Only 300 tickets left for tomorrow apparently! Catalan fans must be expecting an easy victory

or one of the trophy winning teams in the last 10 years in town

Think Kendall will be more lenient with us on Saturday, so I’ll go:

Ese’ese - Red card 3 mins
Ligi - Yellow card 12 mins
Ligi - Red 25 mins
Nu Brown - Yellow 37 mins
Walker - Yellow 53 mins
Bullock - Yellow 58 mins
Paul Rose - Red 62 mins
Cator - Yellow 66 mins
Fash - Yellow 68 mins
Griffin - Red 70 mins
Airlie Bird and Wattie - Yellow 72 mins
Houghton - Yellow 75 mins
Tariq Sims - On Report 79 mins

Throw in Paul woods in the first min

Paul Woods, the hardest man I ever saw play for Hull.

Never mind the first minute, Kendall would send him off in the warm up!

Don't forget 3 six agains in a row 10 seconds before the end of each half.

I reckon with Balmforth definitely not playing it will be.

Walker
Martin
Mcintosh
Carlos
Russell
Brown
Smith
Ese'ese
Houghton
Sao
Okunbor
Staveley
Lane

Ashworth
Bullock
Gardiner
Hoy or Charles

Really disappointed to see Balmforth not given an opportunity in the first team again. I appreciate Houghton had been a good servant to the club but just don’t get the continual obession to flog him for 80mins every week, for me it doesn’t benefit us he isn’t as effective much like St’s found with Roby but they saw sense to spell him to maximise his impact in a game.

lets hope we can cause an upset and beat the parasites

How are they parasites?….one of S/L success stories.

I can only assume his face doesnt fit, thought he had a good game at Wire. And of course theres a risk if Nu Brown does well he will head home again.

Disappointed Balmforth not getting game time. But maybe Smith is seeing something . Could be a fitness thing ? Who knows. Can't see the point of keeping him on this year if he doesn't rate him that doesn't make sense. Hope as the year goes on he gets more game time

We've got the club's captain and most experienced player and also a NZ international hooker in the squad so this was always going to be another season where Balmforth would likely only make occasional appearances. With Houghton retiring and Brown likely heading home I think DB will be a senior player from next season.

Clubs posted a pic of the plane and it looks like an unbranded charter to me... (Lights fuse and runs)

Yes, they've flown with Eastern Airways on a 100 seater.

Maybe our amateur travel agent was wrong, shock horror.

Are you telling me you didn't purchase one of his recommended super-duper covid masks during the pandemic either?


He ain't half the man his old mate Bumpy was otherwise he'd have started a petition.
I'm thinking for him and going with all the T's.
Howzabout -........ Tis Time To Terminate Tinkering Tony's Tenure?

For me, Balmforth is more suited to playing at 13.

He has the physique and handling skills of a traditional loose forward and would be maximising his potential there.

Current Super League hookers, are like extra halfbacks and are fast off the mark with good footwork and Balmforth just isn`t that type of player.

Weather forecast could be in our favour, rain. Even if it keeps the scoreline respectable

The forums Walter Mitty is back
Stick to the post subject Walter

The lad must be disappointed and i would say probably disillusioned in Smith.
Still feel Smith either doesnt rate him or like him for some reason as he has never given him two or three continuous games to show what he can or cant do in the first team.
Maybe he is another player who has liked a tweet criticising Smith

If he’s still with us.

This clubs backwards.

Top young prospect and yet again were stifling the lad as we did with jez litten.

We d rather play workhorses or plodders than young kids who show attacking flair and threat.

Baffles me and a big part of why we are where we are.

We need someone to come in and modernise the way we think. All this bluster about youth being the way forward well its not is it with the houghton obssesion whos been past it for 3 or 4 years and the u droppable lane whos forms been horrendous apart from a steady last game against london which is probably his level.

Very frustrating as weve seen the impact staveley and martin have had

Funny you should say that, Cummins has named Balmforth at loose forward for the reserves tonight.

As it happens he’s playing 13 tonight for the reserves