Hull definitely rattled Cas with the in your face approach.
The pack couldn't get in to the game.
I know they had a few out but for me it could be the long awaited Trinity win

I think both sides will be will up for this one and it promises to be a cracking game.
Lets hope that Trinity fans have the vast, vast majority of the tickets and that the Trinity faithful can cheer Wakey to victory.

Its been a long, long time.

The only team Chester hasn’t beaten with us.

From what Chester was saying sounds like we will have our 1-17 to pick from. - (subject to England training of course - hope they go steady on westerman lol)

Probably our best chance to beat them in a long while - 3 wins apiece , they were very good against Hull and will have a full squad pretty much

Were they?

Not sure if our schoolboy superstar will be able to play. He missed the last lesson to play against Wire but I can't see him being granted the whole afternoon off to play against you.

We don't mind if you want to give up a sub to get him out of double maths



If we beat Cas we would be on same number of wins but wouldn't go above them because of the percentage thing.
At least we are looking up again rather than doom and gloom looking down.

Probably our best chance to beat Cas as they will be focusing on Wembley and are a bit erratic in form.
Saying that, of course they could put 30 past us because that is just how it is for us.

Don`t agree and If I was a Cas fan I would be extremely disappointed if it looked like we were focusing on a cup final that was still 5 weeks away, I don`t think that's the case PT.

The best way for them to prepare for that game is to go into it on the back of 3 or 4 wins or at least very good performances and I imagine that's exactly what Powell will be targeting. they may have been drained from the semis, rested a few bodies but they will be well up for this and will be just as hard to beat as they have been every other time we have played them over the last 5 years. Plus, if they still want to be challenging for the playoffs they cant afford to not win this game really.

I think we have held a few back for this game as well though, it was the smart thing to do IMO, we have a better chance in this game as we did against Wire. As always, I am going for a Wakefield win, again eventually I may get one right

Everyone except Green in the first 17 available. No excuses for this one.

I hope that we come out against Cas the way we did against Hudds/HKR with all guns blazing. The intensity in the last two games has dropped a long way. If Johnstone, Ashurst and Tanginoa are all back, then that should definitely give us a big boost.

Won’t underestimate Cas because they can turn it on, even if they are erratic at times.
But, never mind what they can do, if we play as we did against Huddersfield we will beat them because we were superb that day.

Hope you got your tickets. Its sold out.

What's happening with Chris Green? Was very odd that we only had one prop on the bench against Warrington and as far as i'm aware he is available for selection? We could do with bringing a prop in alsap although I guess one has to be available first...

Are we struggling at prop?

We had two props on the bench against Warrington.

have my three lets hope its predominantly wakefield fans that are there on the day

No Truman or Milner for Cas

Think Milner was dropped as Cas are welcoming back Evalds, O’brien and a few more.

Just realised Aydin was there. My bad. Shouldn't really be relying on him though if Green isn't good enough for a bench spot. Do you not agree that we're light in the prop area?

We should only be signing a prop if they are better or offer more than the starting 4.

Tanginoa
Arona
Fifita
Battye

Otherwise there’s no point other than injury cover. I don’t believe there is much out there better and I’d rather us not sign a stop gap prop.

Pretty strong squad we've got out, as close to full strength we've been been for a couple of years.

Assuming Johnstone comes in, who takes the other wing spot? I'd go with Kay over Kershaw, but wouldn't be against moving Tupou or Lyne out wide with Arundel in the centre. I reckon it would strengthen our defence. Nice that we've actually got some options.

Need Miller and Lino to perform from the off. The squads the best we have had for quite some time.

They are not the problem imo, Cas beat us in the forwards every time. It the pack that needs to perform from minute one to minute eighty if we are to have any chance of a win.

As for our strongest squad, we’ve said that before I’m afraid.

Totally agree the forwards need to dominate, only then will Miller and Lino have the time and space they need...I really hope we show the D that we had against HKR and Shudds a couple of weeks ago

BTW Boj, what happened to the Dragons today...embarrassing