I wouldn't get over confident about an automatic derby win. Albert Kelly said in interview last week on Hull KR TV that the teams main aim is to put several consistent performances together on the bounce. This is something we have failed to do so far this season.

As I have said in a separate post on a different thread in this forum, our good performances this year are all down to us getting the key basics of tempo and effective game plan spot on. If we fail, we end up playing catch up Rugby or lose embarrassingly. If we are on our game, we have the talent, creativity and team spirit to outperform all opposition.

Haha, thumbs up to this guy. Well stranger things have happened in sport!

The hardest games to predict are derby games,and would never want to gamble on one.On current form it has to be rovers,but how many times have we seen the minnows from the kc stadium shock teams.

This season Rovers have definitely performed better against the bigger clubs. Another reason I'm concerned about this match.

We will beat them, will be close at half time but we are stronger in the 2nd half as a team and should have enough to kill them off.

hope you are right it does look on paper that way, but if you look at past derby's it does not mean a thing been the form team but we can change that i hope

I hope the HDM and other RL journalists bang on all week about our 28-0 loss there last year, and i hope CC brings it up everychance he gets, I know it's different players but this lot we have now seem to have a bit of a connection with the fans and i don't believe they will let us down,

I love and hate derbies to nervous to enjoy them even in our 42-6 win at 26-0 up I was still thinking just get another try to make sure

That made me laugh and I get your point Frankie. If we was winning 22-0 with ten minutes to go I would be still cacking myself. IMO you should win Thurs. But this is a derby and as seen before anything can happen. Should be a cracking atmosphere

being a kr fan i never expect anything with kr, we were amazing against saints but poor against widnes and amazing against catalan so i expect a defeat. but also fc will play to prove a point they are fully supporting radford. so if we can sort out our defence we will be great

its a draw then

Hull are an indifferent team, in barely indifferent form. But they're not dreadful, despite the prevailing doom and gloom. They lack a bit of x-factor, but from the little I've seen and heard of them this year, they're pretty dogged and they certainly don't give up many points.



Rovers are showing some promising signs, and it feels like we're heading in the right direction. The mood is different, but we're only a couple of points ahead of them in the table, ateotd.



They'll be desperate to start climbing the table, and if they can make it attritional early on, it'll be tough. It's great to have some 'gadget plays' in our locker, but until we get another prop in, it does feel a bit like we're relying on them.