This is going to be very tough with our injuries in the squad. It doesn’t look like anyone will return apart from Moon.

Walker
Briscoe Moon Handley Hall
Lilley Myler
Mullally Parcell Cuthbertson
Ferres Ward
Walters

Dwyer/Golding Oledzki Smith Trout/Jordan-Roberts

I think JJR will get a recall from his loan with these injuries but would love to see Trout get a game.

that sides still good enough to get the points.

Huddersfield have always been a tough game in the regular rounds, they always seem to raise their game for us and you can bet Brough has the ball on a string all night.

indeed.you question there professionalism when they can only do it twice a season

I appreciate Mullally is the senior player, but I'd rather see Oledzki start and Mullally come off the bench for impact. Oledzki and Myler have to be the main pluses for me this season, spanking new stadium aside...

No doubt about it, this is a must win game.

A good challenge for Walker and the three-quarter line. Gonna need their wits about them if their forwards are making the metres that push us back to our 20 on a frequent basis. Which they no doubt will. Be good to see some of the other night's attacking from distance employed against a higher quality opposition.

Leeds have 4 easily winnable games at home to the break - only Saints should be a real challenge

With our injury crisis none of them will be will be easy games

They play Huddersfield, Catalans, Widnes and Wakefield - injuries or no injuries these should be winnable games all these teams are below Leeds in the league

They're winnable. but they'll definitely be tough games.

These will be amongst the easiest games of the season - or they should be if Leeds have top 4 ambitions

If we had anything close to a full strength team it should be a comfortable win, but we don’t.

Is anyone expected to return from injury for this game?

Tough games? Couldn’t have picked an easier run at this time. Absolutely hold my hands up for Hull FC, such a pride in their shirt. Adversity is no excuse for not showing pride. Too many times our coach and club make excuses for the performances put in. Hull really showed, and have done for weeks that pride takes you a long way.

Cant see Shudds doing anything in this game, even if Brough isn't banned.
They're pretty weak, that's not to say they can't win a game buts its pretty much there for Leeds to lose.
They're just really short on potential, they're not gonna be any better this season than they are right now, despite a few recent wins they have a shocking pd, a new coach, a 5h1t load of starting injuries and the same old liabilities, nah, Leeds by 20 if they turn up.

They were apparently hopeless and injury stricken when we played them at the JS but they still took a point. Inevitably they raise their game, we play badly or a combination of the two - if we do win it will be by a score, but very welcome.

I'm with Gotcha on this - enough of the hand-wringing woe is me stuff. We had that all through 2016 and it was insufferable then. We need players to stand up and be counted, not all succumb to self pity.

We don't have any Top 4 ambitions. 5 to 8 is obviously the pinnacle of our achievement this year.
Reach the semi finals of the cup, secure our place in the top flight and fix up the ground is all we will achieve in 2018.
Plans for 2019, massive player clearout is required if we are to become a top 4 side again. Say a farewell to the old timers; Ablett, JJB, Briscoe, Moon, Delaney and Cuthbertson. Say good riddance to Fatty Ferris and bring in some real quality forwards to set a platform for the rest of the team to deliver some exciting attacking play. Not the 5 drives and a kick of this season.

I wouldn't write top 4 out just yet, we have some very winnable home games coming up, Wigan look to be in some kind of freefall, we have a lot of players to come back and other teams could easily lose form/get injuries.

On the Hudds game, I think it's a really interesting one, the game against Leigh could be a catalyst for us starting to have a bit of belief again, I know it was against a 12 man Championship side but it may have one us the world of good, on the other hand we could just have our usual cr@p game against Huddersfield.

Another bloody suspension for Mullally for use of the knees!

Brough also banned.

Garbutt trained today for the first time and on course to return Friday. Unless the club recall Jordan-Roberts then someone should be called up from the academy.

Walker
Briscoe Moon Handley Hall
Lilley Myler
Oledzki Parcell Cuthbertson
Ward Ferres
Walters

Dwyer/Golding Smith Garbutt Trout/Holroyd

Moon to centre and not stand off makes sense in terms of kicking and goalkicking.

Will be good to get Garbutt back, he is like 50percent of our go forward.

I agree, but I also think the club were always planning to play Newman in this game, and if they stick to that it would change the other areas.