Not long now until we get our chance of revenge against Huddersfield.
They (Hudds) looked bang average last week and yet they comfortably made it into the hat for the next round of the cup. :



Chester certainly seemed to be targeting "magic" over cup success so, can we do it ?

The bookies think so and we are -4 on the handicap and it will be interesting to see just who makes it into the 17.
It would be great to have Huby back in the pack as he gives us some decent off load and Randall will give us something extra around the ruck.
Will we have our right side three quarters back Reece Lyne and BJB or were these players indeed, injured.

So, Huby in for Batch
Randall for Hampshire
Lyne for Arundell
BJB for MCB

Two points definitely there for the taking if we can control the ball and not gift possession and points to Huddersfield.

Trinity to sneak a very tight win 16 - 14 and Brough to have a spell in the sin bin

I was talking to my friend are we are both confident on a Trinity win, I think it will be a slow start for us as I'm sure the lads will be a little wary after last week but hopefully we can set things straight over the full 80.

Trinity 34
Giants 10

I would say Huby in for Horo. Batch to keep his place unless Kirmond is fit to return.

PLEASE, PLEASE pass the ball Bill!

Looking forward to the day and hopefully we'll be in a good enough mood to hang on for the Hull derby straight after. We're back in the stand we occupied when we beat Catalans. Late 50 metre drop will do fine again.
Picked up the "naff"

shirts this week so we're all set.

I'm hoping for the same start as last week, we were 20pts better yet came away with zip.
2nd half leveled out a bit but it was pretty even, though you wouldn't think it from the scoreline.

Brave and bold



I'd take 11-10 at the moment!

The team that turned up last Friday night at Huddersfield was more than good enough to win that game and keep us in the challenge cup.
Huddersfield will have their tales up for this one, just hope We see a saints like performance and not a Salford one .

With their new-coach bounce, I never thought we'd win both games. Of the two, I'd rather we won this one. Give me a top 8 finish and an early cup exit over the middle 8's and a semi-final any day. The next couple of years are vital, where we are vulnerable to RFL decisions re the ground. Be in the top flight and with a new ground and the future looks brighter. So as boring as it is, repeated top 8's is better than anything, bar an actual cup win.

not a must win- put its pretty close to It

randall is a must

Of all the games that you stated were "MUST WIN", how on earth have you decided this is not a must win? If they win they reduce the gap to us, If we win the gap widens and puts us in more safety. Surely the must wins are against teams below/ competing for similar league positions?

I might be reading this all wrong but surely every game we play we should be focused on winning and have the mind set and focus to achieve this wherever possible , whatever game we’re playing .

after last weeks performance I would say it is a must win. I think we remain in the same position no matter what happens in the other games , so for me its more about getting back on track against a team we should be snatching a win.

For me this is definitely a must win.

Win this and we go 7 points clear of the bottom 4, lose and we are 3 points clear and things will all of a sudden looking very gloomy table wise. At this stage in the season this is a real 4 pointer.

Well... no Homme Vaste, it's just a 2 pointer just like every other league fixture.



AM I RIGHT CHISSIT??

It would certainly be good to go 7 clear, might just settle a few of the nerves that have appeared.

Why ask me squire, your the one with all the answers [size=50apparently[/size

I don't normally get into the "must win" thing as it is just two points just the same as every other game from a league position point of view, as Trinity18 says.
But in this instance my statement misses the point. As long as we win enough games to make the 8 it doesn't matter ho we beat.............but momentum, team spirit, mood of the fans, perception of the media all make a difference to how the rest of the games go. If we lose this game it is one more game we have to win against a big boy team but if we win it lifts the mood all around the club and when you are a poor and under resourced team like ours, team spirit and fan support are a big deal.
We are not down if we lose and we are not necessarily in the bottom 4 either, but a win will push us on much more than 2 points. It's important. And I'm sure Chester knows that too.

I think wins this weekend and then against Widnes in the next match are vital. Following those two we then have Wigan, Warrington, Saints again and without a couple of wins under our belt going into those games I think we are really looking down the barrel.

It probably is must win but i think we will win and it will be relatively comfortable in the end. After a tight start we'll do them by three or four scores i reckon. We got it wrong last week but i expect us to rectify it even with a couple of interesting team selections.

After seeing Widnes v Saints I think Widnes are a pretty decent side and got the rough end of a few decisions which could have made it a more interesting game.

If I had to say who was the more difficult team to beat out of Huddersfield and Widnes I would say Widnes are a better side. On that basis I think we should throw everything to try to beat Huddersfield in Newcastle.

Widnes look a good side move the ball a lot better than us .Saying that does not every body

Agree re the widnes comments they are a good side
They've had an awful times with injuries

Next Friday we need to go and do a professional job on them and come away with the points

For me our season starts today, we need to make up for last weeks disaster for all the reasons pop tart says with a strong win over hudds

widnes are an average side if that, they played just above average yesterday. The sky team seem intent in bulling Widnes up and do so a regular basis. For wakey at the moments its all about 2 points and setting your stall out to get them from certain teams. Last week didn't matter regarding points but we let our selves down against Salford another below average team.
if our squad of players are not capable of beating Widnes, Huddersfielc , Cats, and springing a surprise against any of the top 8 then we are below an average side.
We should have the fire power and speed to win games with our present squad . our pack lacks grunt and need to put a full shift in .

Completing sets and looking after the ball will be hugely important today and let our pack take some juice out of Huddersfield and for me, unless we are attacking in their 20, get the ball out of play and set the defensive line.
Play boring and bring the 2 points back.
Ok if we get a couple of long range efforts, all well and good but, we dont need to be fancy against Shudds, just dont give them the lions share of possession.

Aaron Murphy playing second row and ripping us apart. We don't look like we've come out of the changing rooms yet.

Well this is just pure filth