Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:32 am  

Keiththered wrote:

Remember this? That's a better post and maybe the word "Easily" I used was over the top, but to suggest he is on something for a reasonable guess is over the top from you

Whose over the top now? "No wonder your fans celebrated a friendly win like it was a major cup final.

" Beating FC comes relatively easily as our record since entering Super League shows. Of course we celebrate as you do when you win. We just do it more often.[/quote]


Bearing mind, of course, that this is the only thing you are able to celebrate.

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:39 am  

SirStan wrote:

This allegation gets shot across the city (direction dependant on who was victorious) every January. The reality is somewhat different.

Not so sure myself, there's quite a difference in how each set of fans treat the fixture. That's not to say we don't care, just your lot care a whole lot more.

Take Sunday for example. Our tries in the first half were met with a subdued cheer, a few people getting out of their seats and a bit of an applause. The Rovers fans in the second half were at fever pitch, jumping up and down, dancing, singing, toothless grins everywhere.

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:42 am  

Errlee Berd wrote:

Not so sure myself, there's quite a difference in how each set of fans treat the fixture. That's not to say we don't care, just your lot care a whole lot more.

Take Sunday for example. Our tries in the first half were met with a subdued cheer, a few people getting out of their seats and a bit of an applause. The Rovers fans in the second half were at fever pitch, jumping up and down, dancing, singing, toothless grins everywhere.

That sums up FC fans very well.

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:32 am  

Keiththered wrote:

Remember this? That's a better post and maybe the word "Easily" I used was over the top, but to suggest he is on something for a reasonable guess is over the top from you

Whose over the top now? "No wonder your fans celebrated a friendly win like it was a major cup final.

" Beating FC comes relatively easily as our record since entering Super League shows. Of course we celebrate as you do when you win. We just do it more often.[/quote]

I have never seen supports of either team celebrate a friendly win like you did on Sunday, I'm not sure why, but it was way over the top.

I took a friend with me who have never been to rugby before, he had to ask me after the game if it was only a friendly with the way your fans were celebrating in the North Stand.

For interest what is the record of competitive games since you SL?

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:34 am  

Keiththered wrote:

That sums up FC fans very well.

High expectations?

I'd be worried if our fans went crazy after scoring a try in a friendly, just shows how low some fans standards are.

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:47 am  

Dave K. wrote:

High expectations?

I'd be worried if our fans went crazy after scoring a try in a friendly, just shows how low some fans standards are.

With most Rovers fans not being able to remember the last time they were in a major game, it's no wonder they get excited when they go to Big Brothers gaff and get a friendly win.

It's all relative. We see our big games as semi finals & finals, their big games are games against us.

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:20 pm  

Errlee Berd wrote:

Not so sure myself, there's quite a difference in how each set of fans treat the fixture..

No there isn't. I saw fans in your East Stand dancing & hugging each other like long lost relatives when you were winning. They were almost as desparate as your players in the 2014 friendly.

Errlee Berd wrote:

That's not to say we don't care, just your lot care a whole lot more.

Opinion dressed as fact doesn't make it true.

Errlee Berd wrote:

Take Sunday for example. Our tries in the first half were met with a subdued cheer, a few people getting out of their seats and a bit of an applause. The Rovers fans in the second half were at fever pitch, jumping up and down, dancing, singing, toothless grins everywhere.

See above point, maybe where you were sitting/slipping into a coma, but significant sections of your East Stand were orgasmic from the moment Sa scored until Sio levelled the game up.

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:22 pm  

Errlee Berd wrote:

With most Rovers fans not being able to remember the last time they were in a major game, it's no wonder they get excited when they go to Big Brothers gaff

For "Big Brother" see "Mad Egyptian".

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:28 pm  

What a pathetic way this thread is going. The difference between Rovers and Hull Fans in supporting their team and the vocal support they provide are polar opposites, regardless of game and setting. To try and accuse KR fans of over celebrating and whatever ridiculous statements you are saying is a diabolical attempt to hide the failings of your fans in supporting your team. I was embarrassed at full time on sunday when your team walked round an empty stadium thanking supposed fans for their support.

KR is a club of the people, and for the community. FC have lost this, and the relationship between the people and the club continues to grow wider and wider. Which would also be indicative of season pass sales. The exuberance in celebration was not just because we were beating you, but also because we can see people playing for the shirt. Not that you would, but come to any KR away game this year and the support will be exactly like that in celebration, if not numbers. I guarantee if this game was held at the boulevard back in the day the support levels for FC would of been similar to that of KR's support. Long Story short you have lost your soul.

PS - you should probably mention to talanoa to stop walking back to the corners after tries winding KR fans up and geeing the east stand creche up in that to corner to raise the volume. Or maybe remind minichello to stop fist pumping after scoring in front of the KR fans. It's only a friendly remember lads!

Re: Mediawatch : Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:45 pm  

The thread drift and derailment by Rovers trolls of mixed standards is quite disappointing. What started as an assessment of the merits of getting RH to host a forum vs the in house version has been spoilt with breaches of AUP etc. Please stop.

So, do we think RH would offer a better or worse forum than ours? I think if hosted by Mike White it could go OK and would probably have greater reach but may also impact attendance. Whilst ours may have accusations of stage management, whenever I've asked a question before it's always been answered whereas the RH one apparently filtered/didn't answer some questions. More generally these events provide a good basis for interaction and tease out some nuggets of info on targets and financials. It will be interesting to see the outcome of discussions with RH and also what the sticking points are to reach an agreement.