Our squad for Sunday has been announced.

I'd go with ......

Matty Russell
Tom Lineham
Rhys Evans
Ryan Atkins
Kevin Penny
Kurt Gidley
Chris Sandow
Chris Hill
Daryl Clark
Ashton Sims
Ben Currie
Jack Hughes
Bennie Westwood


Jordan Cox
Brad Dwyer
Joe Westerman
George King


To miss out
Benjamin Jullien
Gary Wheeler

Swap Benjamin Jullien for George King and I think you're just about right.

KR are without Mantellato which will be a blow for them.

I think I would swap Western and Bennie around. Ideally I would like to see exactly the same side that played against leeds, but feel sure TS will bring back Atkins. I think we should try and guess how many passes Kevin Penny gets from Atkins.

4 attempts.

1 into touch, 1 forward, 1 completion and 1 interception. All in the first 15 minutes.

Atkins and Wheeler to miss out for me.

I am struggling to think of any justification for putting Atkins back in the team. When was the last time he actually had a decent game?

Last year

do you have the source for that news KT? Thats a big blow for them if true. I don't think they have got a recognised hooker either.

www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-KR- ... story.html?

www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-KR- ... story.html?

Same team as last week for me. Big Julie did well when he came on

Why change the side when it performed so well?
It's Currie at centre for me, not because I dislike Atkins but because everything worked well last week. But I do think Atkins will have to up his game this year.
Is he the TS love child .....?????

I think my prediction entry has to have an edit big miss for KR tries and kicking

As I was typing I did think about starting Bennie from the bench and Joe W as starting 13, particularly given that its a long season.

I edited mine also.

Wheeler and Juliene to miss out!

If Julien is on the bench instead of King then Westwood will need to do a spell at prop. I would start Westwood on the bench if that were the case.

However, I suspect Atkins will almost certainly play centre with Currie moving back into the pack.

Rovers go into the game with a host of first team players missing. Already without captain Terry Campese, Kevin Larroyer and Shaun Lunt, the Robins this week lost John Boudebza through suspension, and Josh Mantellato and Matty Marsh with injuries.

King & Wheeler to drop out for me. Westwood half game as prop. Atkins is a big strong boy near line so get him in.

I understand how people are unsure on atkins!! But he's a centre it's always easy to say if he'd jhave passed we would have scored, not necessarily the case can be intercepted knocked on forward the winger.may.make wrong decision!!

For me we need a recognised centre playing at centre and he is what we have!! Hopefully he will perform on a more consistent basis this season!!

I feel we are a tad over critical of Atkins. He's not perfect but he's a handful for the opposition and has scored some good tries over a number of years for us. Mind you some love a good old moan. No Asotasi or Myler this year ... it's going to throw a few!

I don't think many people would argue that Atkins has not been a good signing for us over his career. TS has a difficult choice as to whether he picks him or leaves him out of the 17 tomorrow. Of all our players I would say Atkins is the 'confidence player'. He can turn it on when in the right mood, but leave him out and self doubt will probably start to eat away. However leaving Jullien out will short change a player that put in some excellent defensive work both against Leeds and Leigh. He is built like a BR forward and certainly tackles like one. He is a bit like Currie with a muscular build and can also play BR or Centre. He is quite raw still, and I have not seen enough attacking play from him, but at ? 20 /21, surely he has a lot of development to come. We could slip up against any SL side, but we should beat HKR on paper, so giving him another game would be my preference...... but TS will play Atkins methinks.

Nice to have the choice of who to play though ?

I don't recognise any attacking centre skills in Atkins at all. He rarely attempts a pass and more often than not when he does it is of poor quality.

Yep, until Wheeler and Bailey find themselves in the starting XIII, Ryan is going to feel every exposed as the lone scapegoat.

Perhaps the club should sign an official scapegoat...it would be ideal for a player who has retired but could still come in for some stick if we lose. Is Matt Sturm available ?