His Bobness:
Commiserations on another derby defeat. There were certainly positives to take from your point of view and at 14-16 I admit I was worried. Rovers lifted and ran out comfortable winners but it was a genuine derby like we haven't seen for a while.
I have to ask why on earth has Cartwright given the goalkicking duties to Pryce who is clearly an inferior kicker to Sezer? As I say I was worried at 14-16 but had Sezer been kicking it would possibly have been 18-16 and the roof would have blown off.
As for the Cust incident it seems everyone accepts that it was an awful tackle and an automatic red card. The one exception being Cartwright but I expect on reflection he will think again. With Mourgue having to go off and face a HIA I expect Cust will be facing a lengthy spell on the side-lines.
I wasn't impressed with your display in the cup tie but this time I really was. Having done us a huge favour in eliminating Wigan from the challenge cup maybe you can do us another favour next week? I must say I don't think you wil
As for the future I am perplexed as to why you could think that your out of town owners with no affection for your club will be willing to plough in money ad infinitum They clearly will be in the short term but have pretty much made it clear that in 3 years tine they will be taking out.
They have more affinity to us than the likes of sewell and Kilburn have to rovers. Once the land is developed they'll be off.
As for cust, it was an unfortunate collision. Under the current rules a red card but he'll get no more than 2 games.
Win or lose next week, Wigan will still win the grand final. You may win the meaningless hub cap though along with the challenge cup, courtesy, as you say, of your bigger neighbours