Thats the time to blood young players when the team is winning and confidence is high.
We do the opposite

to be honest when you look at the recruitment under Hodgson it is really poor.
I agree with you McIntosh is a pretty average S/L player but with Lovodua the best of a bad bunch.
It must be going through Adam Pearsons head do go with another recruitment year with Hodgson or do we replace him now and run with an in house coaching team for the rest of the season.
Whatever he does in my opinion the club will go through two more average seasons before some of the younger players mature which hopefully several will do.

two months out with a serious back injury and straight back into the first team.I know we are short of players but really is that the right thing to do?

If hookem is fit then best to leave benny mc for another week but if not we Don't really have any option but to play him. I wonder if we have a reserve game he could play in

Thats what i thought reserve games were for,to help previously injured players get some match fitness,drop underperforming players for a reality check,and promote academy players as a road to first team football

The Reserves only play a couple of games a month at best. There is a derby on Wednesday so the selection for that game will be interesting.

Half a game at least

Probably not the place to ask but can anyone on here point me in the direction of anyone doing coach for weekend?

Hodgson?

Think quite a lot on here could do coach for the weekend better than Hodgson and maybe with the right team selection and bench interchange could get a result

You can either go with Tony's Tours who were looking in good shape but after a boardroom struggle the wheels have come off the bus, or Brett's Buses where the driver is still learning and driving down routes the public have seen too often before

Is radders coaches still going? Had a couple of good trips in 16/17 forgot to update his sat navigation after that

A raft of upcoming and inevitable timely boosts for the Robins. Game over for us unfortunately before we even start.
"Rovers should welcome back Lachlan Coote and Ryan Hall for next week's derby, and you'd think unless Storton's toe comes out of place again, he will also feature at St James Park.
George King will also be pushing for a return."

It must be Derby week.

Lets face it this must be the worst both team have been jointly going into a derby. Hulls timely boost might be that we sack Smith, you sack Hodgeson and install Smith before the game.

All Hull need to do is 5 drives, kick it long and let us beat ourselves. Not saying your coach will see that though



Even if we win i think it'll be the derby win i'd be least bothered about.

Sad state both teams are in at the moment.

I'm not confident we could do that at the minute



At least you've got a fit Parcell and Lewis which gives you the edge in the spine

New coach bounce for the Dobbins

Was hoping he would be sacked next week

Anybody up before the board?. Any more injuries?. Still not sure which team will be selected.

The only one who did anything that looked even remotely worthy of a ban was Evans with a high shot but then the review tend to pick all sorts up.

I think with what's available and we are not going to throw a load of young kids into a derby that would just be silly IMO the team will be
Shaul
Mac
Lovudua
Griffin
Wynne
Macca
Gale
Evans
Houghton
Taylor
Sao
Lane
JJ
Subs
Satae
Fash
Brown
Balmforth

Just seen this totally agree as above

Houghton nowhere near 100k.

200k?

300k I heard. Well I dreamt it

Id agree and expect Hodgson to play it safe and keep the youngsters out for at least another week, which is the sensible option.

Test of character for certain players, if they cant get up for a derby at a 50K stadium after the last two results, then it speaks volumes towards their commitment to the cause. Not filled with confidence on that one.