We offered every Super League club a free go on it, more fool your lot if you didn't accept.

I actually dont think it will effect the players any other way than mentally. Everyone thats been on it has said it feels like grass, just you dont come off muddy as hell. Its going to benefit the community a damn site more than the club i reckon but the moneys welcome and if it does get a few players mentally then thats all good too

Indeed, the expression "we are on a hiding to nothing" seems apt. I don't smell conspiracy exactly but I suspect the deck is stacked against us on this occasion.

We've just got to go out there and play them off the park. No costly mistakes, no soft penalties.

Nothing like getting the excuses in early eh boys??? What's wrong with waiting til after you've been beaten and then blaming it all on the ref as I'll be doing.

3 old sayings Dr,
1) Fail to plan, plan to fail, 2) 70% preparation 30% perspiration and 3) it always pays to be prepared!
Let they be thy watch words!!

Hopefully our players will disregard the pitch; if they convince themselves that it will give Widnes a competitive advantage, then it will - self fulfilling prophecy and all that.

Our attitude should be that we'll beat the snot out of them regardless of whether we play them on mud, plastic or bleedin' tarmac!