A very tough game with both teams in the thick of the battle to stay in the top eight race. Leeds need a win or they could be mathematically in the middle eights. Wakefield need a win to secure their top eight spot.

for me the biggest game of the season. we simply must get the 2 points

This is surely a must win game


Win our last 3 games and we'll be fine,If we don't then we will ultimately end up where we deserve to be over 23 rounds

Agreed

The way the teams are performing there's only Widnes and Salford as bad as us.
HKR may have left it too late so for me we are bottom 4 material over the course of the season.
Unless we can turn it round very quickly and win our next 3 games.
Wakefield are up and down so are Huddersfield wheras we no longer have any up about us.
Worrying times indeed.

A downside for us is that Wakefield can virtually assure their safety if they win this game. OTOH their remaining games are potentially winnable. For us though its really do or die now. We could possibly afford to lose this game, but would then be relying on a lot going our way and winning the last two under huge pressure.

It’s not virtually, we can assure safety as we would be 5 points ahead of Leeds with only 4 points left to play for before the split. Unfortunately, we are not necessarily good at taking advantage of situations like this and don’t have a great record against Leeds, so I am concerned, especially as I expect you to beat Widnes and Salford meaning a Leeds win this Friday gives you a great chance of being in the top 8 at the split and leaves us potentially needing to beat the Giants away in the last game (another unhappy hunting ground for us)

if we do drop into the middle 8's, if we don't get at least a couple of wins then to go into them with we are in bug trouble. no momentum, no form and no confidence.
it would be a tough one to get out of

Squad in full with no Delaney or Lilley and by the looks of it Moon back to SO.
1 Ashton Golding
2 Tom Briscoe
4 Liam Sutcliffe
5 Ryan Hall
6 Joel Moon
7 Richie Myler
8 Adam Cuthbertson
9 Matt Parcell
10 Brad Singleton
12 Carl Ablett
13 Stevie Ward (c)
14 Brad Dwyer
17 Mitch Garbutt
19 Brett Ferres
22 Ash Handley
24 Jack Walker
27 Cameron Smith
28 Mikolaj Oledzki
30 Josh Walters

Walker
Briscoe
Sutcliffe
Handley
Hall
Moon
Myler
Garbutt
Parcell
Singleton
Ward
Ferres
Cuthbertson

Oledzki
Smith
Ablett
Dwyer

Not necessarily line up, but I too would drop Walters and Golding from the 19 named.

I’d be tempted to go

Golding
Briscoe
Sutcliffe
Moon
Hall
Walker
Myler
Garbutt
Parcel
Singleton
Ferres
Ward
Cuthbertson

Dwyer
Ablett
Oledzski
Smith

who's on your injury list that would be selected before these as that looks a strong squad

JJB, Mulalley, Delaney

Watkins

Peteru

Are Mulalley and Delaney injured? Thought they just weren't picked.

All 3 are injured, Mulalley has concussion (again, hope he's OK), Delaney has a facial injury. As said by others Watkins (has a buggered knee), and Peteru has done his biceps (again).

I’d add ablett and keinhorst to the list of players who would get in the 19 ahead of some others.

Ablett is in the 19

Forgot about Jimmy, if fit he may well be playing Centre with the change in coaching team now? Whilst he's not a superstar, it will be a shame to see him go at the end of the year as he's a pretty good defender and runs some good lines with the ball. If he had the ability to set his winger away (I hope we start playing like that again...) then my guess is he'd be staying.

you've loaned keihorst out haven't you

no he's injured. had a month at Widnes a while back to get fit

My mistake - did not think he would be back this week.

As a WT fan, I look at that line-up and see a really strong team; what's going wrong?