Dave Craven ‏@DCravenYPSport 57m
With Ellis, O'Meley, Lynch and Pitts all out of Fri game, Hull FC must hope Wigan are on the lash all week. Can't see it somehow.

Looks like we'll have a VERY young squad on Friday then..

Season's over anyway, even if we beat Wigan & Saints we'll be nowhere near Old Trafford, I just can't get excited for the Top8 format of the playoffs, teams who have had average/poor seasons like ourselves shoulden't even be in the running for the trophy.

Johnson green Bowden and Hadley to come in then?

That will have to happen, give them a little bit of game time and experience.

Looks like

Watts
Houghton
Green
Westerman
Tickle
Whiting

Heremaia
Johnson
Bowden
Hadley

Not the biggest pack but at least all have SL experience. Bowden and Hadley will be quite rusty, though.

wigan will probably rest a few of the cup final team

anybody know how long lineham out

no pack for Friday ?

no different from Saturday then



stick the young lads in we ve nowt to lose

That's true! Just stick them in!

This lot will probably do better than the useless tw@s we had on saturday

I'd like to see Liam Kent get a shot.

Its a shame so many of the U19s are banned. At least they show some fight.

He might be so desperate for players that Johnson might get a look in

Out of interest, does the Cup Final count as the missed game for the players from the U19's with a one game ban?

Widnes U19 game has been rearranged for this Wednesday (19:30, Bishop Burton)

Agree with you - playoffs are hyped up beyond belief.
Huddersfield are worthy champions, but it;s just a money-grabbing exercise to hype up an artificial competition at the end of the season.
If you win the league after 27 games you should be champions, yet we get the hype about "making the 8" - more like being also-rans in the 8 !!

can't see why it wouldn't for those that are also first teamers

I'd go with
Shaul
Crookes
Crooks
Yeaman
Briscoe
Holdsworth
Horne
Watts
Houghton
Green
Whiting
Tickle
Westerman
Subs
Miller
Heremaia
Johnson
Bowden

How are they injured or tired?

Not sure, Ellis ribs, O'Meley knee I think not sure on the other two

Injured and can probably add Ben Crooks to that list

Didn't Pitts dislocate his shoulder/collarbone?

I know he's injured but only one I heard a reason for was Ellis with rib cartilidge.

Gentle said he could figure if we go well in the playoffs, so guess we won't see him till 2014

So at a time when RL is so obviously struggling you want to get rid of the competition that actually does consistently draws the crowds, the sponsorship and the TV audience? Smart move.

I agree with the earlier sentiment. Top 8 is too large for me. It should be Top 4 imo. Top 8 rewards mediocrity. But the play off competition is a good one, indeed when I asked which meant more, CC or PO's, the response was pretty much universally the later.