We're the RFL's pets, we can have as many chances as we like

What I would like to see is the team come out fired up, and clearly at least as enthused, sharp and pacy as our opponents, playing like they both mean it and believe it.

What I would NOT like to see is a repeat of the York first half debacle, where in a huge game, we don't turn up in the first half, or the MPG where Wakefield visibly seemed to want it more than we did.

If somebody outplays us in a fine hard game, I'm alright with that, but those sort of inexplicable displays I find hard to take.

I think we're all in agreement there FA. I still find it baffling that we came out so passive versus York. Did Kear have them listening to whale song in the dressing room while the joss sticks were burning?

The Oldham 3 have all got one match bans and are missing on Sunday.

Anyone know if the playoffs will be shown on facebook/proper sport?

Proper sport will shoe bulls games and the ouRLeague app will show donny v Worky.

Regarding the hooking role, i'd rather Halafihi be there ahead of Hallas. We absolutely can not afford sloppy distribution on the first tackle. We just have to go set for set with Oldham.

To be fair, whilst we were clearly not at the races early on, I actually thought that it was York who had blundered by expending all their energy so early on, and that very nearly proved to be the case at the end. I don't think I've seen any team come out so energised and run around quite like that. In the end we lost though, so I guess history says we definitely should have tried a bit harder to counter what they did in the first half hour.

Yes but will they allow 3 replacements to play, or do they have to play with 10 men? Against which we still were unable to even look like scoring?

Think that on a bigger pitch and with Kear's words hopefully ringing in their ears we should be able to get a decent win as we did in the home league game.

It’s a weird scenario whereby this match is probably the most high pressure game of the play offs. Lose and it’s all over and we’re staying in L1, win and we have two chances of promotion. I really hope Kear has the players focused for this week, it’s a massive game.

Why do we have 2 chances

I totally agree. In a convoluted 'only in rugby league' senario.
The stakes and the preassue are much higher this week than they would be in a potential game next week.
Its a funny old game

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Because if you lose in the playoff final, you then face whoever finishes bottom of the Championship Shield for the last place in the Championship.

But as was said previously, lose in the semi and there's no second chance.

Hi NZ Bull, Bulls Live/Proper Sport and Betfred are going to Show Sunday’s game.

You can join myself, Craig Harrison and James Ford from 2.15pm.

Thanks for letting us know Mick, my missus in Leyte giving me earache to find this out. Bulls got a nice little following there now through her, they even now in the Philippines have a National side, they beat Malta a while ago and the womens team play in the Australian (?) Womens league in Sydney now, so it is spreading a bit now.

I think the idea is, it is the team that would have been relegated.

At the moment, it is Rochdale or possibly Swinton. They are on 10 points each, Swinton have a 62 pts better PD

But, Swinton are away at Batley and Rochdale are away at Sheffield. Batley seem likely to put a big score on Swinton so it could be close.

Hopefully (very) it won't be relevant to us but I doubt there's much chicken counting going on round here

Even more hopefully, I believe the venue for the game against Rochdale (or whoever) is down to a coin toss.

If we win the toss of the coin, we don't get home advantage.

Because that there circus has already been booked in, before the RFL and others came up with this plan.

Really don't want to be going down that route....

Staygate roundabout will be pretty much a no-go area for the next three Sundays, so anybody coming from the M62 will find Cleckheaton Road (A63icon_cool.gif a better bet than the M606. Visitors from Oldham and potentially Doncaster or Workington, please take note. https://www.bradford.gov.uk/browse-all- ... oundabout/

Staygate roundabout will be pretty much a no-go area for the next three Sundays, so anybody coming from the M62 will find Cleckheaton Road (A63icon_cool.gif a better bet than the M606. Visitors from Oldham and potentially Doncaster or Workington, please take note. https://www.bradford.gov.uk/browse-all- ... oundabout/

Bulls have said they already have plans in place if we win the toss and play the game at home.

Ive heard its being played in the big top.

I haven't seen a lot of League 1 this year, but I've seen a bit of Championship. And even though they're at the bottom of the table, I can't see Swinton or Rochdale losing to the third best team in League 1 (which they effectively will be when two teams have already been promoted). Yes there is a "third chance" effectively, but I think it's a very slim one. The playoffs IMO are the only realistic way the remaining 4 teams are going up.

That said, if someone did beat Rochdale/Swinton in that game, ignoring the stupid goalpost moving, you could certainly say that team will have earned their promotion by beating a team who are (arguably) significantly better than them.

Whitehaven d1cked Rochdale 38 - Nil in the Challenge Cup back in April.

Given that Whitehaven failed to make the play-offs I think any League 1 team going that route will definitely fancy their chances...

19 man squad: Good to see Egodo back. Disappointing no Bustin though.

He has to choose either Mcnally or Pickersgill. For the love fo god don't put one on the bench. Surely he's learned from the Workington game.

Chisholm
Crossley
Egodo
Flanagan
Garside
Gibson
Green
Hallas
Hitchcox
Keyes
Kirk
Lilley
McNally
Minchella
Peltier
Pickersgill
Ryan
Storton
Wood

For me

McNally/Pickers (depending on Greggs fitness)
Hitchcox
Gibson
Egodo
Ryan
Chiz
Keyes
Crossley
Lilley
Green
Mini
Garside
Hallas

Flanagan
Peltier
Wood
Storton

No Bustin? He looked pretty good last week despite him looking a bit too heavy.