Damn, you uncovered the plot.

we're not even into march yet

I haven't read the whole thread so sorry if I am missing something but why on earth should they delay the game because fans can't get to the ground early enough to be in before kick off? If there had been a major traffic jam or something I could perhaps understand it but otherwise stop complaining and leave more time to get there.

5000 fans

why dont you give the rovers ticket office a ring then hutchie because they sold 4.5k tickets you moran what is it jelous your team dont take as much and they was a major trafic jam as they was major road works and pathetic parking for fans which caused massive problems every body calls cp but gratten park is worse got to be one of the worst grounds in rl

The referee had an absolute nightmare.

check for road works before you leave? If they are as major as you say I am sure they wouldn't have been that hard to find out about!

And as for parking - no excuse for not being there on time, the few times I drove to Odsal I had no problems parking, but there is no reason people can't find out before they leave what parking is like in the area and again leave enough time to find somewhere to park if you know it will be a problem.


So still not heard anything to suggest they should have delayed kick off because some KR fans wanted longer in bed on a sunday morning so didn't leave enough time!

a business pandering to customers, whatever next!

be fair, the wheel has yet to make it to East Hull

Actually you should get your facts right. There was an accident on the M62 slip road which delayed a lot of us by over half an hour. Don't think that would have been shown on the list of road works do you?

The fans were sent to one car park only to get there and be told it was just for Bradford fans and then be sent to another one. Sorry if that ruins your idea of what actually happened but don't let the facts get in the way of your obviously biased views.

I went off what the poster had said about ROADWORKS hence my point.

I still don't think the kick off should be delayed. I no longer drive to away games but when I did I always made sure I left home with plenty of time to allow for traffic/parking it doesn't seem a difficult concept to grasp really!

I left Sheffield 2 hours before kick off and still only got into the ground with 20 minutes to spare, maybe I should have left at 9am just to be sure.

why would you need more than 20 mins to spare? but as you have already said you sat in traffic for half an hour, and had trouble parking then surely you have proved my point about making sure you leave plenty of time!

5K Hull KR fans









No more then 3.5K there yesterday

There were a lot of HKR fans there, as ever, although a lot quieter than usual. bearing in mind the pounding the team was getting from the Bulls forwards for most of the game, it is understandable but once they started to believe that they could keep the Bulls out with that magnificent defence, the volume went up.

I for one love it when HKR come to town, they are what you might call "proper" fans and support their team whether it is likely to be good, bad or indifferent.

Thought KR's goal line defence was really outstanding, with 15 or 20 to go I was convinced, the battering they'd taken, that they were bound to weaken but they didn't.

For the Bulls, much to take from the game, especially that monster display by the pack - but serious injuries to Slimomona and Langley disrupted the last quarter significantly. Thought Burgess, Scruton, Menzies etc were immense, and there were so many top hits throughout the game, I take my hat off to the KR lads who just kept getting back up. There must be some bruises this morning.

Thought Platt was very good, one unlucky moment when he tried to take the winger on out of defence a la Slater, got caught, but was extremely unlucky that the TJ called him in touch. Maybe his boot scraped the line, but whatever it was not a brainfart as some have suggested, it was a calculated gamble which could have paid off and didn't cost us. At least he didn't throw the ball away a la Slater when collared


Against that, his position play was excellent, his running out of defence was fine, he got some excellent tackles in, never looked like dropping a ball. Dunno if he was taken off due to reshuffle following injuries, or an injury to himself, but he certainly wasn't taken off for lack of form.

Nero was one of several who could deservedly have won MoM, and looked like the player he used to be before he joined the Bulls. Hope he keeps it up, on that form he is as good a centre as anyone's.

Very disappointed with Jeffries. He goofed on several occasions and never produced anything notable. If Platt had been Jeffries, he'd have been murdered by now. Thought that Ricky "Sideways" Sheriffe was very poor, and looks to have no pace at all. I know he has some - but what was he doing?

The Bulls will be so disappointed with that last set of six, as all they had to do was play them out, but they couldn't do it. Jeffries coughing the ball up (again). But, from a KR point of view, they hadn't given up on the game, gang-tackled Jeffries, and did what they had to do to work the ball loose. So, good play, bad play, depends which way you look at it. Then the Bulls scrambled well in defence but of course Dobson miraculously sliced an impossible looking DG over from wide left, somehow it scraped over, and imho a draw was a very fair result.

The Bulls were much the classier team in the forwards, where most of the game was played, and the pack looked awesome but would have been very harsh on KR to lose by a DG having tackled like demons all day. They richly deserved something. And the Bulls probably didn't quite deserve to win for not managing to turn all the possession into enough scoring chances, or put one more chance away.

Mick - who TF cares? there were [uplenty[/u of them, and all good folk. Can we leave this stuff to the 12 year olds?

That's garbage, Rovers sold 1,500 in advance. There was an excellent following yesterday, certainly more than any of our previous 3 SL visits. However I would sensibly estimate it at about 3,000.

Talk of 5,000 perpetuates the "HKR Calculator" myth!

Plent of KR fans there, reminds me of the good old days when we used to go away in large numbers and get behind the team!!

Full credit to the KR players for their defence. How many times we were on their line? Justin Morgan has done a great job, although we looked a bit clueless at times - that was no excuse.

As for the people still trying to get in before kick off, what a joke. I was outside about 15mins before kick off and missed the first 5 mins of the game. As I went through the turnstile, I reckon there was at least 500 at the back of the stadium still trying to get in. Same old crap, stewards who do not have a clue and generally don't care (unless you are stood on some yellow paint at which point the spring in to action!) and turnstile staff having training on the day.
I will be better prepared in future and turn up earlier - that is not the point tho. Too many turnstiles closed when they should be open.

Oh and just one more point to show my age. Reading the bulls site last week, we had all new catering to impress the fans. Same old crap, not that I eat it! but a cup of tea now £1.40. What a rip off, flask next time! ha ha

Been following the bulls for 24 years now. Just lately in my opinion we are letting standards slip off the field.

Enlightened?

I agree, great following and well done on getting a point

I got given false information then. I was told 5k.

Wonder how many Bradford fans will come to Craven park


200 maybe 300.

I don't really think it matters how many kr fans did turn out on Sunday. I was there and about 3k did but it could well be 2k or 5k no one will really know. factors to help it be a decent turn out is first game of season and also its against one of the "bigger clubs".
The game was quite poor quality but i didnt half go through the emotions in the second half thinking that we would crumble like we have done in the past and then to think we lost it in the dying minutes only to see dobson somehow get that dropgoal over the bar.

Good write up FA but I do take issue slightly on Platt. Thought his miss on Fox and the foot in touch were bad mistakes. As you say though Jeffries was poorer yet his performances are glossed over. I think that's often because his goofs are usually further up the field and aren't seen to lead directly to opposition scores. Our lack of cover at halfback means we'll have to persevere with him. As for Sheriffe he offered less than Halley on the wing and have so far struggled to see why we signed him.

Positives were that our forwards never seemed to run out of steam and looked much leaner than last year. This was in spite of losing Solomona and Langley which was very encouraging. In the backs Nero looked a different player but the rest got mostly got poor service and when they did get anything it was too direct with players attepting to run through defenders rather than creating gaps or trying anything more subtle.

As a result the negatives were the inability to convert all our pressure into points. Even allowing for HKR's Herculean efforts we should have been able to close the game out at 13-12. We need better organisation and crispness in the set plays.