Got to be getting the two points here, they aren't a great side and have loads of injuries. We either seem to struggle here or hammer them.

Looks like Talanoa, Hadley and Fash are out, fitness tests for Manu and Mini.

I'd go with

Shaul
Griffin
Connor
Carlos
Faraimo
Kelly
Sneyd
Paea
Houghton
Taylor
Manu
Mini
Green

Bowden
Lane
Masi
Abdul

If Manu and Mini out, Logan and Washy to come in.

Isnt Faraimo banned for this one?

No as he sat out the St's game, he only got a 1 match ban if I recall.

No - missed saints game.

Bordering on must win this one.
We can't seem to beat the teams above us atm so we definitely need to be beating the ones below us.

Can't see anything but a big away win.

On saturday they were the potentially as poor as catalans were earlier in the year especially considering Mellor, Hanbury, Heremia, Houston were all on the pitch.

They only really have gil dudson providing any go forward, so you will win this by winning the forward battle comfortably. They also may be running out of centres although dean may be back but carlos t/griffin should have a field day.

FC by 20

they are much better at home. But we need to win, no excuses.

quite right, we must win this, not confident it will be the "walk in the park" some think though...

If we don't win this then we can wave goodbye to any lingering thought of the top 4

100% agree. Very important not to get dragged into the Middle 8s scrap territory. Hope we are able to put out a strong side but looks like we could be missing Talanoa, Mini, Manu, Hadley and Fash so will be a tough one on their artificial pitch.

I did that at Salford.

We won't see a top 4 finish if we don't start winning games

but the current top 4 still have 2 or 3 games to play against each other, so there are plenly of points that they =#0000FFwill drop.

Yes. I also don’t see it as a positive that they have games in hand cos they’ll effectively have to have another ‘easter’ week unless they get knocked out of the cup early. It’s not just a case if squeezing a game it, it’ll effect their games either side too.

FFS does every other post from you have to mention who's missing???



Id rather read posts from knockers than you - your so feckin tedious with your 'lets play it down just in case but im right up the clubs ring piece' posts!

This is a thread about the Widnes game. Player availability is an important factor, Seb, especially with up to 5 key players missing, away on an artificial pitch. Any relevant points you have to make about the thread topic?

Haha it shouldn't , but that did make me chuckle, I think it's the use of ring piece ha

Does a sporting club/Private limited company actually have a ring piece?

No idea but Barista seems to of made it her (his) personal personal bolt hole

Turgut hip injury also, Fash 6-8 weeks. Widnes pitch isn’t one you’d want to be risking players on either so reckon Radford will go conservative in selection, although might be an easy choice with only 17 players fit to train yesterday.

yes, we know, we can read the HDM online too

Why are you investing your valuable time reading the HDM? You said a couple of days ago: "I forgot the HDM know all the facts. I wouldn't trust them to tell me the time, even if a let them borrow my watch." If you're going to censure local media content on here, could you provide a list of things we're not allowed to reference. Thanks in advance.

a few things...
check the AUP, lifting and shifting copyrighted content is against it, a link would be fine. Stop passing things off as if it's ITK information.

I rarely agree with Seb, but you have become something of a bore, the RLFans DDD...

you'll be telling us how tall everyone is and where they played junior rugby next!

Where did I imply this was privileged information?



We have a game in two days' time, an important one. We have an update on player availability and injury prognosis. I summarise the key relevant points as relevant context to the thread title;several people have previously posted on here that they don't use the HDM anymore due to prevalence of adverts. You criticise me for posting this information, then say I posted it to pretend I had inside knowledge, then resort to abuse. Incredible.



Back on topic please. Squad will be announced at lunchtime so I'd guess we'll go something like:

Shaul
Faraimo
Carlos
Connor
Logan
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Paea
Washbrook
Lane
Bowden

Green
Matongo
Griffin
Abdull

Not too bad, although ideally I think Bowden and Griffin would be given a rest as they both weren't scheduled to play the previous week; Griffin's put a massive shift in over Easter.

FFS this bickering is getting boring now, if you all have issues with each other use the PM facility and squabble away all you like.

Everyone has an opinion and it will invariably be different to someone else's but do we have to have the constant sniping and petty playground stuff nearly every post.

Anyway back on subject, will be a closer game than many of us think due to our inability on the road at present, the plastic pitch and several 1st teamers missing, even though Widnes are missing several themselves.
Hopefully we have worked on attacking plays within the oppositions 20 as that is a big area in which we seem to struggle to open teams up by stretching their defence etc as we are just too static and predictable.

There was no abuse, just OPINION, apologies if you took offence, I would hate to do that unintentionally.

Widnes are there for the taking, just depends if FC put an 80 minute shift in. We should have this one in the bag, but I've said that too many times before.