The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Sat Aug 14, 2021 8:12 am  

Let’s be having ya

it’s the GF for the Dobbins but we still have to take them seriously

For me that’s when their bubble pops and Hudge puts the Club back up for sale

I tried to sell my car for a year and when it didn’t sell because it stank of dogs and
horse P**s I then declared it wasn’t for sale to anyone

I will of course be having a wager , which I don’t advocate , and my winnings will be enough to travel to my 3 mile border that my lockdown allows me to travel to

I love it when Rovers think they’ve arrived and then fall flat on their face

v Wigan they were so slow around the ruck

get Jamie feeding off the hooker and he will look like Slater feeding off Cam Smith

Can’t wait - midnight next Sat night for me

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:45 am  

Can’t wait for this one!

Just bought my ticket this morning. Will be my first trip up to a match from the Midlands in a while.

Hopefully we’ll be able to field our strongest team in months, if they change the post Covid protocol.

We need to win, Rovers going well. Hopefully a good crowd to see us get our season back on track.

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Sat Aug 14, 2021 11:18 am  

What's the information on the covid isolating rules changing?

Full strength team minus Griffin we win. Regardless of the form of late, forms irrelevant due to covid/injury. That first team was solid start of the season, I think our defensive resilience will be back, and Connor will relish this game if fit, back with a bang

FC by 10

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Sat Aug 14, 2021 11:33 am  

Rocknrolla69er wrote:

What's the information on the covid isolating rules changing?

Full strength team minus Griffin we win. Regardless of the form of late, forms irrelevant due to covid/injury. That first team was solid start of the season, I think our defensive resilience will be back, and Connor will relish this game if fit, back with a bang

FC by 10

It's from a quote from Batley coach Craig Lingard who told the BBC that the RFL were looking at changing the return to play protocols, however that was a week ago so who knows.

What we do know is that in England from Monday fully vaccinated adults will no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days if they're told they have been in close contact with a person who has Covid. Whether the RFL will use this to coincide with a relaxation of the return to play protocols remains to be seen however they'd need to announce something pretty soon if it's going to happen for the next round of games which starts on Thursday.

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Sat Aug 14, 2021 12:17 pm  

Begs the question have any of our players been vaccinated?

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Sat Aug 14, 2021 6:32 pm  

Rocknrolla69er wrote:

Begs the question have any of our players been vaccinated?

The club did say some players took the opportunity to have one when we had a break due to Covid the other week, many have had Covid before so will have had antibodies from that anyway. Due to age I doubt many are double jabbed though.

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:00 am  

First time for years I’m not fancying us.
After our indifferent form of late and Rovers playing out of their skins, for me Rovers start slight favourites which I know in a derby can mean little. Have been very impressed with the way Smith has got them playing, some sparkling attacking rugby at times, and now some self belief.
This will be a tough game.
Hoping the form book goes out the window and we are lifted by returning players.
Always find Derby’s a difficult day and though hopeful, mine is starting with my glass half empty, praying it’s full of bubbly stuff at the end. COYH

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Mon Aug 16, 2021 5:13 am  

Love this fixture and this year marks the 75th anniversary of the first derby I saw back in 1946. My mum was Rovers and dad Hull and I was taken to Craven Park with them aged 8. Had the programme of the match for decades before it was lost in a house move but I still remember some of the players. Bob Kavanagh and Freddie Miller for Hull and Wilf McWatt, Maurice Daddy and Alec Dockar for Rovers. McWatt and Miller were the respective fullbacks who engaged in long kicking duels.Cannot remember who won!
Alec Dockar was an international loose forward for both England and GB and during the war was a guest player for Hull.

The last derby I attended was in 1980 when I came from Aus. to take my mum to Wembley, my dad having died some 12 years earlier. The result made my mum's day.

[Karen]

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:00 pm  

5 days to go and I've just deleted 4 pages worth of complete and utter crap. You can discuss the GAME and that's it. If you want to talk about the past, mergers, who owns what ground, who owes what money, who has the more expensive squad and the rest of the tit for tat crap then either do it on the myriad of Facebook groups that are full of it right now, or even see if Mild Rover will allow you to spout it over there, but I simply don't have the time or inclination to referee you lot. Thank you.

Re: The Derby we’ve been waiting for : Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:11 pm  

5 tickets purchased for £151 for my brother and his son-in-laws in W4.
Haven't seen any of them since the last home Derby 18 months or so-ish ago.
We will rendezvous in Albert at 11am for pre-game festivities.
Win or lose, we'll drink some booze.