Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Sun Jul 23, 2017 11:46 pm  

We have certainly the biggest squad Hull KR have ever had in their entire history...(please feel free to check)..., this extremely over blown squad is full of SL players, in fact nearly 84% of them have played SL, and yet we have endured an absolute season of boredom and lacklustre performances..,

Mr Sheens, who co-incidentally oversaw the Australian team lose 2 four nations tournaments and is in possession of a 50% win record over his career despite having had every advantage possible, chooses to play as many props as anyone can fit into 17 players, 6 today in a loss to the admittedly world class Halifax championship side and to play safety first rugby even against teams made up entirely of players who only train every other Monday...

It has been like watching paint dry the entire season...for all his faults Justin Morgan would have had his team winning with panache by 80...

Either RL or Rovers are/is on a perennial down-slope never to exit or Sheens (and Hudgell/Crossland...the Larvin excitable/psychometric testing gurus,/Kris Keating signing/Scott Murrell disposing genius titbrains ) are wizards...discuss...

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:30 am  

If we get promotion then I can't see anyone being bothered how. The league campaign was turgid which sounds strange after only 3 losses.these last few performance can be spun both ways.if we'd hacked up and won we may have gone in overconfident. Certainly won't be a problem now. Resting Lunt probably shows how much urgency was placed on these 2 points .next 7 games possibly 8 are all that matters

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 5:49 am  

Peter Mannion wrote:

We have certainly the biggest squad Hull KR have ever had in their entire history...(please feel free to check)..., this extremely over blown squad is full of SL players, in fact nearly 84% of them have played SL, and yet we have endured an absolute season of boredom and lacklustre performances..,

Mr Sheens, who co-incidentally oversaw the Australian team lose 2 four nations tournaments and is in possession of a 50% win record over his career despite having had every advantage possible, chooses to play as many props as anyone can fit into 17 players, 6 today in a loss to the admittedly world class Halifax championship side and to play safety first rugby even against teams made up entirely of players who only train every other Monday...

It has been like watching paint dry the entire season...for all his faults Justin Morgan would have had his team winning with panache by 80...

Either RL or Rovers are/is on a perennial down-slope never to exit or Sheens (and Hudgell/Crossland...the Larvin excitable/psychometric testing gurus,/Kris Keating signing/Scott Murrell disposing genius titbrains ) are wizards...discuss...

Slight overreaction

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:29 am  

Peter Mannion wrote:

We have certainly the biggest squad Hull KR have ever had in their entire history...(please feel free to check)..., this extremely over blown squad is full of SL players, in fact nearly 84% of them have played SL, and yet we have endured an absolute season of boredom and lacklustre performances..,

Mr Sheens, who co-incidentally oversaw the Australian team lose 2 four nations tournaments and is in possession of a 50% win record over his career despite having had every advantage possible, chooses to play as many props as anyone can fit into 17 players, 6 today in a loss to the admittedly world class Halifax championship side and to play safety first rugby even against teams made up entirely of players who only train every other Monday...

It has been like watching paint dry the entire season...for all his faults Justin Morgan would have had his team winning with panache by 80...

Either RL or Rovers are/is on a perennial down-slope never to exit or Sheens (and Hudgell/Crossland...the Larvin excitable/psychometric testing gurus,/Kris Keating signing/Scott Murrell disposing genius titbrains ) are wizards...discuss...

If you don't like what you see feel free to go elsewhere I have watched rovers for over 50 yrs and trust me this lot are better then some I have seen plus what do you want 100 pnts a game some not all of the teams in this league are rubbish so you can only beat what's in front of you

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:49 am  

The word boring is not one I would use. Frustrating, strange , weird are closer to the mark. If you found this season boring then you are watching the wrong sport or, (as I have posted before) the rules, coaching & officiating of the modern era have taken away much of what made our sport great with no competition for the ball in open play. But that is another topic for another day. I share the OP's frustration with the team & have no idea or expectations going into the next 7 games? but it wont be boring.

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:13 am  

Peter Mannion sums up the frustration that has been building up for weeks now, so I understand why he has exploded after yesterdays abject performance.

There's a school of thought that the big names in the squad will turn the mythical FORM tap on, and I am afraid this appears to be all we are left with. All our eggs in the one basket. For all of Sheens' tinkering, it seems to me he has tinkered away what form and confidence we saw in the Challenge Cup ties.

There's an eerie inevitability about recent performances; we are following the Leigh model of 2015 NOT 2016!

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:25 am  

Everybody get a grip two defeats in two meaningless games when it's mattered we've performed look at the London game they are the second best team but we blew them away inside 30 mins it's been a mish mash of teams we've put out in the last couple of weeks playing against two teams who were in the last chance saloon I don't know what everybody expected

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:45 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

Everybody get a grip two defeats in two meaningless games when it's mattered we've performed look at the London game they are the second best team but we blew them away inside 30 mins it's been a mish mash of teams we've put out in the last couple of weeks playing against two teams who were in the last chance saloon I don't know what everybody expected

One of the main points being that is is not just "the last couple of weeks" is it..??

Please point me in the direction of an outstanding performance this season...

Please remember we are spending hundreds of thousands more than even our nearest rival and probably a million more than some...

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:03 am  

Daft decisions by the players have cost us recently, but they have been doing it for a long while. Admittedly all teams at some point do stupid things but we seem to do more than most, or am I imagining it because I see my team doing it? I don't think so.
We at times seem to make crazy decisions and make frustrating errors again and again. Kicking out on the full, putting the ball dead from the kick off, constant dropping the ball, making suicide passes in our own half and gifting the opposition possession.
These things will kill us in the middle 8,s and must stop.
Can we do, yes we can..but must get the error count down!

Re: Most Boring Hull KR team of all time...???? : Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:14 am  

Peter Mannion wrote:

One of the main points being that is is not just "the last couple of weeks" is it..??

Please point me in the direction of an outstanding performance this season...

Please remember we are spending hundreds of thousands more than even our nearest rival and probably a million more than some...

I can understand your frustration & I can't give an example of an outstanding game this year. But just because we have more cash than others is no guarantee of success, I could write a 10 page thesis on where our game is going, but the main point is the numbers playing the game have gone down year on year we can only sign those who are out there, look at the local leagues all struggling to get teams out at all age groups & don't start me on sport in schools. I struggle to see a team out there just a group of individuals with only one real leader (not playing yesterday) Halifax are a team with heart, so are wakey & cas we don't seem to be. But it will be interesting to see how the next weeks pan out. I have not given up hope yet.