so we got off to a loss yesterday, which was not unexpected as salford away was probably the toughtest fixture from the 7.

the manner of defeat is worrying though.

fev up next who got hammered v leeds but showed plenty of spirit

i hope the players are up for this game from the start this time!

how many fans will fev bring? 500?

hopefully mcgillvary, symonds and wardle are back just to freshen up the team!

giants desperate for a win now

we need to be pretty ruthless in this game not just to get a win but to score plenty of points we need to make up. Not sure we have that in us though! Looks like it will be Connor at FB, Brierley and Ellis in the halves.

yes looks like brough will be banned but we should still be too strong for fev, but once again we are chopping and changing our pivots, just no continuity all season here.

Should be a comfortable win for you. TBH, we've no designs on promotion and should really just be going through the motions against the SL teams.

For us it's all about maximising next years revenue. We'll be targeting batley and London and be trying to finish 6th for the massive jump in funding.

Reckon we'll fetch about a thousand and we'll be in party mood even if we're losing 80-0

Probably bring about 1000. I think it will be closer than the Leeds game. Fully expect Brierly to torment us as usual.

We'll be OK if you play it down middle all game, it's out wide where we struggle

One match in and given up already Homer?..

Nevermind, at least the bills will be paid.

Exactly

This year we've sneaked in at the last moment, after a very up and down season. Realistically we don't have the quality or squad depth to deal with the SL teams, or Leigh. So why bother deluding ourselves that we can get to the MPG?

£450k stabilises the club (which is still reeling from the Feisal Flip Flop era). Any increase on £450k means more squad strengthening for next year.

For us it's all about the money and we make no apology for it.

Good luck with your campaign. We need a championship club to get promoted this year otherwise the licensingistas will be out in force to call the eights a failure. I really like this system and don't want them to have an excuse to raise the drawbridge again.

the return of john sharp!

mr 'its all about the performance not result'

confirmed brough 2 match ban

ellis and brierley you would expect to partner up now in the halves

So let's hope we go
Connor
Jerry if fit
Leroy
Wardle if fit
Murphy
Briely
Ellis
Taai
Wood
Symonds if fit
Rapira
Eorl
Hinchy

Seb
Cruise
Huby
Mason

Expected to win well so on a hiding to nothing in this one really.Anything less than a comprehensive victory will bring more doubts to the surface.A loss I don't dare think about it.

yep, no win situation for the giants

You seem to put your team down. You're in the middle eights on merit.
I honestly thought you did pretty well against a pretty much full strength, on form Leeds team. You looked tough in the forwards and you certainly seemed to have decent energy levels.
Had you been smarter attack, in the Leeds half at times I think you could of kept the score right down and possibly scored a few more points.
You wasn't realistically going to win but I think you'll shock a team you least expect to this competition based on your performance last week.
Hope it's not us!

dont think mcgillvary will be back for this game, maybe back for batley game

connor
ormsby
cudjoe
wood
murphy

back line?

Just no idea what's wrong or how to fix it


Maybe Brough out will be a boon

looks like wardle will be back for this sunday

connor
wardle
murphy
cudjoe
ormsby

brierley
hinchcliffe
ellis

crabtree
huby
ikahiifo
lawrence
taai

bench-
rapira
mason
wood
roberts

Fev took a battering last week, I can't see them taking another this week.

Feb are a team that when in the zone, they are on fire. Hope that's the case this weekend

Not doing the team down at all, just being realistic with my expectations.

Hoping for a strong performance, but can't see us beating you. London and Batley are our best hopes of advancing up the table, although I do have a sneaky feeling that KR could be in bother when they visit WF7

Lose this and is championship rugby next year, simple as that

We have to win all the championship games and at least one super league game

Ellis should be our chief pivot from now on imo.

Said it before on here I'd like to see Dan take on the hooking role,think it would suit him.

I'd go Brierley/Ellis halves - Connor FB - Dan/Kyle hookers (obvs not for next 2 games) so Kruis - Hinchy loose.

bookies giving featherstone a 30 point start....

been disappointed with ellis recently as ive been a fan but not been producing the goods, who has though.

Wardle the only previously injured player to make the squad. Kruise back in, Grix and brough out.
I see it being
Connor
Ormsby
Leroy
Wardle
Murphy
Brierley
Ellis
Rapira
Kruise
Huby
Taai
Bruno
Hinchcliffe

Wood
Eorl
Mason
Roberts.

Rickster's recipe for success -

“What we have to do is keep things simple and make sure we don’t try and over-play. We have to be patient.

I also want to see us showing more sting in our line speed, more aggression in our defence, and keep it simple and play more direct in attack.

If we do that then we’ll make things a lot easier for ourselves."

So basically what we've been saying all season....

yep all correct, just the players need to do it

they can do it

we have beaten warrington and hull fc at home who were both top of the league the time. so they can do it (both those wins were in the wet)