Surprised theres not a thread on this yet so there you go.
I think you'll just edge a thriller FWIW. We need to try and deal with your forwards and thats where I see you winning it. Kirk Dixon can't defend either so I can see you targetting him. Sherwin is the key for us and if he plays we certainly have a chance. Looking forward to a great game.

I'm really looking forward to this game, i always enjoy games against Cas and hopefully there'll be a massive crowd.
I'm hoping we don't self destruct till at least after the derby, the way were looking at the minute though is highly promising.

thought sherwin and shenton were out?

Not heard anything about Sherwin but I would have thought we might just tape his fingers up after he played on against Huddersfield.
Shenton is not as bad as we thought and is only a bruised leg. Matterson thinks he might be in contention for a place on Friday which is good news as some people were saying he was out for 6 weeks.

Sherwin is a really big threat, we need to give him as little room as possible to work with. Really like the look of Cas' backline, no real big name players in there. But a team who work for each other and will cause us alot of problems.

tbf every side we have played so far has had a good backline. The problem has been, as we saw last year, you can do nothing behind a beaten pack. Thats where the foundation will be laid again and can see us winning by 16-18 points, 28 - 10 to Hull

Out of all the teams we have faced upto now, I see Cas' backline as the biggest threat though, Plenty of speed and love to throw the ball about. Shenton is quality so if he does play, we will have to keep and eye on him.

Kind of agree, although I think that the Crusaders backline ain't too shabby either and are equally keen to keep the ball alive. We dealt with them.

Expecting this to be a difficult encounter but we should come out the winners.

I'm not worried about their back line, front line or any line for that matter. If Hull play as they have been, then it will be good enough to win the game.

I don't think they have done anything special so far but have done the basics very, very well. I still think we're growing into the season and that is a pleasing thought for the future rounds.....

Think this is our toughest test so far, which says more about how well Cas are doing than anyone else being poor.

As long as we score more then 12 points, we should win - Cas 12 (39min and 79min)

looking forward to this..I thought the Hudd v Cas game on sky was a great encounter..Cas play some expansive rugby..I think it will be potentially our toughest encounter to date(who would have thought that at the beginning of the season..however if fc can carry on with their great defence and keep their concentration all match I think we will do it... by 14

Every thing comes through Sherwin,close him down and they are nothing special.......Defence is suspect too imo....us to win by 20....we clicked in parts vBrad and if we click on fri then i can us giving them a good stuffing.

26-10 to us, very confident that we can beat Cas, and a win at Quins should follow.

i think those 2 games will be our hardest to date,

these are two hard games for us coming up imo

quins being the hardest of them all

Does anyone else feel we have be given a rather nice fixture line up for the season start? I couldnt have picked it better really.

Would expect us to beat Cas by about 10, we seem to be on top of teams but not killing games off which is the only bad thing i can really say about us now. We get in front and then step off the gas and let the teams back at us, but we have always stepped back on the gas when needed so far.

The Quins game, they have been our bogey team for a long time and i think that may well be our first defeat of the season.

Not really, Wigan, Bradford and Huddersfield would of gone down as all hard games. Wigan just wern't allowed to play because how we dominated there pack and Bulls were the same although they have been poor anyhow.

We should go into the game high on confidence but guarded against complacency.

Despite their defeat at the weekend Cas have started well this season and look very keen in attack. Sherwin is the danger man and we need to keep him quiet.

Hope to see a good turn out from Cas in another bumper crowd.

Well yeah but I wouldnt say there are any easy games i thought the Cat's game would be a banana skin but being their 2nd game in a row away and after a big win at wire was a good time to take them. Home match to start against and under achieving side was nice.

Tricky game, but think that we will be too strong. 30-16, but 14-12 halftime

30 - 18 to Hull

The penalty count and the time Cas Had the ball in their hands there should have taken Hudders to the cleaners

if they put long passes out like they did in that Yeaman and R Horne will have a field day with interceptions ..Got a feeling Hull to win with plenty to spare

Hope Faumuina is playing.

Didn't do much on Saturday against Huddersfield so hopefully will be equally as ineffective