Have heard match ticket prices have been reduced, so could be a good turnout even tho' it's on Tele.

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I know it might not be popular with some but I’d play Atkins on the wing instead of Hampshire...he could be invaluable in those early tackles bringing the ball out and his height could be a real asset in attack for kicks to the corner...that’s nothing against Hampshire who I like a lot..just feel he’s wasted on the wing...maybe be a better option from the bench depending on who is fit?'"

Still quite nervous about Atkins playing. As I have said previously, yes hes a great player, but is he match fit??
Think Joe [iArundel[/i played well v the Wire and has many have said, is a natural centre.
TBH, in [imy[/i opinion, Atkins should only be on the bench at best.

agree with both of you but would go with whatever chester and his team think - they are in a much better position to judge atkins fitness

Have London got any injuries?

Have London got any injuries?

Just a quick question, will the west stand be open?

Not seen either of their games against us but in other games, they are unbelievably good for periods of games, then fairly average for other periods. I don't know enough about them to say but I'm guessing their interchanges, just like with us, can transform one way or the other. They are fantastic at winning the challenge, getting up quick and attacking the hole behind the ruck. The Abdul kicks also need careful assessment of defensive strategy. They almost always make an aggressive and effective start. We need to match that. We need to keep possession well. They won't cope at all well if we can have good completion and go forward IMO. Rovers started to get them on the back foot when they did that but didn't take their chances

Every person in the squad needs to be 100% up for this. Every drive and tackle needs intent and commitment, full intensity from the first minute to the last. London will most certainly be up for it, just need to make sure we don't buckle under the pressure!

There's a few out long term but nothing of concern. Lamb was brought in to fill the half back slot due to injury.

There are no star names in the Broncos side.

Not even a mention on the RFL Disciplinary pages. When you look at that picture it makes you wonder who is reviewing the video footage to decide. A tackle that looks like it had the potential to break someone's neck is not even worthy of a caution????

Going on the picture alone i would of thought there would of been a ban but not seen the full video on how kirmo ended up like that but god knows what beaks at rfl do

If we play to our ability we will win. We are a better all round team than London and if all the boys perform we will get the result and i predict that it will be fairly comfortably in the end. We obvioulsy have to watch their key men, Abdulls kicking game, Dixons pace, Battye off-loading but we have more quality on the park if we turn up. But the lads will be up for this and do the job. Trinity 32-12.

I suppose you could say 'No fear, it's only Elliot Kear'.....

Guessing it is dependant on the amount of tickets sold?

Really wish i had your confidence on this one. I just cannot get it out of my head that they have beaten us comfortably twice already this season and I don`t think you can just put that down to a pitch, they seem to know how to grind out wins against the poorer teams in the comp this year and have proved it all year long.

We need to stay focused, run hard, grind them down and stick to the game plan something we are not usually good at but was at Hull KR - I am hoping for a similar performance. Also seriously hoping the weather is fair as we seem to have an inability to show up in poor conditions.

lol

Having seen them totally out play us twice think we will have to play out of our skin to beat them - or at the very least play to our strengths - reality is we are on same number of points as the team that has already beaten us twice this season - including one win when we put out a full strength team

Our main advantage should be the fact this is the fact we are at home its very easy to see us as the stronger team but the results say other wise

I certainly want to highlight the word 'if' in the sentence regarding performance because if we don't hit our straps then we will be hoping other results elsewhere go our way as they'll beat us. But if we do we'll have too much for them. The weather at this point is set fair, although given that London are used to playing on a dry fast artificial pitch that probably favours both sides.

Same number of points yes but generally it's the points difference that doesn't lie and Londons is the worst in the league for a reason. Lets be honest if we wanted an opponent to face in a must win game to stay up then the bottom of the table team at home is near the top of the list. But we have to play well to do it, it will be a damn good fight. It's in our hands and we hold the better cards, if we fail then we will deserve our fate.

The same logic says we have beaten teams they have not been able to beat.
Previous results don't count on Friday for me.

Both teams are desperate. Both are playing better than they have in other patches of the season. It will be a cracker but i have to say, we should be winning this.

I’d do anything for Dave Bill and tommy to be fit for this

I’m nervous

I took a neutral who has a fleeting interest in rugby league and he specifically said "warrington players look stronger and like they are winning the collision each tackle". i mean we can get pedantic but for me they rolled us down the middle and i'm sure he saw it the same way. if you think we should have come away with something i've got to disagree. Warrington were playing in third gear second half and swatted us away like a fly every time we got within reach.

Apologies for talking the Warrington game. I'll move on to London. Which can eb neatly summed up as: I'm ting myself. We are more than capable of winning but I thought London were bigger and stronger us in both our last games which created the platform for Abdul and co in the past. Agree with RealSteel about needing to close down Abdul on the 5th. Teams have done this excellently on Brough all year. It's just important we win the middles battle. We've been improved in that area a bit recently so hopefully all will be well. Interesting re atkins as I thought Joe Arundel was one of our best players last week. Atkins on the wing - when was the last time he played there? A difficult call that.

I have a feeling one of Arundel or Atkins will replace Gwaze on the the bench and interchange the backrow.

We will win this one comfortably, by 12+ points.

This is an absolutely massive game and one which we simply can’t afford to lose. I know other results need to go against us too but going down will be catastrophic. All the hard work from everyone involved to get the best team we’ve had in years will take some coming back from. Not meaning to sound so negative but it’s huge. We owe them big time and I think we have enough to win the game but it won’t be easy by a long stretch. Cmon trin let’s put this to bed and move onto next season with a fully fit squad.

Not going off topic but wasn’t there talk of the club having to up Gwazes contract if he plays more than x games??

Back on topic

Could England return?