Possibly our biggest test of the season so far coming up on Sunday. We go into it on the back of a much improved display last week and should be high on confidence having only lost once in our last eleven games. Looking towards the play-offs I'm not sure whether achieving 3rd or 4th spot is our best route but we just have to take it a game at a time starting with Rovers. It will be a big ask on Sunday but one that is possible if we are on top of our game, we shall see. Up The Fax!

Could we have amir bourouh back for sunday. Adrian lam as said he expects to have sam powell back for there game at the weekend and he seems to want to play a couple of other players at hooker before amir so that puts him way down the pecking order. So we will have to wait and see.

Just out of interest who on here is going on sunday. The only reason i ask is the fans i spoke to on sunday the majority of them will not be going on sunday due to previous incidents at games with featherstone.I will be there just interested if this is a common issue amongst fax fans or not.

We'd have to ask Wigan....then Salford.

Unfortunately the only fixture in the season we won't attend.

I really hope I am wrong and we give them a game but following on from the performance against Widnes recently It will likely be the biggest defeat of the season and possibly of the modern era against Fev simply because the difference in squad / team size and strength weighs heavily in Rovers favour.
Fev fans will know for sure but from the outside they look stronger overall than the DP side?
Apart from the result, no more injuries would be very welcome.

I can't see us getting within 20 points of them to be honest just going on how down to the bare bones we are and the strength of Fev's squad. We should have Larroyer back which does strengthen us a bit but I would be surprised if Harris plays which does give us less options. Personally I would be playing Moore for the full 80 at hooker and having an extra forward on the bench. I see no point in spelling Moore for a worse player but then leaving Moore on the pitch as a makeshift 13. It totally defeats the purpose of having a hooker on the bench.

I will be heading over as usual, I totally respect why some people won't go over there but I won't let a minority of fans stop me following my team.

I am going over as well but to my eternal shame its the only ground i go to and not wear a Fax Shirt.

...and that says it all. A trip to POR is the very opposite of what a day at a rugby league game should be.

I know we don't know each other and the point is you should feel comfortable to wear what ever you want and it is a poor state of affairs when you don't. However i will be going on sunday and if you would like to meet up in your fax shirt i will make sure that no harm or intimidation comes your way. The vast majority of fev fans are decent people and it would be a real shame for you to change your behavior for a minority of idiots.

Just wonder how the lad is these days who was assaulted many years ago after the final ,,,,dave Stinger? ? Unfortunately at fev there has always been a certain minority element. Shame the name of the person responsible was never coughed up. Never say never though someone in a pub will know the answer and may decide to do the decent thing one day .
I think anything under 20 points loss is a moral victory but I can see it being a very hard day at the office

I spoke to Dave (Singer) on Tuesday over the phone in his care home and not withstanding his long term medical issues he is in good spirits.
We always mention Fax and FC Town as he is a big Town supporter.
I’ll pass on you were asking about him next time we speak as he will appreciate it.

Bentleyman is well capable of looking after himself. The point is he isn't comfortable wearing his Fax shirt at one, and only one, ground in Rugby League. That is wrong from so many angles and is a problem for the Featherstone club as much as any individual supporter. It is up to the people over there to do summat about it but they've had eleven years to do it and nowts happened yet.

To be fair I had not really thought about it until readng the comments but I probably won't be wearing a Fax top either. I will be shouting myself horse from the terraces though to make up for it.

Thanks for your kind offer but will stick to my routine ive sent you a PM

No problems mate i have sent you a reply too i hope you enjoy the day.

I am well aware of the point he is making about feeling uncomfortable wearing is fax shirt and who is to blame for this. With the fire you have in your belly about this we could do with you playing this week or better still letting you loose in the family stand.

As for the team this week if they are fit to play i would pick.
grix
salty
mcomb
worthington
rawsthorne
woody
robinson
murray
moore
kavanagh
garside
barber
fairbank

tangata
calcott
larroyer
curtis davies

This will be a very tough game for us to win we have to focus on trying to do the basic better then fev. Running harder tackling harder and working harder to give us a chance of winning but even then we will be up against it.

Fev 54 v 22Fax. Embarrassing that. What's happened to our defence?

Probably the result I anticipated .not too despondent with that when I look down the team sheets. Mcomb proves yet again to be worth his place

An error ridden game.
Fax scored two purlers worthy of a mention and WH had a blinder.
Best turn out from fax in a while helped the crowd to 3.2k
And it was a nice day.
We just had more up front

Nobody expected us to win that one but I thought it were a poor performance with far too many basic errors. Fev were physically far too big and strong for us though and stature wise they look every bit a SL team. We continue to have the same problems with the halves moved about and Simon Grix threw JWH under a bus having him defend against Hall so I was glad that in attack he was our one bright spark. He needs to be at FB but with Grix coasting until retirement maybe we just have to wait till next season. I thought McComb and Worthington had decent games and Salty tried hard but our pack was just dominated.

We looked to have picked up a lot of knocks in that game and it is going to be a giant ask to go up to Haven and get a result. The thing is if we can get 3rd place and beat London, I just have this sneaky feeling we are capable of going over to Fev and if we put in a far better performance we might just give them a really close game.

Honestly mate..... in knock out footy fax put the sh its up me. Sooner play toulouse.

Weird int it. Even though we got totally dominated today Ive still come away thinking you what you never know in the play offs.

No surprises at all for me, I posted it would be our biggest defeat against Rovers, I keep saying it, Fev are that strong.
Not straight forward to compare but having watched both sides would you say this team / squad is stronger than the DP side Robin?