Fringe A teamers.
If any of the above do damage in training, I want the fringe player to have a SL game in them the week prior to the final.... Patton Johnson etc

A result against Cas means naught against being at full strength in the CC final.

Strongest available from here on out for me.

Every game counts whilst we're still in for finishing 1St the gf n cc every game as important as the next.

If we had won just one of those we should have won (Cas at the Magic Weekend Hudds Away) we would have had the luxury of being able to rest.

Strongest team for me. Confidence and momentum go further than a few days off for some and not others.

I can't understand why we should jeopardise winning the challenge cup against finishing either 1st or 2nd after round 30!!??
It makes nil difference!!! Doh

No1 priority is to win the cc. We can worry about the top too after we get beat in France.

Quote ="rubber duckie"I can't understand why we should jeopardise winning the challenge cup against finishing either 1st or 2nd after round 30!!?? It makes nil difference!!! Doh No1 priority is to win the cc. We can worry about the top too after we get beat in France.'" Finishing with "the Hub cap" yields £100K in prize money, so there is a difference. Source www.rugby-league.com/article/315 ... d-in-super

Quote ="rubber duckie"I can't understand why we should jeopardise winning the challenge cup against finishing either 1st or 2nd after round 30!!?? It makes nil difference!!! Doh No1 priority is to win the cc. We can worry about the top too after we get beat in France.'" Finishing with "the Hub cap" yields £100K in prize money, so there is a difference. Source www.rugby-league.com/article/315 ... d-in-super

Not significant a difference to jeopardise winning the cc.
Nil, Little or £100k worth, with a multi-millionaire owner...it is only collateral!

Why should you have won us on magic weekend?
Oh! I see, little ole cas shouldn't be challenging the might of the wire ......arrogant prick

Grammar at its best.

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I’ve changed my mind after reading what Rubber Duckie wrote, lets win some silver wear. We can have a go at beating Cas whilst resting some players.

I think there may well be two under strength teams in France. TS well may well rest a few after the CC weekend and well the French are just dropping like flies.

Should pick the strongest team for Saturday and look to remain 1pt behind Hull

Hull are away at Saints after Wembley and could easily lose that then at home to pies could go either way, Pies have Saints Friday

So if we pick strongest and win then the expected defeat in France, so we could beat Widnes and still be top if results go our way. Then it's on our hands pies at home and hull away

So why do need to beat Cas when we still have games v Pies and FC and finishing 2nd give the same reward as finishing 1st....

I cannot believe how people would overlook the risk of injuries to Clark Sandow Gidley and Ratchford in the most important match of the year....(you can make an argument for the GF if you want, but I won't engage)..just to ensure 1st spot at game 30!!!!

There is nothing but plate, £100k and a world club challenge warm up on offer for the effort!

Win the CC and then win the GF then beat the Aussies in the WCC main event.....nothing else matters....!
That is the real treble...not the hub cap.

won us

Because as professional sportsmen you should aim to win everything. The question is why wouldn't you want a massive team performance against Cas? what better way to prepare for a final than going out with your first choice team and getting that confidence that comes when everything comes together?

Squad is pretty much full strength for us, only Ellis missing.

Opportunity this weekend to put some daylight between us and the pies. Saints are stringing a few wins together where Wigan a struggling a little.

Its not as if we are playing Wigan this weekend with a guaranteed 3 or 4 players injured for the following week. Lets get the best team on the park, try and get the two points and maybe at the end of the weekend we could be 3 points above third place. That then gives TS the option of resting a few for the trip to France.

It also gives the team more opportunity to start hitting our straps before Wembley.

It wasn't the RFL's fault you're playing on Saturday, I believe the club have arranged some sort of fun day?

Exactly. Nothing to do with the RFL, it's the clubs choice to play on the Saturday. Could've easily played on the Friday, so the 'why have Hull got longer to prepare for Wembley' argument isn't really a valid one.

Be different if you had 5 day turnaround, but you dont get many 7 day turnarounds in Super League anymore

To clarify my point Castleford are a team we, as a top 4 side, should aim to beat at the Magic weekend. We have beaten Cas comfortably at home (56-12) and away (26-42) this season. Cas sit 10 points and 4 places behind us in the league currently. We should have also beaten Huddersfield who finished the regular league flat bottom of the table. 4 lost points in my view.

Was it beyond your ability to make your point without resorting to insults?

so should we, fc, finished the rounds with one loss against wigan seeing as we are a top 4 team we should've beaten leeds twice, hudds, widnes and cas


bugger thats 10 points lost!

Something that may influence Saints next 3 games...Perceval injured & Walsh & Thompson up before he beak on grade C charges.