Not sure where this narrative that Harry Smith can't kick goals has come from. Not having he has gone from one of the best kickers in the league last year to a guarenteed miss from the touchline. He was kicking into the pretty bad wind in the first half, something the KR kickers also struggled with in the 2nd.

looking at last years stats, Smith kicked for a 78% success rate over the course, from what i can tell from a quick look only 2 other kickers (who kicked a number of note) beat Smith and they are Ratchford and Hankinson (although worth noting that they both kicked 33/35 less attempts then Smith). If there is one thing i am not worried about from Saturdays performance it is Harry Smith's goalkicking. Now our right side defence, pack performance and overall effort given from the team, that is a whole different story.

I am also not buying the narrative of 2 points vs. Wigan is not as important as 2 points against another team. 2 points is 2 points and all goes against the tally at the end of the season regardless of who it is against. Does it really matter where them 2 points have come from by seasons end? The outlook of aiming for points from certain teams and not others is a very negative view to have and i hope your team / club don't have the same outlook.

Hopefully we get a good competitive game on friday with both teams putting up a good showing of themselves.I have 2 mates joining my usual group for the game, both completely new to the sport so an entertaining game would be welcomed, hopefully they don't decide to become Wakefield fans by the end!



On a side note, have been keeping up with your stadium development on here, looking good! Hopefully funds will become available for the west terrace at some point in the not-so-distant future aswell for a better experience for us away fans.

Agree entirely, we`ve played one game and people are starting to talk about where we need to pick up 2 points to avoid relegation and talking about which wins and losses will make a difference to our survival chances, we should be fighting for every 2 points there are available in every game, as every other team in the league should be regardless of who we are playing. Yes, we aren`t favourites by a long stretch, but again as I said before Catalan we should be going to Wigan targeting a win, if we are doing anything but that then we have got it all wrong. Also just to note, Smith is probably the best kick taker in the league for me.

I don't think anyone is suggesting Smith can't kick, just that he struggled last week.

Again, I'm not saying the club shouldn't be targeting a win against Wigan, quite clearly they should be aiming to win every game. All I'm saying is a loss won't be a defining factor as it could be against Leigh, which would potentially be a four point turn around as opposed to just a two.

Picking and choosing games to target as wins has failed in the past so I am no fan of that policy.

Picking and choosing isn't healthy, need to look at being competitive every game.

Summarising back to last year, points wise, I think we were nearer the play offs than going down, 7 of those games, we lost by the margin of a within a converted try. On another day, we could have easily won those.

Well it’s time to roll our sleeves up and have a dig , this Wigan team couldn’t lace the boots of Wigan in their pomp , they’ve got two speed merchants who we managed to keep mostly quiet last time we locked horns . Show some support it’s early door in the Trinty camp and things will take a while to settle

Jeez One game in and already the doom and gloom is heavy in the air

To be fair I think KR missed their kicks in the second half to the same sticks and I think Smith kicked his ones in the second half. The wind played a huge factor.

Smith had a great year for Wigan last year, but he is a player who can be got at in general play and I’m sure Trinity will be targeting for a bit of treatment on Friday.

Well as bad as some so called fans say we are , we’ll have to go a long way to get down to the level of Salfords performance tonight

Salford away last season is just one example.

Passes just weren't sticking but they were still in it up until Cross lost that ball right on the Rovers try line.

Can anyone who's going tonight confirm where they are situated within the ground please? Thank you in advance.

Our tickets say north stand !

Team out.....

Gaskell
Lineham
Hall
Jorge
Murphy
Langi
Lino
Whitbread
Smith
Buttler
Ashurst
Pitts
Proctor


Atoni,kaye,battye,tanginoa

Jowitt not playing, apparently injured in training, going to be a tough night

I've feeling optimistic. I reckon we can keep them below 60.

Langi to halves, Taufua to centres and Gaskell to full back according to TRL.
So what was the point of signing smith if he can’t get a gig at his position when short?
1game in and the lack of another full back hits already!
And let’s play a centre in the halves and play a winger in centres .
Hope this plays out better than it looks.

Rolled his ankle

And we've gone into the season with one hooker.

Hood, Bowes and Kay.....when I went to school 1+1+1 equalled 3...I guess times have changed

I'm guessing Radio Leeds will be covering the Whino's match with updates from our game ??

Suppose it means we’ve got an excuse now.

Okay, two, Hood and Bowes. Kay's a winger. So we've got a winger and a stand off being picked there before Bowes.

Wow. Positive on here tonight.
Let's see how they do.

All those playing in different positions to last week are quite capable in the positions they've got.

No he isn't. He's a hooker.
I don't think there is a rule that says you can only play one position