Is the KC built on a bloody gipsy grave or something?

Lets not forget on this thread the black cloud that must be Mark Calderwoods state of mind today as well, that poor lad has one of the best club attitudes i have ever seen and he is looking down the barrel of his career being over for now!!

Truly gutted for both. I feared the worst when I saw Calders pull up after that kick, but the Whiting news is a bolt from the blue. Will our luck ever change for the better?

I think with the players we now have out, we've little to no chance of making a dent in the play offs. Maybe we should use the last few games to play some of the youngsters and see what they're made of - it won't help us much this year but it might be invaluable next.

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Calderwood we have had missing for best part of the season anyway so we didnt really vouch for him in team selection anyway.
Whiting is our only true long term injury now from the whole squad.
Omeley, Long and Fitz will all come back into the reconning soon.

Wigan we will struggle with but the following two games are there to win!!! with or without those mentioned.
Then Warrington and Leeds will be thinking of Wembley so not all doom and gloom just yet ..

Calderwoods injury wouldn't have been that much of a problem to cover as we've covered his position admirably for most of this season. But Whiting's injury will hit us hard .

Thats what squads are for I guess!! there are younger lads chamffing at the bit to play

Damage limitation on Friday now (if it wasn't already). If we can get Ogre, Fitz and Long back and playing well I'm still hopefull we can make an impression in the play-offs but in the short term we are really struggling, especially if Tickle and Moa pick up bans.

Feel so,so sorry for Rich. He has been outstanding this season and would have fully deserved a place in the train-on squad.

Thats the way Steve Mac saw it too, the ideal and best bench utility player for England on current form!
Gutted

Think Moa and Tickle will get beech slapped for a minute and told to get their cheque books out , this Wigan match may see a new face or two

We could always hope for a epidemic of rampant diarrhoea to sweep through the Wigan camp on Friday morning.

Sounds like a job for the A-Team. Bagsy B.A Baracus

Dodgy meat pie perhaps.

Nightmare, oh well, we'll just have to troop on, not like we aint used to it!

Do we have and pies left from the rovers game ?

Rovers took away a couple of overdone turnips with them !!

Really? Spill then?

Gutted for Whiting because he has been outstanding for us all season.

Gutted for Calderwood because injuries mean he has never had the chance to show us what he can do and this means the end of his career at Hull.

If it really is an ill wind that blows no good then this is Craig Hall's chance (last chance) to prove he deserves a new contract.

Quote ="EXPRO"Think Moa and Tickle will get beech slapped for a minute and told to get their cheque books out , =#FF0000this Wigan match may see a new face or two icon_wink.gif'" Could the fact this story was put out on the same day of the Whiting injury be a sign of a surprise inclusion?/ www.sporthull.co.uk/hullfc/news/ ... ticle.html Cant say i know too much about the U20's though.

Quote ="EXPRO"Think Moa and Tickle will get beech slapped for a minute and told to get their cheque books out , =#FF0000this Wigan match may see a new face or two icon_wink.gif'" Could the fact this story was put out on the same day of the Whiting injury be a sign of a surprise inclusion?/ www.sporthull.co.uk/hullfc/news/ ... ticle.html Cant say i know too much about the U20's though.

Can anyone confirm this, as we thought the same watching it back. Whiting's a pretty robust tackler so was surprised to see him back off - if he was playing with a broken arm all that time should go down in FC folklore.

Depends on the type of break Mrs B. With adrenaline pumping etc a player can quite easily shrug off a broken arm as a dead arm in the heat of the moment. It is only later when the pain continues that you think it may well be something a bit more severe.

Think also the fact that the game will be on SKY and we already have a number of key players with injuries with Whiting & Calderwood to add to it may have a bearing on their decision, as cant see the RFL wanting a very one sided game to be live on SKY.

hope that helps

Don't think it will make any difference, Wigan are one of the big teams regardless of thier previous seasons performances and a good win for them on Sky will not be viewed as a bad thing.