www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/32481346 To be fair, that is one hell of an injury list!

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/32481346 To be fair, that is one hell of an injury list!

Surely they have an academy they can pick from?

Get on with it.

They have more depth than Wakefield and they didn't shy out so I'd say play....
however, didn't we requested that Salford play us a day earlier, to which they duly obliged? If so we have a scenario!

Arh...it's not us then!
In which case I don't care about them, make them play.

3 key players are suspended, which is there own fault. Although the article does say its 4 ? And Kevin Locke is listed twice as being injured (unless they have 2 players by the same name that are both injured ?)

Hulls response will be interesting. Whichever way this goes it will set a precedent for future postponements.

Erm....youth development?

A lot of teams turn out weakened sides for one reason or another as and when it suits, as pointed out earlier Wakefield have being doing it tough for a few weeks now and have just got on with it, I sympathise with Salford but can't see Hull agreeing.

Tell em get stuffed. There is Clearly an issue with the way their being coached and played. All these players have not picked injuries up without playing injured. Give the youth a chance. Just shows throwing money at something doesn't mean it will work

I was interested to see how we'd cope with 12 injuries (I'm not counting the three suspensions, that's their fault), so at random I picked out these twelve to be injured:
R Evans, Atkins, Monaghan, Myler, Clark, Sims, Currie, England, Penny, Philbin, G King, Patton (I realise that Wheeler would be definitely be on this list if it was for real but nevermind).

That still leaves us with a team of:
1. Ratchford
2. Russell
3. Bridge
4. T King
5. Ormsby
6. Wheeler
7. O' Brien
8. Harrison
9. Higham
10. Hill
11. Laithwaite
12. Westwood
13. Grix

14.
15. Asotasi
16. B Evans
17.

We're two short but I'm sure we've got a couple of lads in the academy ready to step up for a game or two, and I'd give that side a chance over most teams in the league.

The cynical part of me is wondering if we can benefit from this? G. King and Philbin could both do with minutes at the top level. Penny, O'Brien and Wheeler have been there and know what it's about, but are not being picked for form reasons. Could we lend them these two for a few weeks. Get them battle hardened, some good experience.

Then even lower in my mind, i have the 'let them struggle' mindset.

Well Wigan have already loaned Salford two players, so yes, why not let them have our two youngsters ? Mind you, Crusaders might not be too happy to lose Philbin and King.

What about Catalan away in the play-offs a few years back when we took a real beating. Didn't we have 10 or 11 first team players missing ? No one at Warrington hid behind injuries & tried to get the game postponed.

Think they're mainly short of halves/hookers so we could lend them Wheeler and O' Brien.

It's being reported that Hull are, correctly in my view, going to tell them to shove it.

Yeah, doesn't surprise me tbh. It would have set an interesting precedent if they had agreed.

Look at it this way, they agree, play in 3 weeks, both Patterson and Chase are back after suspension, how is that fair on them?

Yeah, I agree mate. You could also get into some unhealthy 'you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours' scenarios.

But on the other hand looking at another thread the likes of Keighley would be?

For all the faults of DR I wouldn't like us to get into a football situation where the haves can consistently and directly influence and manipulate other results in the same division by tactically placing their players against their rivals but not against themselves, Chelsea have operated this proxy team quite openly. Genuine emergencies are fine, but, it needs to be controlled, is it by the way? A sense of fairness must prevail particularly now that the spectre of relegation is back

I can still remember reading (in the days when I used to buy programmes) Brian Johnson's match notes for that night's game (the Lancs Cup semi v Widnes 89) =#0000BFI never use injuries as an excuse, they are a fact of life. I just get on with it

Salford have squad/young players. They'll have to be used.
Suspended players.....diddums. Don't transgress, then.

Seems like the "good" Doctor wants his own way again. I hope Hull tell them to shove it.

With my nostalgia head still on, I can recall a Warrington side in the early 80's, depleted of over half the side through injury, having to go AWAY to HullKR (who were THE club at the time) and managing to get a 9=9 draw.

I dare say Hull wont be charitable, as it's dog eat dog this season, with potential relegation on the horizon, every 2 points will be crucial

Deal with it

It's embarrassing for a pro club to not only ask this but to announce it on Twitter too is just dreadful. All that money and he hasn't bothered starting from the bottom up.
Get on with it drop the whinging mentality and keep your business in house and not all over social media.

Everything about that bloke just smells

I will be appalled if this is agreed. As somebody pointed out, three of these are suspensions.

Apparently, Ian Watson and Martin Gleeson are set to play this weekend.

Two fingers to all our haters. ....



He's the gift that keeps on giving. .....

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