Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:49 am  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Looking forward to your next ban, roversmad.

Good for you.

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:02 am  

Why is there a bickering session going on here. Hull won, they're having a good season and we're rubbish. Would I rather they lost, of course but they didn't and I can't begrudge them it. Much rather them win it like that than a lucky cup run during a bad season.

Just hope we can get through this year rebuild and join them up there, would gI've RL a real shot in the arm to have a spell like in the 80s

[Mild Rover]

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:18 am  

barham red wrote:

Why is there a bickering session going on here. Hull won, they're having a good season and we're rubbish. Would I rather they lost, of course but they didn't and I can't begrudge them it. Much rather them win it like that than a lucky cup run during a bad season.

Just hope we can get through this year rebuild and join them up there, would gI've RL a real shot in the arm to have a spell like in the 80s

Completely agree, br. It'd have been a bit galling if they'd had a jammy draw and then Wire had put in a sub-par performance in the final. But they earned it, so credit where it is due.

It has been an astonishing season. Their team still doesn't look all that on paper to me - there were seven or eight in that team that I'd be deeply unexcited about signing for Rovers. Pritchard as well, given he's supposedly marquee. But as a collective they've got it done week in, week out. And that is admirable - depressingly so.

At the other end of the spectrum - Leeds.

And it is heartening to see that SL has still/again has the capacity to surprise. Where there is change there is opportunity.

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:34 am  

Thanks for all the good wishes. I'd like to put on record that my perfect season would be us now going on to do the treble and you being relegated but, unfortunately, I think you'll stay up.

And for those of you who are 40 or younger, I'd like to say that watching your team win the CC at wembley is a fine feeling

[Mild Rover]

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:57 am  

Equally, I hope your team stumbles and misses out on a second championship in the limited tackle era, and has another decade like the one that followed your last cup win.

But what will be, will be.

As in much of life, so in supporting a sports team - the joy and despair are randomly scattered among the deserving and the 24 carat gormers alike.

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:02 am  

Another fantastic weekend at Wembley with friends of both teams. I bought a fair few drinks on Saturday night for those of a B&W persuasion. I was genuinely pleased as punch for some of the older brigade with us and shook plenty of hands, whilst hopefully maintaining my dignity. Oh yes, I did have my Rovers shirt on throughout.

And with what's left of my winnings I have just booked a weeks holiday in Portugal.

As for the game, describing it as a classic is probably over- egging it but it was a good game which could have gone either way right to the death. How Houghton was overlooked for MOTM is a mystery.

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:03 am  

Mild Rover wrote:

Equally, I hope your team stumbles and misses out on a second championship in the limited tackle era, and has another decade like the one that followed your last cup win.

But what will be, will be.

As in much of life, so in supporting a sports team - the joy and despair are randomly scattered among the deserving and the 24 carat gormers alike.

We won't win the LLS or probably even get to OT but our season has still been more successful than any rovers fan has experienced in almost 2 generations

Has danny addy been confirmed for your lot next season yet?

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:06 am  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Thanks for all the good wishes. I'd like to put on record that my perfect season would be us now going on to do the treble and you being relegated but, unfortunately, I think you'll stay up.

And for those of you who are 40 or younger, I'd like to say that watching your team win the CC at wembley is a fine feeling

You doing the treble would be great if it was all stripped away due to salary cap issues, and relegation was the penalty but we'll see. Have a good day out this aft, shirt wash day on Wednesday, must be a worse stink than Leeds fest at closing time..

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:44 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

We won't win the LLS or probably even get to OT but our season has still been more successful than any rovers fan has experienced in almost 2 generations

Has danny addy been confirmed for your lot next season yet?

Shouldn't you already know anyway???? # obsessed

Re: FC Finally Win At Wembley in an Absolute Classic : Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:58 pm  

Grudgingly pleased for Hull. Not the classic final of 2005 vs. Leeds imo, but a gutsy and deserved win.

You've got to admire the players passion for the Hull shirt and the sheer siege mentality in keeping their nerve, holding their defensive shape and not allowing Warrington over their line again after Ben Currie's 2nd try.

Rode their luck and earned their win. Well done, Hull. Now go and do the treble for the city.

As for Jake the Peg wanting us relegated. Utter tosh. He has a man crush on Dane Tilse.