Good of Rovers to sign 3 loan players for 2 weeks so they can rest their 1st team players this week. Sure their academy lads will be thrilled with this.

Quote K-Diddy="K-Diddy"Good of Rovers to sign 3 loan players for 2 weeks so they can rest their 1st team players this week. Sure their academy lads will be thrilled with this.'" Absolutely. It is excellent news. Opportunism, drive and intelligence. Just like the good old times. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... ague-rugby Carpe noctem.

Quote K-Diddy="K-Diddy"Good of Rovers to sign 3 loan players for 2 weeks so they can rest their 1st team players this week. Sure their academy lads will be thrilled with this.'" Absolutely. It is excellent news. Opportunism, drive and intelligence. Just like the good old times. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... ague-rugby Carpe noctem.

Pretty sad really.
They’re even loaning squad players from Wakefield.

Sends a message to any aspiring young players in Hull at which club you’ll get an opportunity to develop.

Not really surprising is it from Rovers. Why give the opportunity for your own reserve player to play against Wigan for the first team when you can sign three reserve players from other clubs and play them instead.

COME ON LEOPARDS!!!!

Don't suppose they'll care if they win the Cup in the end, but as others have said why not use squad/academy players for 1 match

All jokes, banter and rivalry aside I think this is a poor decision by Rovers as they surely have a squad of their own that is good enough to cope with resting a few players if needed one game without having to bring players in a 2nd time on short term loans?

For me short term loans of 1 or 2 weeks is a tactic that should be stopped as there is no real incentive whatsoever for a club to develop their own players as it just promotes short term fixes.
I don't oppose the use of loan players but feel a loan should be for a minimum of 4 weeks for there to the be any value in the loaning of players.

I wonder if Leigh will do the same.

Got reserve and academy fixtures to fulfill as well.

Academy lads are only 18, so chucking them in numbers against Wigan is unlikely to be good for their development. There’ll be space for a couple, I imagine, and plenty of the squad players in the first 17.

Hull haven’t played an academy-eligible player in a first team game this season either, afaik - it is a big jump to make.

It’s nice that we can enjoy something together - the outrage, I mean.

Quote Mild Rover="Mild Rover"Absolutely. It is excellent news. Opportunism, drive and intelligence. Just like the good old times. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... ague-rugby Carpe noctem.'" Have you still got your rattle from the last time you went to a game MR

Quote Mild Rover="Mild Rover"Absolutely. It is excellent news. Opportunism, drive and intelligence. Just like the good old times. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/ ... ague-rugby Carpe noctem.'" Have you still got your rattle from the last time you went to a game MR

Maybe loan three players to fulfil your Academy and Reserve fixtures instead?
Reward your own players with a first team spot? From the Reserves, not necessarily from the Academy.

Just a poor look all round. I’d say the same if it was another team.

No reasons will convince me that this isn't poor from Rovers, these loan players aren't experienced players.

I'd bet Rovers could rest 10 players and still put out a side made up of first team amd reserve players. If the reserve fixture needs to be postponed as a one off I don't think that's a big deal.