We always have Reynolds on loan at Featherstone to play number 6

Really hope the yellow is deemed enough
Pauli was awesome last night

We are going to have to shift a few players about to field a competitive team, losing Pauli would be a massive blow to us

Really keeping my fingers crossed we don't lose pauli too

Forgot about him. He will come in very useful in the short term.

Just watched the game back on Trinity TV and I can't even believe he got penalised never mind sin-binned, there was absolutely nothing in it

May have got this wrong but weren't you making a big thing pre season about running a reserve team. If so surely you just promote from there.

We can of course promote but we haven't bought 50 top super league players have we. So you have to decide who's best to play.
Just the same as if you had to promote someone from the high numbers in your squad or u19 team.

Reynolds at 6
Rocky at full back but coming into the line more often, Just like Tomkins does

Really hoping for some good news on the four that went off on Friday in the lead up to the cas game, taking out Miller, Wood and Lyne takes away probably the most threatening players we have going forward with Tupou and Johnstone already out (probably Fifita aside). Randall is back in training and is a chance for the squad against cars and obviously if we get the new signing over the line those 2 give us a bit of a boost. So frustrating as I think had we played Cas with the team we started with on Friday then we would hav (finally) got a result, that said I will be there cheering the boys on as always.

Could we line up something like...

Jowitt
A.N.Other
Arundel
Horo
BJB

Reynolds
Hampshire

Fifita
Ashurst
Arona
Pauli
Kirmond
Crowther

Hirst
King
Kopczak
Annakin

That’s some strike missing for us, but do you know what...that’s still not a bad side at all considering!

Think I'd have Crowther at Hooker with Ashurst in back row.

Would start with either King or Kopczak, move Arona to the 2nd row and have Kirmond on the bench.

I thought about that but then thought it might be an idea to try and at least keep something familiar to recent weeks and I think it's worked really well with Kopczak and King playing from off the bench, so if it aint broke and all that? Kirmond has been kept fresh and I actually think in the games he's played this year he's been very good and when setting up defensively I'd have him right edge to help Horo along in the centre.

The hooker is the big one if Wood or Randell don't make it and I think it will be shared between Ashurst and Crowther...although again..when we haven't got the ball I'd like to see Ashurst defending the left edge alongside Arundel to protect Reynolds as much as possible as I'm sure Cas will target him with big MM as they usually do with Miller on that edge...

Would be really nice if all this guesswork was a waste of time though and 2 or 3 of the injured players aren't as bad as first thought and are able to play!

My team to face Cas

Jowitt
MCB
Horo
Arundel
BJB
Hampshire
Reynolds
Fifita
Crowther
Kopczak
Ashurst
Kirmond
Aroma

Rumour has it MC B to sign for rest of season using money from moving on Baldeinson . But then you should not listen to rumours.

Subs
Pauli
Hirst
King
Annakin

Probably not what people want to talk about but when was the last time we beat Cas? Really struggling - was it at theirs when we got the 3 late tries under Webster?

Really need to put that right but clearly going to be up against it.

Cas may well be our new bogey team after we've seemingly broken the Hudds hoodoo. Predicting a Cas win but we thrive in adversity, so you never know

I don't know exactly how busted Cas are because no one ever mentions it - but regardless of that, they are where they are in the table for a reason, and given all the casualties we've racked up, we'll be hard pressed to get over them. Cas win for me - sadly.

Some good news is although charged Pauli Pauli has escaped a ban.

I should think he has - it was a ridiculous decision in the first place.

On the plus side, hooker apart, our pack still looks really good and we shouldn't be getting done up the middle.
However, although Hampshire has been excellent all season, scoring enough points to beat Cas looks difficult with the squad that we "may" have.
I keep hoping that the injuries weren't too bad but, on the basis that we have 2 games in 5 days, we're going to need some kind of miracle over the Easter weekend AND hope that we dont pick up any more injuries.

I'm still seething over the Wigan game and for 1 player to get off scot free and another to cop a 2 game ban is just no consolation, in fact, it's like someone spitting in our collective faces.

Let's get behind whichever side Chester can field and if we can keep the ball among the forwards and get a bit of luck, maybe miracles can happen.

Come on Trin !

Expected the coupon to read maybe -2 Cas or off scratch, you lot get 12 start and are 3/1 outright.

Wood is likely to play on Thursday as well as Lyne which is 2 really big positives for us

Do we just look to post our strongest squad against leeds on Monday?and sort of wright the caps game off ?

we really just need to concentrate on still being in top 5 after Easter 1 win would do that

strongest side of course, which could consist of just about anybody therefore its not like its even an issue, unless you're suggesting we drop the academy off at wheldon rd.

Strongest fit side for me.
It's the 'taking the two' of club management. Play the next game, not the one after that.

Squad named:

Chris Annakin

Tinirau Arona

Joe Arundel

Matty Ashurst

Jordan Crowther

David Fifita

Ryan Hampshire

Keegan Hirst

Justin Horo

Ben Jones-Bishop

Max Jowitt

George King

Danny Kirmond

Craig Kopczak

Reece Lyne

Pauli Pauli

Ben Reynolds

Kyle Wood

And MCB by the looks of it