Ok Mrs. B, you are allowed to mention injuries this week.



We can still make a pretty good 17 out of it though. Obviously we don't know how Buchanon will go, but the rest of the backline is pretty good. Missing Kelly and Sneyd is a big blow, but any half back pairing that has Connor in it is going to be decent. The pack is still as strong as we have had for a while. I wouldn't shuffle everyone around or play guys out of position. Just give the youngsters a chance, it worked the last time we played Catalans.

We still have to fancy we can win it given Catalans poor away record.

Buchanan has been playing well at Doncaster and in such a depleted squad deserves his chance.
One thing he does have is pace.

Cats squad....

1. Tony GIGOT
4. Brayden WILIAME
6. Samisoni LANGI
7. Matty SMITH
8. Rémi CASTY
10. Sam MOA
13. Greg BIRD
14. Julian BOUSQUET
16. Benjamin JULLIEN
17. Matt WHITLEY
18. Alrix DA COSTA
19. Mickael GOUDEMAND
20. Lambert BELMAS
22. Lucas ALBERT
24. Jason BAITIERI
25. Arthur ROMANO
27. Fouad YAHA
28. Sam KASIANO
29. Sam TOMKINS

I agree
Also Thompson needs to really up his game.Defence is poor and is so easy to tackle for the opposition.
I thought he would be a good utility player to have around again but seems to have gone backwards.
Can see him been released end of the season if we can find him a club

Give Buchanan a go in the centres, been getting good reviews for reserves and Doncaster. Thompson had enough chances at centre to know he’s not good enough there.

Hint of preserving star halves for the cup maybe ?

...hopefully, but Kelly was clearly injured during the wakefield game, and Sneyd's knee has seen more and more bandaging during the last month or so.

Is Jez Litten also injured, he maybe could have jumped in to partner Jake.

Amazingly Hakim could have got a shot in the halves.

litten has a rib injury

Thanks number 6, I’m a bit behind, due to hols.

Pretty much a full team missing through injury or retirement then?

pretty much a full team missing or injured?

shaul

ratu
carlos
scott
dawson

kelly
sneyd

bowden
litten
brown

savellio
hadley

lane

binman
washbrook

2 or 3 more youngsters injured too

Catalans are 15/8 generally to beat us tomorrow! Big price

Just amazing how this has turned round. A few weeks ago we had no forwards & almost no backs, now that is reversed.

Complement of forwards really strong with at least 4 good experinced players viewing for bench spots. Okay Hadley Bowden &!savelio might make first choice 17 but far from certain, ditto for lane. Litten & brown some way down to he current p doing order.
Backs paper thin with only 3 proven starters, jake, josh & Bureta.

Have written them off before, notably at cats so fingers crossed for another stirring win. Hopefully albie, Sneyd, Carlos & Ratu back forcup game which has massive importance

I'd back that team against the Bin Dippers....

Was 3/1 just after dinner yesterday when squads was announced. Don’t like betting against Hull but was too good to turn down.

how about Catalans, what is their team like? i hear they have 3 missing through head injuries. Anyone else significant missing.

let's hope the new directive at the ruck lessens the tomkins cheating effect

No one seems to have mentioned it but in the Catalan game he was acting half, can’t remember who the FC player was but he’d rolled at least a yard to the side of the ruck, Tomkins took the ball and literally dived sideways into the FC player and was awarded a penalty. Thank The Lord, The RFL appear to have acted for once.

Ah Tomkins, cometh the hour cometh the cheat.

Andy Last saying in the hdm that Kelly and Sneyd are both short term injuries and could well be back for the cup game.
Carlos out for a week or two more with his achilles problem, but again nothing major.

Just playing to his strengths



Seriously though, I just cannnot understand why players with that much talent and ability, resort to such pathetic play.

Important game tonight, if we win we'll either be 2 points behind Warrington, or 4 points ahead of Cas, depending on their result.

Good Post !
I would add if we beat Cas next week, we will be in the next round of the Cup

Thanks, sorry if it was a bit over your head.

Maybe I should have said that if we lose we could be 6 points behind Warrington, or level on points with Cas.

What if they draw?

Less likely nowadays, so took the risk of ignoring it.



And here's me thinking that the object of being in a league was to catch up the clubs above you,
and/or put more points between you and the clubs below you.
Something we could achieve tonight.