Middle eights are now a pipe dream regardless of what Chester says. today was important if We won and FC Lost it would take some pressure off, but all results went against us today any hope of saving players for the semi are now gone. Chester now has to decide if he wants to risk us finishing 11th with a harder run in. that being said, if we lose the Derby I can see us finishing in 11th anyway.

I wasn't at the Salford game this afternoon, but listened to the RH commentary. Listening to that second half, you just knew what was coming.

If you went, let us know how our forwards performed. Sounds like we got outmuscled and outclassed up front and we switched off around the ruck. They seemed to make easy metres helped in part by some crap officiating, a high penalty count against as we lost composure and the same old problem with poor line speed and soft contact.

I wouldn't put the team up in a hotel the night before Chezzie. Everything was premier today except the game, the result and the performances we needed.

Winning the top 8 is impossible for anyone outside the top 4 clubs at this time, but being in the 8's means one theing only for us, you don't have to get mixed up in a dog fight for survival. I could live with being 8th and losing all 7 games. My worry is that Salford and Widnes will be very hard to beat in the middle 8's, especially if we get them away and Wakey won't be a pushover. We NEED to beat FC next week as I can see one of Widnes or Salford sneaking another win next week and they play each other in the last game. If we don't win next week we are likely to finish 11th and have 4 away games.

You might want to re-think that.

Both hull teams could still make the 8, you beat us and If catalan lose heavily v hudds and leeds

Ah bugger, well spotted Stan!

yep not all over bar the shouting, can see cats losing last 2 games

There I was at half time, listening to Hull Kingston Radio and planning a celebratory Bastille Day watching a comfortable Rovers win on HKR TV, then the inevitable happened. Luckily the wife called me away for my tea just as Salford levelled.
I just wonder why anyone goes to away matches when the team don't seem to turn up (or in this case leaves early)?
I think its in Rovers DNA, after watching them on and off for more than 50 years they've always been the same, a bad team full of good players.
Wonder if I can get half price HKR TV for just the home games next year?

Chuffing Chester!

That second half was absolutely terrible, Widnes was bad enough but at this stage of the season a performance like that is not only unacceptable, it's criminal.

We actually got more of a hiding off Child in the first half. Our discipline is still,a major, major problem and we underline this with stupidity.

I'd like to have another look at a couple of Salford's tries that I thought might have contained knock on's. And also how a touch judge that was sixty metres away saw an obstruction for the disallowed Larroyer try that wasn't seen by Child, (ten metres away) the in goal judge (fifteen metres away) and the other touch judge (thirteen point seven metres away).

Just watched the try's on the sky sports website, for the first Rovers try on the 2nd half it was the right decision a rovers player pushed a Salford player off the ball, really dumb play .

Their 2nd try looked a but dodgy, but I think it comes off the players chest which isn't a knock on us it?

BJB 2nd should have been disallowed for a forward pass/ knock on.

I was thinking exactly the same with regards to losing all 7 in the super 8s. A couple of off days in the middle 8s and we could be in big,big trouble.

If you get to wembley and end up in the middle 8's, the cup final will be a massive distraction in those critical games. Traditionally, teams have done poorly the weekends before and after both the semi and the final

You've already proved you know frig all about RL.

How did scott taylor go for salford?

I heard he was terrific!!

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That kick off that goes 0 yards is hilarious

Where were you last week 'tard?

Well, let's see if the mods on here are true to their word

Couldn't care less. You're pondlife.

Maurice Blair blatantly pushed Theo Fages off the ball, to stop him from attempting the tackle on Larroyer. Great decision by the TJ.



Outstanding as per usual. After taking a barrage of abuse under the posts from the KR fans in the first half, when they were 18-4 up he seemed to love giving it them back when Niall Evalds went in to make it 31-18. FC have got themselves a fantastic player in Taylor, we're really going to miss him.

How does Kieran Dixon not make that team, that's a joke. Chester drops him for making the odd mistake. He's the only player who makes mistakes ?

I still struggle with that, he's scored 13 tries this year, been MoM in a lot of the games he's played and can't make the team. He's had one real stinker game at FB all year and that may have been down to fatigue but he's a game winner and player the opposition will worry about.

yep scott looks a really good signing, as for Dixon don't see him play apart from against us and on telly, but he always seems a handfull and dangerous with the ball,albiet dodgy defending at times,still he is a game changer

BC imo prevented some scores which I highly doubt Dixon would've been capable of stopping. But then, in the second half was far too easily passed at times too. Of course on the other hand, I'm sure had Dixon been playing we'd have scored from more of the line breaks etc. During the second half when we were stuck for ideas, (esp with Kelly severely restricted) how we all wished we had Dixon on the pitch.

Still, not surprising another inept away performance to add to the rest of them, so far.
Stat ... 4th time we've been nilled in the second half so far away from home this season (SL games).

Expanding further into purely 2nd halfs/away from home ... from 10 SL games
We've scored 54 pts
Average = 5.4pts per game.
Most we scored is 12 pts on 4 occasions, which = 48 of total 54 pts we've posted in 4 games ... 6pts from the other 6 games ...

Whatever goes on/said @ HT is clearly not having the desired effect ...