out, Paea is having a fitness test this week.

Sheens said that he expects to have Scruton and Lunt back fro Easter, Kavanagh might play, depends on his head test.

All Iv'e heard from Rovers fans since you beat us in the friendly is how strong a squad you have, so now is the time to show this.

You ran Saints close who are the best side in the league, with injuries to key players and refs decisions going against you.

It will be a tough, tight game.

Radford said he’s definitely expecting Houghton and Paea back this week and he didn’t sound like he’s given up on Manu or Hadley, so full squad to chose from. Luxury.

If you know any Rovers fans who think we have a strong squad then you only know daft ones. Don’t confuse size with quality!

And finally, if 6-30 counts as ‘running close’ then you might as well say we ran Leeds close at Wembley!