But wait a minute - Isnt Adam Pearson the messiah who was leading the club to the big time? I'm sure I heard this from the Hull fans every pre-season for about 4 years....



I like he look of Hull KR though - a decent pack with grunt up the middle and some classy halves... They're probably a strike 2nd row or centre away from being a real top team...



Their signings are playing very well, particularly Campese and Kelly. I must admit, I thought Maurice Blair would be a fat and lazy waste of space, but his defence is terrific - very impressed with what they're doing - big Dane Tilse whilst no superstar certainly ain't gonna weaken their team.



Too many Aussies for my liking - but I could say that about many clubs.

Rovers will only get better, there pack isn't too great at the moment but they have class all over and lots of confidence. Throw on top a loud bunch of fans to get there team going, there club seems to be on the rise.

They are the last team I want the Giants to play away from home on Monday.



Hull FC, quite the opposite. They do have great players in there team but even when they needed points, just seemed to stick to Plan A. Drive and kick. Won't be long before the coaches structures will frustrate the players.

I can't believe we got nilled by them. How bad was we!

Hull FC can be good, with a good coach.

Agree there we've lost Weyman(retired) and Bailey(released) in recent weeks and even with Tilse coming in we are still lightweight. Need a Kirmond

Pearson has spent a vast amount of his own money but most of it has been wasted on paying transfer fees and paying players off, its been a revolving door of average tat! He's also appointed the wrong coach twice, but in hindsight I'd have kept Gentle. The only slight glimmer of hope is he's invested a lot in our youth set up,but tthis will take years to bear fruit and I we can't wait that long. Can only hope ditch Radford ASAP and get a competent experienced head coach in.

Radford in.

Radford must stay. He's doing a great job.

I thought it was bad having to put up with Saints fans all the time but Hull KR fans are even more dull. (e.g. roversmad's latest posts)

On a historic note the last time Rovers were on the rise & starting to win things Wigan were on the slide & going down a division, is history repeating? if you miss the top 4 by 2 points remember where they were lost.

Yeah, well done on your two Championships and John Player Special Trophy 30 years ago. If that repeats you could well be looking forward to a Play-off semi final appearance and a CC Final runners up medal.

Ill take whatever the game gives us as I am a fan of rugby league, I expect nothing & treasure the good days.

I know, wasn't that Rovers team from back then rubbish. If only we'd spent millions of pounds bringing a gun to a knife fight in the late eighties and early nineties, with a fully pro team stacked with the world's best when our competitors were just part-timers. Well done. That's where the true honour & glory lies eh, you must be very proud!

They were at it in the 20s and in the 40s and 50s (60s to a lesser degree) always the big spenders on the back of the local big money owners etc, even one of their greats Jim sullivan was a massive signing (figuratively) from Wales RU in the 20s. They did have a barren spell and went from the mid 60s to the early 80s winning just two Lancashire cups + a floodlit trophy and an average home gate of 4,000 by 1981.. Goons, biggest a supporters in our sport & rival the likes of Man U, Liverpool & Chelsea for outright honours