So we move on to Dewsbury on Saturday.

We are back at home and have a great chance to get our championship season back on track. Dewsbury are a decent side but we should come through well providing we do not take them lightly which I am sure we wont.

I believe we picked up a an injury or two over the last 2 weeks so will be interesting to see the squad.

Finally...it will be good to see Paul Sykes back in London - he was a top player for us and seems to be having another good season with Dewsbury.

I fear injuries are taking their toll (as i feared they might at some point). Said before the season started our squad is not strong enough in certain areas and i stand by that.

It is indeed great to see Paul Sykes back, and in his Testimonial Year. The LBSA will be collecting for Paul's Testimonial at the game - please give generously.

Doubt Sykes will be playing, picked up a hamstring injury at the weekend.

Good news is he’ll still be there on Saturday

Hopefully back on home soil (ok rubber) we can put in a decent performance, with the injuries looks like a few of the youngsters will have to show what they can do.
Worrincy looked good against Toronto he could cause a few problems.

I think we all know about Rob Worrincey.

Didn't they give Sykes a framed top last year at the game?

My lasting memories of him is his amazing skill to kick the ball out on the full from out of hand or of the T!!

He was a great kicker - didn't miss many 2 pointers. I miss the good old days at griffin park!

I am amazed that Paul Sykes is still playing the game. That was a nasty injury he got whilst playing for us. He was out for ages and the word then was he might have to give playing. Still he goes on.

He was one of our excellent signings, was it 12/12 he kicked at griffin park one game?
Shame he left, if I remember right he left on the back of not really being able to afford the cost of living in london, his request for a pay increase was turned down so he went back home.

12/12 v Wakefield in 2005....they were great days with a great team!!

Great to see a few back from injury but we are decidedly light in the halves/hooker area. Wonder how many will have to play with injuries?

The 19 Man Squad to face Dewsbury Rams on 28th April 3pm :-
19 – Sadiq Abebiyi
15 – Eddie Battye
23 – Rob Butler
17 – Michael Channing
25 – Matty Davies
13 – Matt Davis
05 – Kieran Dixon
18 – Ben Evans
16 – Matt Gee
11 – Daniel Harrison
01 – Elliot Kear
21 – Will Lovell
27 – James Meadows
24 – Jacob Ogden
12 – Jay Pitts
07 – Jarrod Sammut
08 – Tom Spencer
14 – Alex Walker
02 – Rhys Williams

1. Walker
2. Dixon
3. Channing
4. Kear
5. Williams
6. Meadows
7. Sammut
8. Battye
9. M. Davis
10.Spencer
11.Harrison
12.Pitts
13.Gee

14.Evans
15.Adebiyi/Butler
16.Lovell
17.M. Davies

I'd go with something like that!
Plus
With 7 players out, the squad seems to be at breaking point.

Interested to see how we perform without Api, he has not done it for me playing in the halves. A bit more experience in the pack bodes well.

Believe Hellewell is out for a couple of months.

Coped without api pretty well at the start of the season, meadows was doing a decent job. In fact we seem to have played just as well with him as without.

Wonder if we are looking at bringing in any cover??

Think it’s going to be needed

Missed the game, hadn't realised it was a Saturday game! Too busy with work and completely gutted, still we seem to be winning, would welcome any feedback on how we played

Me too, working today. Pretty decent result, feedback would be good, any standouts, any worries

Have to be happy with that.. Especially with 8 first teamers out.

Hoping for revenge now next weekend.

A big win. Bit disappointed in Dewsbury as overall they did not offer as much as expected. We played some nice stuff, defended well for a long period. But we did look a little disjointed on a number of occasions. Some of the passing was poor, Meadows is not that tall, and in completing some of the sets we were not quite sure. Play selection needs to improve and understanding of positioning. That said with a side that had around 8 players who have come through our academy and at least half of that in thier first year of first team there are a number of positives. And we did benefit from a couple of older heads in the forwards reappearing as sets the platform for the halves.

We were only 6 up after 30. The game was 50;50 at that stage. We didn't look very structured with the ball in hand until the game got away from Dewsbury. On several occasions we messed up the final play. Still plenty to work on for the big one next week,
If we beat Leigh they will struggle to chase us down for the top 4. Big game next week.

I think we struggled early on as our confidence must have taken a hit recently

A win like this is what was needed for the confidence. We had a real fluency at the start of the season, was it because we were trying to force the play all the time instead of playing percentage game. Interested in the comment that meadows is not that tall, not sure how that effects his game! How did he get on?