We have no chance

I'm not so sure, we won't concede many, although it's unlikely we'll score many either!

Smailes has put on twitter that Shaul and Nicklas both injured. Not sure what the answer is at FB but it is not Briscoe and Heremia is not the answer in the halves. Will one hell of a patched up team for Friday.

So not left out through fear/desperation/whimsy then?

Guess that explains some of the criticisms of Gentle at the weekend then.

Wonder if we might see Jack Briscoe's debut at the weekend?

Holdsworth not totally ruled out by Gentle according to HDM sport twitter.
Seems Friday is both teams Grand Final.

Ellis
Seymour
Yeaman
Holdsworth
McDonnell

Depressing. Odds stacked against us now.

May be a bit naive but I don't fully believe that Holdsworth & McDonnell won't play, just because it's derby week I'll believe the team when I see them out on the field on Friday

I would play Whiting at fb and Horne at 7 with Westerman 6. Put Briscoe back on the wing

Me too, wouldn't be surprised to see Holdsworth 'resurrected' at Easter, Michael Dobson manages this trick every year!

Ellis may be back

as it stands then if no miraculous recoveries id play:
whiting

lineham
arundel
crookes
briscoe

westy
horne

tickle
galea

houghton
omeley
lynch
watts

subs
heremai
green
bowden
johnson or crookes

When are the 19 men squads announced?

Tomorrow sometime I'd imagine, 48 hours before aren't they?

PG says "IF Holdsworth says to me, he's fit on Thursday, he will play.

Only Holdsworth will know how he feels, and it is his risk to make. It is an unusual injury in that he is physically fit and there is nothing else the medical team can do to help the situation. Unlike say Andy Lynch's broken wrist last season which could be strapped up and given a painkiller.

Well I hope he doesn't say it through a sense of loyalty to the team. If he's not fully recovered he shouldn't be anywhere near the pitch. We can't afford him to get injured any further or he'll be missing for an awfully long time.

It's a strange one. Is it possible to make it worse?

This true, or are you just messing?

its certainly been quiet on the Ellis front in the last few weeks.

PG said 3-4 weeks away.

IF Ellis & Holdsworth play on Friday forget the draw we will then have the leadership and skills to unlock there strong defensive system and win by 10, get Cooke in aswell and we will win by 20+

All hail 'judas'

Mcdonnell unlikely to play

I reckon holdsworth will play. We need him. Wouldn't want to risk him if he's bad though.
Shame about McDonnell. Although you never know with these "hamstring injuries".

Both will play. Sad that were going down the Rovers route.

Might ring the club doctor and tell him about neurofen plus ,they work wonders for me after a night on the pop.