Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:42 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Agree on both counts - strange not to have paid streaming.

Yeah , Only streamed by the club . Would have liked to have watch the game , as many would .

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 1:52 pm  

Women's Grand final about to kick off on Sky Mix .

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 2:06 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Coincidentally, that was about the time Rovers were signing young players who weren’t very good and fans were talking about their potential… and more experienced players who weren’t very good but therefore had “a point to prove”… and celebrating a lack of depth as providing opportunities for academy products. Imitation as the insanest form of flattery.

We are so very alike. Can you imagine how joyless this would be without each other’s misery?

I really do agree in principle. But just from a personal perspective the edge has gone out of it a bit since Wembley 2016. There'll never be a moment like it - in that afternoon the depth and intensity of joy, maybe relief as well, was seismic, and obviously Rovers and Hudgell etc contributed to that massively, we really can't thank y'all enough. But since then there's just not as much at stake from a Hull fan perspective. #since1985 is fun, and it must be irritating, particularly for Rovers fans under the age of 45 who know nothing but drudgery, jam tomorrow , 5 year plans and west stand rebuilds that come to life only on paper, but if/when you win something it won't be as bitter a pill as it was because, you know, we have won at Wembley.*


* Twice, and in living memory of most of our fanbase.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 2:45 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

But just from a personal perspective the edge has gone out of it a bit since Wembley 2016. There'll never be a moment like it - in that afternoon the depth and intensity of joy, maybe relief as well, was seismic, and obviously Rovers and Hudgell etc contributed to that massively, we really can't thank y'all enough.

Similar to my thoughts. Something fundamentally altered for me after winning in 2016.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see us top of the league, emulate Saints, win four GF in a row (although I'm not holding my breath on that!), but it hasn't quite felt like life and death for me ever since August 2016. It was like a relief valve going off after waiting so many years for it to happen.

I think that's why I was so ambivalent when rovers were at Wembley earlier, there was nothing I could do to influence them achieving something we had already done! Although I wouldn't say I was exactly cheering them on yesterday, some old habits can never fully die!!

[Mild Rover]

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:15 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

it must be irritating.

It’s not. It’s not even that wearisome yet. S’only 8 years since it took over from no major finals. Although, given that game was (we thought at the time) a nadir for Rovers, neither side really seemed to know what to do with the resolution initially. With regard to intentionally gormless banter, I mean. But I’ve no idea why winning a trophy in Brent is better than winning it in Leeds or Cardiff.

I’m sorry that the passion has faded. I’m not share whether it’d be a kindness or an annoyance to try to rekindle it. If you want it, I’m sure you could manufacture some sort of resentment.

We’re probably all just getting old and melancholic though.

Maybe Franklin Pele and/or Okunbor will take SL by storm (side note, I’ve not heard much about the rebrand lately).

Or maybe Lucy Frazer and/or Stuart Andrew will prove intransigent - that sort of poop can be galvanising. I’m being mean spirited there, but I may have accidentally made a good point. As you’ll remember, Rovers got relegated a few months after Hull ended their Wembley hoodoo.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:22 pm  

The denim pre-game on Viaplay is looking very well.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:53 pm  

Hope London get to the championship final, going well so far.

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:57 pm  

Up the expansionists

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:14 pm  

Broncos v Fev & Tom Grant

Re: TV Games - Not Hull : Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:17 pm  

London back in front before the break.
Making a good fist of it.