Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:07 pm  

So by the sound of it its going to be eight in / eight out as usual. This is why Rovers will never be a big club - the likes of Wigan and Leeds have stability and continuity. Making so many changes yet again will accomplish nothing.
Right now I would rather Rovers be in the lower leagues again, SL is basically a waste of time unless you're one of the Big Three.

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:16 pm  

Roofs wrote:

So by the sound of it its going to be eight in / eight out as usual. This is why Rovers will never be a big club - the likes of Wigan and Leeds have stability and continuity. Making so many changes yet again will accomplish nothing.
Right now I would rather Rovers be in the lower leagues again, SL is basically a waste of time unless you're one of the Big Three.

No way osay we are hear and I hope we stay, but I see certain posters who have not been on hear for a long time have raised their heads must have won some thing

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:26 pm  

I agree with you to a certain degree, so much squad change is not good, it's like we're scratching around to find the magic formula, throw so much away and you're bound to miss a gem.

Where I disagree is Rovers being in SL.

I'm a little bit older than you (and this is, and please do not take this as in any way patronising) if we had not got promotion in 2006 we would now be Batley or Hunslet or maybe even Bramley.

Rovers have been decent in the nineteen twenties, for a bit, the fifties, for a bit and the eighties for a bit.

This is the club we're born into.

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sat Aug 30, 2014 10:53 pm  

If we hadn't been promoted in 2006 we would have gone to the wall again we through everything into getting promoted that year and there is no way I would want to return to them barren years of the 90s because they weren't good times

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sat Aug 30, 2014 11:46 pm  

barham red wrote:

You've won one thing in the last 30 years, so,have Sheffield and London, they to are big clubs. Suppose you can add last night to the pre season friendly and enjoy your season highlights dvd

We also won the premiership final in 1991. If you cannot remember that one to, then you have no chance remembering the last major final you lot won.

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:01 am  

F.C. Aces wrote:

We also won the premiership final in 1991. If you cannot remember that one to, then you have no chance remembering the last major final you lot won.

I SEE another of the walking DEAD has risen from the dark side

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:22 am  

fun time frankie wrote:

If we hadn't been promoted in 2006 we would have gone to the wall again we through everything into getting promoted that year and there is no way I would want to return to them barren years of the 90s because they weren't good times

Disagree mate: back-to-back titles, a Wembley win, beating Hull at Boothferry Park - what more do you want? Lol.

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sun Aug 31, 2014 8:40 am  

The only way to compete with the top sides is to get your youth systems right, both Hull clubs were miles behind, but are closing the gap.

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:12 am  

Dave K. wrote:

The only way to compete with the top sides is to get your youth systems right, both Hull clubs were miles behind, but are closing the gap.

Its alright having a decent youth system but its keeping them that seems the issue. Will be interesting to see how the current few coming through develop but i honestly see only one or two of them going on to do anything of note.

Re: Hang your heads in shame : Sun Aug 31, 2014 9:13 am  

Dave K. wrote:

The only way to compete with the top sides is to get your youth systems right, both Hull clubs were miles behind, but are closing the gap.

Can that be anything more than short-term competition though? I.e. because as soon as a young player gets noticed at either Hull club its not long before they're on their way. It's especially baffling with Hull because you guys can (for the most part) match the big clubs in many aspects, so if you're a Hull lad at FC and they're getting to finals you'd have no reason to leave. That's why Hull need a top coach fast to get them to where they need to be so that young players don't feel a need to join Leeds or Wigan.
With Rovers I just don't know how the club can ever get to a level it needs where young players want to stay, eg top four and with 10,000 every game.