Early days but the coach needs to start showing what he brings to the party. His record so far isn't encouraging .

My main concern for Friday is the form and lack of strength in depth in the backs from 1 -7. It will be good to see how Worthington goes and my preference would be for Rawnsley and Saltonstall on the wings - while Salty probably had his worst game for a long time against Batley I feel he offers more bringing the ball out from the back and is more reliable defensively than Mcgrath. Woodburn-Hall probably be the best bet for the other centre - full-back and the halves pick themselves due to either a lack of cover or unwillingness to change. With the two loanees involved we have a potentially excellent pack with reasonable cover for injuries/lack of form - they need to ensure on Friday the effort is their to turn that potential into reality - if they do I think we've a great chance of getting a win.

out of the 21 man squad named i would pick 1 rawsthorne,2 saltonstall,3 barber,4 mcomb,5 mcgrath,6 harris,7 robinson,8 morris,9 moore,10 murray,11 larroyer,12 brearley,13 fairbank, subs springer, hewitt, kavanagh, bourouh i dont know whats happened to woodburn-hall he would of been my fullback and worthington still has covid isues or he would of been in the

Covid issues? Since Oldham?

just saying what it says on the clubs facebook page somebody asked the same question as you and thats what the club came up with

Not a clue which way this one is likely to go. Who wants it most simple as that

Kick off is at 5pm.

Mcgrath is too lightweight at the moment. Would bring in McComb in the other centre position and Hewitt or Barber to 4.

Looks like London missing both Sammut and Aston + Curran whose one of the top back-rowers in the division. You really have to credit London. 13- 14 of their lads came through their system. They do an exceptional job.

Agree on Connor we need a bit more size.
Looking at the squad the final 17 would be without both the Davies lads,McGrath and from what SG muted maybe Kav or Paul B missing out if they are still not 100%.

FWIW. My back line would be Grix, Salty, McComb, Barber and Rawthy from who’s available.

Depends who in his household has had it and when.
We were isolating for the best part of 5 weeks...1 got it clear for a few days then another got a positive test

i think we will miss shaun robinson this season his running from acting half was one of the best in this divison

Good first half performance and our half backs appear to be starting to gel. Elliot Morris on fire

A performance to build on even though Broncos were poor. Morris was immense as were all the forwards. McCombe looks the part. Barber back to his best.
A promising start against a full time squad.

that was a far better performance far more direct london were poor one of the weakest london sides ive seen for some time but much better from halifax grix other than kicking the ball out on the full had one of his best games since returning more of the same please both looked dangerous brandon moore nice and direct around the play the ball and elliot morris very good lets hope we can take this form on to bradford in a fornights time also a mention for kevin larroyer who had a strong game

Some lovely tries in what sometimes looked like a training session against a very poor London team. I would guess Wigan didn't release their loanees in view of absence of Hankinson and our hooker - I think London suffered more as a result and with the loss of both first choice half-backs. Hopefully that game will have given both our halves the confidence they lacked against Batley - Grix was excellent on the back of a dominant team and Mcomb did enough to show he deserves a run at centre. Lastly I would not have picked Mcrath but he tackled well and deserved his try.

So happy to be proved wrong. That was an excellent display. The bar has been set now. The bar is also open

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That’s the best start to season we have had in years. Our forwards were on top from the start. People state about London have players missing but all their squad are full time. Well done the Panthers. Bring on the Bulls.

Not in any particular time frame orders, through the 80 mins for 40 we were good 20 average and 20 not so good with areas to work on.

Overall a big improvement from a week ago and a crucial win.

Morris, Barber (who’s extra size in the centres told) had strong games, McComb showed some nice touches as did the halves.
London tried but were clearly missing some key players with a few more taking heavy knocks have had a nightmare start to the season.

woodburn hall. broke hand
worthington covid
kavanagh recovering
calcott thigh injury
sion jones on way back
burough ?
rawsthorne ?
hewitt head injury so had to go off.
all these missing yet can still come up with a good performance. not all doom and gloom .

What a huge difference getting some size in the pack made. Half backs playing behind a dominant pack made a big difference. I thought McComb was our best player and him and Barber certainly put claims down for the two centre spots. That was very good to watch and London were probably a good team for us to get after the batley game with all their problems. If we play like that against Bradford I have no doubts we can pull off a win.

Thought Sam Hewitt looked very impressive for a young bloke making his first start in a new team - disappointing that he had to go off but with a 2 week break would definitely start with him in a fortnight against the Bulls.

Broncos fans in meltdown on their forum

A vast difference mccomb was my mom

Who’s your Dad?

He’s Robinson.