My personal favourite was a comment on the FB 'Banter' group where some drip said that next weeks game was a "must win".

No preseason game is a must win it’s just a win would be good for momentum coming into the competitive season then again a win at Featherstone is far from assured

Nope

I was impressed with Flanagan too. He made an impact in both stints and looked fit.

I thought we looked OK given the lay off. Obviously the halfback pairing is new and needs to bed in. There's also a few pounds that neeed shedding on some of the middle forwards.

I've no idea who the middle forward is that Mick referred to but we could do with an extra body there. That said I thought Fleming did well.

Out of interest which middle forward do you think are a touch more sizeable

Who is it then?

Not sure but apparently wakey blocked the tangata move

Well he is their player to be fair

Any news on how many tickets/passes we sold for the stream yesterday? Really interested to see the uptake on these games.

Thats a shame. Thought he could have come in and done a good job.
Hull and Wigan both seem well stoked with middle.men
Wonder if we will try to get Jack Brown back in from Hull.

Let’s hope Lilley doesn’t pick up a ban

Hopefully not but it was a pretty ordinary challenge. Think his enthusiasm got the better of him.

He's been caught by a few similar shots himself - should have know better and probably did. It was out of character so I'm going to put it down to being ring rusty and hope the committee do the same.

Grade C and a two match ban for Lilley. So could be out for cup and opening round fixture

Doesn't the Keighley friendly count as one?

Ban doesn't start till Tuesday

Flippin eck.

So.... going into the season with only two experienced half backs has already come to bite us

Quite predictable really.

So...various options present themselves.

1. Pickersgill moves up to stand off. Brown takes over at fullback and any number of candidates come in on the wing.

2. Jowitt for Lilley.

3. Race for Lilley.

I can see these options all getting a try vs Keighley. I'd go with the first with Jowitt on the bench. Not sure Race is ready to be thrown in against Fev.

Well many on here think we have a great squad with enough depth so it shouldnt be an issue.......

Well we are where we are now...predictably.

Opportunity knocks for someone.

4. Brough as a single pivot with an extra centre like we did with Iestyn against Wests in 2006 WCC.

To be fair I don't think anyone in the league has 3 experienced halves. Just frustrating it was a bit of dumb play from Lilley that means he's missing.

it was a crazy play from Jordan that has cost him 2 games. I felt at the time he was lucky not to see red for that challenge. He's never really shown 'that' type of behaviour on the field. Perhaps he was a little too eager after a year without a game.

5. The James Lowes tactics... “we don’t need a halfback”