Gibson has a torn calf and doesn't sound like he will be back fit any time soon. I saw on social media the other day that Hitchcox has started training again so hopefully he isn't a million miles away

As others have said above, Featherstone have hit form lately and coupled with the fact that Chisolm is still in his honeymoon period and playing against his old club, i expect him to run the show for them. If we play as well as we did against Leeds then i think we have a chance of taking the 2 points but i'm going with a Featherstone win by 10.

Chisholm is very much plum in the middle of the "Wow, just WOW, why isn't he playing in superleague" phase. We know what happens next.

No real reason to think we'll be thumped this weekend, apart from the distraction of the cup match of course. We've been 'well beaten' but not exactly 'thumped by anyone so far, so no real reason to think we will be by Fev, though I confess they are playing well at the moment. Like losing runs, winning ones also come to an end though. It's a tough old league is this though and no-one is going to have it all their own way.

Well I’m going and looking forward to the game. I think the fear of a drubbing is down to what we know an in form Chisholm can potentially do behind a pack that’s going forward. However we’ll be going into this under no illusions and will know Chisholm’s strengths and weaknesses inside out. I expect he’ll be pretty keyed up so it’ll be interesting to see how we deal with him.

Featherstone by 20+

Chisholm's 'off the cuff' play is brilliant when it comes off but dire when it doesn't. It can go either way. We can assume he's still in a 'trying to impress mode' but even that can go awry when you maybe try too hard, as you might when playing against your old mates.

What does this even mean?!?!?! What is this 'off the cuff' play everyone keeps referring to?

Do you mean taking the defensive line on from time to time? Throwing cutout passes? These are things a halfback IS SUPPOSED TO DO. It's what our current halfbacks ARE NOT DOING, which is why our attacking play is so dire.

My god I'm tearing my hair out reading some of the comments posted on here.

Only an 18 man squad announced. Grant the only winger.
Is this another balls us by our social media team or is there a player announcement coming later on today.
Its been mentioned on another thread Joe Brown has re signed??

Off the cuff doesn't mean any of those things. It means playing it as you see it regardless of what the call was or what the gameplan is. That's great when it works but if you're on a different wavelength to everyone else or do it all the time you aren't playing as a team.

So what, Dane did this constantly then did he? To such an extent that JK effectively booted him out of the club?

John Kear made a huge call and he needs to prove he made the right one in the long run. He has a long way to go before I'm convinced, and I still don't think Lilley will ever come good.

I suspect there's more to it than that but I've only heard rumours and have no proof so won't be putting anything on here.

18 man squad announced? Flanagan back in contention.

Looks like i was right.

So this 18 man squad - is this a case of having so few players available? If so, how?

Would anybody wanna guess what our back line might look like?

Presumably Joe Brown will be added to that 18?

Otherwise why only name 18, when they could have simply put in Foggin-Johnson, if injured, then Josh Rickett?

Winner of today's game wins the Peter fox trophy great man

Well well well. Alix Stephenson in for Peltier in a late change.

I think there are mind games going on here - Fev put out a tweet comparing Chisholm and Lilley's stats since Chizzy has been in the UK (obviously didn't look good for Lilley).

Does anyone else find our team selections strange? Wea probably have the biggest squad in the league and have a full back/half back on the wing, our most effective backrower playing centre and our impact prop is taken ill so we replace him with a full back playing his first game!!!!

Very strange - Kear talked about selecting a team based upon the tactical approach employed especially taking into account the weather. I'd have thought swapping out a front rower for an inexperienced pivot at the 11th hour flies in the face of the intended tactical approach!

does seem an odd lineup. Whats wrong with webster and grant? thought they were both in 19 man squad.

Sounds like we've been hit by injuries. Milnes shoulder, Webster knee,Grant deadleg and Peltier sent to hospital.

Yeah, 5 changes in the last 24 hours apparently

we are not having a good game and the ref sounds to be crap

Can anyone shed any light on how a bargeover try from dummy half can be disallowed for crossing?

Well I said it would be the Chisholm show. Class player. 2 tries and played well. Sounds like we have played well to be fair considering the changes. Onto next week against Halifax!