London bought some good players think be a a lot better this season

Probably in the top 3 hardest games of the season and will need to improve on Sunday to stand a chance to come away with a result.

Henderson is their key man in my eyes (so under rated) and lazyness around the ruck and he will rip us apart.

Our best chance of winning though is probably moving the ball around looking for offloads to try and take some gas out of their dominant pack.

O'Carroll for Turner is a no brainer if he's fit.

I can't see us winning tbh but one thing in our favour is we might be a bit more battle hardened. If we stay with them for the first 20 mins then we might grown in confidence and put them under some pressure.

London have brought in some good players, however we are at home and we should be looking to win the game regardless of who they have brought in.

Wouldn't a bench of O'Meley, O'Carroll, Aspinwall and Whiting be a little unbalanced?

Ellis to cover 7 and 9?

We started with O'Meley and Lynch on Sunday with Moa on the bench, so Moa, O'Carroll, Aspinwall and Whiting would be this week's offering

Even so with two props and two back rowers its a litlle limited.

True but Whiting could cover the back positions if needed (whether Gentle wants him to is up to him). Can't see either of those 4 dropping out for Turner just to have potential cover

If O'Carrol is fit I'd be tempted to start with him and Moa and maybe even Aspinwall with Manu on the bench. We need to unsettle their forwards early and we need as much aggression as possible from the off. Manu hasn't looked as strong as last year yet , maybe coming off the bench and playing fewer minutes would help.

As could Aspinwall, he started his career on the wing remember.

We certainly need to cut the errors out against Cats. If we get enough possession and move their big forwards around and make them defend we have a good chance. If we regularly gift possession we will struggle to hold them.

O'Carroll in for Turner if fit which I strongly hope he is.

Well said, think playing in similar temps to we have at present will be a massive plus for us as we are aclimatised already , Based on the early offerings Ocarrol is a must on the bench, he is one powerful kid, never really took much notice of him before but he has got my attention now !!!

I just hope its on. Weather forecast is -4/5 with a wind chill of -11.

that then means i will be tucked up loverly at home ha ha

We have more of a chance now with Bentham as ref .
He let the game flow. This season that could be our strong point
A few more games and the fans will come flooding back

Wow! I'd be playing in full under armour and gloves!

But we were too strong for them in the middle too



Hopefully with O'Carroll in the middle and another impressive forward performance we can win that battle and give the backs another good platform to work with.

As for dark horses this season, London for me will do better then last season.

Better be!
Had been hoping for 15c but now travelling in full winter gear. Latest on bbc web site is -3c but it's +7c and sunny during day so no danger of it being called off, likely to be around zero by KO

3 here flying out Thurs am back Sun pm

2 nights in Calella and Sat day / night in Perps

If we are looking for dark hoses Hull will be in that class.
After the last 2 games Hull have shown a lot of improvement .
There will give teams a run for their money .But that will be if we keep players fit

I think Catalans will go unbeaten at home this season and are already playing well with players missing . I expect a tougher game for us than the Wire one imo.

Looking at the stats (loads of defence and little in attack) I still feel that we are wasting Westerman's attacking talent, I would like to see him playing more out wide, like last year when he was very effective.

I would bring in Aspinwall to 13 and have either Manu or Westerman on the bench.

Catalans are my dark horses for the GF. I'd be surprised if we get anything from this. If we do it'll be a great boost for the season. Like already been said, pack has be massive.

Aspinwall at 13....why him and not Whiting? If we do that then its back to the Agar method.

Totally agree. In the glimpses we've seen in the last 2 games Whiting is the footballer that we are hoping Westerman will be. Westerman needs to up his game in all areas IMO. Aspinwall will be good coming off the bench.