Personally I'd go with Randell starting and Woody on the bench. I think Woody has been great for us and always tries hard, but I think he is far more effective, and even a gamechanger sometimes, coming off the bench.

Yeah MCB plays for me as well. Great news that Fifita play, big big positive.

i also would have King in there, not sure how I'd do it without more thought mind, maybe instead of Hirst.

On TV and very heavy rain forecast so that may put a few off.

personally I think wood needs to play 80 mins - I would have Randall in the back row

We have better back rowers than Randall.

Yeah me too. Of the East Stand.

Has there been any news on the knocks picked up last week? I’d imagine Kirmond will be ruled out through the head knock so Batchelor a straight swap? Ashurst and Randell were said to have picked up knocks?

We should have a few fresh bodies back though too...Fifita, Sau and Caton-Brown...Sau is an interesting one...Jack Croft had a superb debut last week and you’d think now with Bill due back soon and Croft and Kershaw proving they can come in and do a good job that Sau won’t be needed after the loan period is up...it seems harsh on Croft but for this one I’d go with the experience of Sau as I could see Watkins raising his performance with what’s happened in the week...

Brough should be much sharper after the game under his belt last week...Leeds are awful...the team we beat them with last time...if we don’t win with a bit to spare I’d be disappointed!

I don't think it will be easy, Players will need to up their game . I hope our h/b can form a partnership playing behind what should be a better equipped pack. Leeds have to start putting a few results together and an early start by them could result in them finding a bit of long lost form.
Out of the blocks early for trinity , no slow start .

IMO the injury excuses are now running a bit thin where certain players are concerned. We are now not that far off full strength, certainly no worse than you would expect at this point in a season and no worse than most other teams.

Only Brough can use his injury as an excuse for not being up to speed.

Miller, England, Randell and Ashurst have all been very poor since returning and need to step up in a big way as they are all important players. They need to take the pressure off the players, especially the younger ones who have been holding the fort.

That what I think, these players have been hyped and now need to match the hype if we are to get back on track, it can't all be left for big Dave to sort.

Yeah both close to selection for me, wouldnt be unhappy with either of those in. I just rate Kershaw a bit more in defence and think we need to steady the ship and dont want to rush croft, hes only a bairn!

Good one



got to laugh wether you agree or not .

Leeds have had time to bhild, get fit, no bruises + learn all the new calls/ structure changes. Who will take a full fit Hurrell, he is the special one in their team ???
I have some concern over our fitness & state of mind, I know we can do it but we have to want the win badly.
Is it Kendal again or Child's ?

A game we need to be winning, not critical to our season but one we should be taking the 2 points from. Been a rocky patch with injuries over the last couple of months but with players coming back and 13 games remaining we need to cement ourself in the top 5.

Hicks.

Injury excuse running a bit thin.

Yep, we’ve only got Johnstone, Tupou, Kirmond, Arona, Huby, Arundel, Jowitt, and MCB missing, and Brough, Fifita, England, Ashurst,Randell, Batchelor, all with major niggles playing through the pain barrier.

Still, could be worse!

The best of three evils?

......But not very much........

Fisherman’s Cap Knows better than you do about the injury situation Daddycool.

I'm not really seeing anyone using our injuries as an excuse. As a club we've just got on with it.

I reckon we are in a pretty good situation going in to the later rounds with players coming back. We just need to get enough players back that we can play the ones who are truly fit. That's not far away hopefully.

Did i imagine it or did CC say that Tupou and Arundel should be back for the Salford game next week. If so a big boost getting Bill back especially, how we've missed his monster meters every game, that gets sets moving and us on the front foot.

There is the excuse already for the loss on Friday- chalk that one down as a loss

obviously people high up cant see what we are seeing from the players that are there,

Wakey to beat Leeds

I read that as a joke, not an excuse.

Creepy post. No I don’t know better I’m just a fan, aren’t you? Its good to have some input from the top man. However I have my opinion, surely we are all entitled to that?

That’s fair enough. Not always easy to say exactly what you mean on here. I was only referring to those players who were already back and the fact that we really need them to up their games from what I’ve seen but it’s easier said than done I know. Fans don’t tend to know about niggly injuries we just see what we assume to be fit players on the pitch unfortunately.

Must admit when you list those still injured it’s actually still really bad, almost half a team, two of whom are arguably the best in the game.

So yeah to counter you it could still do with being a lot better, let’s hope our luck changes soon