Given Catalans recent form, excellent pack, higher league placing, position as defending champions and their recent rinsing of us at the same ground a win looks a remote possibility. However we do seem to reserve our best performances for the cup and you never know in a one off game. I think we will go something like:
Shaul
Faraimo
Tuimavave
Connor
Naulago
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Paea
Manu
Minichiello
Hadley

Bowden
Green
Ellis
Griffin

Your getting your excuses in early, think you've covered all bases except they've also stayed in England to reduce the fatigue factor, you better add that in.
Seriously why do you always write us off pre game, set up the ready made excuses but then defend us vehemently when we do lose?

I genuinely believe that squad is strong enough to beat Catalan.
I'm going for a Hull win and a performance to right the wrongs.

She does for a bit of fun and a bite. Haven't you realised? Keep up the good work Mrs B

Does she feck but you're so far up you don't see that.
It's not fun it's what she does, if only you would wake up and smell the coffee instead of hanging off her every word.
Seriously deluded.

Don't make this about me please. I have articulated 5 contextual facts, offered our decent cup form up in mitigation and suggested a squad. You immediately and deliberately de-rail. I could counter that you are "going for a Hull win" to set us up for a failure and another stick to beat Radford with but I won't, that would be silly.

I hope we manage to at least compete this week after the tragic weekend. Small steps to improvement hopefully.

Easy tiger.

You've inadvertently proven my point.

I'm not making it about you, nor would I intentionally ever do so. Maybe have a word with bicycle he included you.
I simply disagreed with your kidoligy.
I'm not setting Hull up for failure. Lose and play well, I'll be happy, win and play ugly I'll be very happy but another performance like Saturday and I'll be well vexed and question the team and Radford.
5 days to turn it around, this game will be a measure of the team and coach alike.
Have ticket, still going and yes genuinely positive about our chances.

As much as your incompetence infuriates me

Well if what I hear is right we won't be able to play the injury card this week.

We should be looking to win this at all costs as there is the obvious incentive of potentially landing either Halifax or Bradford in the semis.
We've generally bounced back well from previous hidings so I'm confident we will give a good account and optimistic of the win.

I really really hope we win then draw Bulls fax etc and AP gets a massive money spinner
That’s how much is as stake !!!
It’s a Monumental game

If we get we’ll beat then I’m sure AP pulls the pin on the coaching staff

But please please can we have a result
A win would be lovely jubbly

Bookis have us as marginal favourites with Catalans slight odds against.
Probably like a lot of us wondering which Hull FC will turn up.
Had a few quid on the draw at 25/1.
Just hope Mr Sneyd can slot it through the uprights in extra-time if that pans out.
Fingers crossed on the phone Friday morning booking a bus to Bolton for the 27th or 28th of July.
Bring it on baby.

My side would be if anyone fit

Shaul
Faraimo
Griffin
Connor
Naulago
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Paea
Hadley
Manu
Ellis

Westerman
Tuimavave
Green
Bowden

We will win by a couple of scores and make me even more annoyed that we couldn't be bothered last week.

I just can't get excited by the cup tbh. A trip to Wembley is always nice, but we've been there and done it now. I want us to win obviously, but the league should be the priority now. I just don't feel like the club think the same way.

I think Radford knows we don't have a chance in the league, but we are potentially 3 wins from a trophy in the Cup. That will be the focus now I think, before the big rebuild

Regarding tickets for the QF mine cost £12 only, has there been a reduction, pretty sure I paid £18 for the Cas cup game.

When I say tickets, they are slips of printed paper.

A few still missing....

1. Jamie Shaul
2. Bureta Faraimo
4. Josh Griffin
6. Albert Kelly
7. Marc Sneyd
8. Scott Taylor
9. Danny Houghton
10. Josh Bowden
11. Dean Hadley
12. Mark Minichiello
14. Jake Connor
15. Chris Green
20. Brad Fash
21. Sika Manu
23. Mickey Paea
28. Jez Litten
30. Danny Washbrook
33. Ratu Naulago
35. Andre Savelio

Fash and Washbrook to drop out for me, backs as expected.

Forwards

Taylor
Houghton
Paea
Mini
Manu
Hadley

Litten
Bowden
Green
Savelio

Be interesting to know if Westerman is injured or dropped

Club website says Westerman has a knee injury.

A win is a remote possibility for who Mrs B ?

Having seen the Catalans squad, apart from Bird have all there key players back, I can only see a Catalans win.

Hope I'm wrong.

whats up with Masi? injured or dropped, thought he would have been back as need all the big blokes against Cats, Disappointed about tuime and ellis not being in, as both would stiffen up our defence, gonna be a hard task but still think we can win it, COYH

if we cant beat a very average cats side at home ,we dont deserve to be thinking about Wembley.only problem could be the usual total lack of atmosphere whenever we play the French parasites.

So average they are above us in the table.....

I really shouldn't but.....what exactly is 'parasitic' about them?

Surely dropped after his last few performances,mind elsewhere now