I personally would take the opportunity to blood Ben Crooks in a little bit. He has a massive future ahead of him in my opinion and think this would be the perfect time to see what he could do for his. Afterall, it didn't do Tom Briscoe any harm!!!!

I wouldn't do a Wigan though and rest several key players and already think they have the 2 points in the bag!!

Andy

They could be kicking themselves come the end of the season, throwing away 2 points like that. Lets not make the same mistake.

Too right, Lets not make the same mistakes Wigan did. If anything that should be a lesson to other SL Clubs.

I think we've got a good chance to rack up a big score. Put a couple of kids on the bench then if the games safe bring them on with no pressure. I agree we're still not getting it right on the fifth tackle. hopefully brandy and cigars in the south stand by 60 mins

We should play our strongest team and try and take the points, as we should in every game.

Fringe players will get their chance during the season with injuries/suspensions etc. At the moment we should be just foocussing on winning the next game and climbing the table.

With each win we'll build more confidence and we'll all enjoy it more, crowds will rise and the club will be healthier.

Let's face it, although we got a good win at Saints, it's been a fine line so far this season we could have won every game just as easy as we could have lost every game.

Things are looking more positive, but let's remember where we've just come from. We are hardly The Invincibles and can't start picking and choosing how we are going to perform in matches.

Let's not get carried away , we need to put our strongest team out and try and get a good win . We are not playing well to rest players or to play the kids unless they are needed , keep the momentum going !

Our away form has been appalling for whatever reason, we have only scored 6 points and shipped in 102! I am hoping for a more competitive performance from Widnes but even so I can't see anything but a Hull win.

We have the added bonus of having a full 2 more rest days than Widnes who no doubt will have expended a lot gaining their deserved win and despite them gaining confidence from that we ARE a better side.
Still, I'd rather put out the strongest squad, make sure we have done our homework and give ourselves the best chance of winning.
Rest Martin and I agree with, Whiting at centre to partner Sharp with Turner & Briscoe on the left.

Hopefully we'll be concentrating on our own performance rather than Widnes which means playing our strongest team possible and trying to develope those combinations that aren't quite firing yet as well as cutting out the penalties

Balls to developing youth, points come first!! If I were to look at the league table come September and think if only we had 2 more points the end of season could be so different..........

A youngsters or 2 from the bench for short periods is development enough in a game like this, we can not just rest people willy nilly.

Briscoe
Flynn
Phelps
Marsh
Ahvan
Obrien
Hanbury/Craven
Davies
Moore
Kite
Allen
Winterstein
Cahill

White
Davies
Isa
Craven/Hanbury

Would be my ideal team

3 backs on the bench at least another forward like Pickersgill,Cross and Mullaly.They have a decent pack Hull so need forward power.Kite looks good but not match fit so steady the guy into the team.

With Ogre, Aspinwall, Heremaia, Westerman and Yeaman out:-

McKinnon
Sharp
Martin
Turner
Briscoe
Horne
Seymour
Moa
Houghton
Lynch
Manu
Tickle
Whiting

O'Carroll
Bowden
Green/Kent/Cunningham
Ellis

Good point but i'd find it hard to drop White or Isa after Sunday. Id drop Clarke but hes captain so he'll be playing. If Cross makes the bench, white and possibly Isa will be dropped. If Moore isn't available, I'd start White at Hooker and intercharge with Clarke.

Am I the only one who is starting to get a bit more concerned about Sunday?

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James Cunningham has joined the injury list, and from the HDM I learn that Briscoe and Houghton have been away training with the England squads. This combined with the absence of Westerman, Heremaia and Aspinwall and O'Meley's ban means we can't have had that many fit/available players training this week.

on the plus side it sounds like Tony Martin will be fit.

No you are not the only one that is worried mate. This is a real banana skin waiting to happen and we can only hope that there is no complacency from the players that do take the field or it could backfire and a lot of the good work since the start of the season will be undone.

That said I am a glass half-empty fan as I was told today by a mate at work!

Whilst I would love nothing more than a Widnes victory and they definitely deserve more respect after their victory against Wigan, I will not be holding my breath. I think you'll have more than enough in the locker for a comfortable victory.

Widnes offered absolutely nothing offensively against us, and even with a defense as leaky as ours it was never even threatened once, not even a high bomb or a caution to the wind chip over the top.

I was amazed to see the score against Wigan even with players rested. Either they have improved dramatically or a freak result.

I hope it's the former and they gain their first away victory this weekend, but alas I think it's more like the latter and a 40+ victory will be the order of the day.

weather forcast not good for sunday, could be a similar game to wakefield, lets hope we execute ourplays better when 'in the zone'

Don't know what Adam Pearson has done to upset the weather gods, he moves games to 'sunny' Sunday and so far we've had snow, frost, sleat, and now rain predicted again this week!

I would drop Clarke and have White and Moore as hookers.I give Briscoe as captain but I feel Moore should play one game in the u20s to get match fit.Clarke interchange hooker.Allen,Winterstein and Cahill have played very well this season so Clarke won't play at 13.Well that is my opinion mate.

I think we'll win the game but it will be fairly close. We have had a disrupted week and some injuries and they will be high on confidence.

If this is the team, at home we should win the game comfy IMO.

Still a pretty 13, bench looks inexperienced though, but should still have too much.

Exciting time for the young players. Think it will be Green on the bench as he seems to be leading the group of young backrow forwards at the club.

Lets just get these beat on Sunday then we can travel to Castleford weekend after en masse. Big session and fill their ground out. It could be rocking!

The difference last week to hull kr is that last week we had Obrien, kite and phelps all playing who had good games. If Moore and cross are back for Sunday then with the exception of watts, we have our strongest team. We have some decent players and last week we really through the ball around which was good to watch

Wouldn't surprise me if you nicked it on Sunday as we're pretty beat up at the moment what with injury and suspension.

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