Think it might be bigger than that. But probably the scoreline will be flattered in the last 20 minutes. Last two games our use of substitutes has been really poor. It caught us out at Widnes and another couple of minutes would have caught us out again on Friday. Think we can make a game of it for 60 minutes, and if we take our chances, who knows we might build a lead, but that last 20 minutes I just can't see anything other than Saints putting us to the sword, based on how we have used the players last two games.

Agree with that other than I feel Saints could take this with around 20 to spare.
I think that the game against Hull will have taken a bit out of our older forwards and we don`t have the backup to rotate due to injuries.

I was at Warrington last week and in the first 20 minutes I thought Saints looked as quick as Melbourne did in the WCC.

They have a ploy of attacking up the middle of the ruck area. Looking to expose the gap that is left behind the markers. They did a lot of running into that channel last Friday night and Warrington struggled to cope. One thing for certain is they are going to play an expansive style of football and look to move the defence around a lot.

Richardson is a handful and moves them well alongside the field, surprised Lomax is playing at 6 as he doesn't actually offer that much. It's a bonus if Walmsley isn't fit but the focus has to be on stopping Roby as he was phenomenal again last week.

Defensively they were very strong as well, only conceded tries from kicks last week, conceded 2 points the week before so the attacking game needs to be on point as well if Leeds are going to get anything from the game on Friday night.

One thing we must keep to a minimum is the unforced errors (stating the obvious, I know). Warrington failed to do that and Saints were ruthless. By the end, the extra defending Wire had to do, coupled with chasing the game, inflated the score somewhat, I thought.

Warrington's opening five minutes of the second half might be the worst they'll play all season.

And being on the back end of a 12-6 penalty count as well.

Golding
Briscoe
Watkins
Hall
Moon
Myler
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
JJB
Dwyer
Delaney
Mullally
Handley
Ormondroyd
Walker
Oledzki
Smith
Walters

Bad miss having Garbut out.
My guess for Friday and 20 points at least hammering by Saints will be:

Golding
Briscoe
Watkins
Handley
Hall
Moon
Myler
Mullally
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
Delaney
JJB

Dwyer
Ormondroyd
Oledzki
Walters

Not looking promising

Walmsley missing from Saints' 19.

All we need is Barba, Richardson and Roby to miss out and we are in with a shout. 37-10 to Saints.

There's more snow forecast for tomorrow evening, so might be worth setting off a bit earlier

I don’t quite understand the negativity from you lot.

Should be a great game and certainly not as comfortable as some of your predictions suggest! Walmsley a big loss, albeit I appreciate you have a fair few out yourselves.

McDermott has confirmed Cam Smith will play, and it looks like Oldezski will play too.

I'm looking forward to seeing how these 2 go tomorrow against a Saints side bang in form

I agree, I think we’ll be competitive. You’ll probably run away with it towards the end. I always enjoy watching Roby play

Golding / Walker
Briscoe Watkins Handley Hall
Moon Myler
Mullally Parcell Singleton
Ablett JJB
Delaney

Dwyer Oledzki Smith Ormondroyd

That’s my guess anyway by the Mcdermott press conference.

This is an ideal opportunity for Smith to show us the potential he has. We need players like him to come on and grab their opportunity with both hands.

Will he get an opportunity tho? He might be on bench but at most he could get 5 mins. I suspect Walker will be on the bench instead of Oledski

Not sure it`s negativity or realism.
For me Moon does not do it at SO and whilst the forwards will give it a go we really need the likes of Garbutt, Cuthbertson and Ward playing to give us that edge.
For me the forwards we have out there will probably tire in the last 15 minutes especially if the coach doesn`t use the bench well maybe due to the inexperience he has to play with.
Then there`s Watkins and his goal kicking.
He might get 100% or he might get 50% you never know what is going to happen.
I still think 37-10 to Saints unless you have a bad day and we are exceptional.

Agree his agent says he is attending Oulton Raiders U9 training?

That tweet was yesterday afternoon talking about that night (Thursday) not Friday. Even if he isn't in the 17 I'd imagine he'll be there in case of any late withdrawals or injuries in the warmup.

could be a make a break moment for smith, is he a real talent great potential then needs to show some tonight, otherwise league one career ahead.
every first team opportunity he has had so far when given game time he has not shown anything.

My mistake

Going to be a long night tonight with that bench and plenty of our starting pack are going to get flogged

I Hope that we give both Smith and Oledzki some decent game time tonight and don't leave them on the bench apart from a 10 minute cameo appearance each

With Walters and Walker also on the bench then IMO we can't be hiding too many players in the dugout and we must surely give them all a go tonight