Big game coming up and we come do we a confidence boosting win, I expect us to win as we seem to be different side at home.

Hard for Gentle to pick the team with a few players back, big test to see if he drops Galea. I'd give Tickle some game time and get ready for the cup game, my team would be:

Mcdonnell
Briscoe
Yeaman
Crooks
Lineham
Holdsworth
Miller
Green
Houghton
Lynch
Ellis
Westerman
Whiting

O Meley
Watts
Heremia
Tickle

I'd have Whiting on the bench where he is better than when he is starting and also give Johnson a game done nothing IMO. Rest Green, Pitts and Galea.
McDonnell
Lineham
Crooks
Yeaman
Briscoe
Holdsworth
Miller
O'Meley
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Tickle
Westerman
Subs
Heremaia
Johnson
Lynch
Whiting

Thought McDonnell looked knackered at Cas, as did Whiting.

Maybe bring Shaul in?

Shouldn't have been, they'd had plenty of downtime.

shaul
briscoe
arundel
crooks
lineham
holdsworth
miller
lynch
houghton
watts
tickle
ellis
westerman

omeley
pitts/ green
whiting
hereamia

McDonnell
Lineham
Crooks
Arundel
Briscoe
Holdsworth
Miller
Lynch
Houghton
Green
Tickle
Ellis
Westerman

O Meley
Whiting
Bowden
Heremaia

I think Yeaman ill be back also ,I'd drop Lynch . He's a shadow of the player from last season.

I thought Lynch did OK against Cas apart from a diabolical miss for that try. Currently better than Watts and Johnson in that position at least.

I actually thought Lynch looked tired in the Cas game. Didn't seem to have that extra punch in him. He made some yards, but not as much as he has done in other games.

No Watts? Only one bad game and Lynch has been consistently poorer IMO. That said, I wouldn't drop either.

No not this week. Don't agree about Lynch being poorer but that's opinion. Lynch had a good first half at Cas and made very good yards when he came on. Bit of squad rotation in the forwards bad luck on Watts good luck on Bowden. Liam's OK though I don't pick the team thankfully

I think this is a must win game and we need to put out the strongest possible 17 that we can. Tickle has to come back in, as goal kicks could be really important. We need to really get behind them on Monday and make as much noise as we can.

I don't think freshening things up is a bad idea, Bowden probably deserves another crack, he's certainly not let anyone down.
Play the same forwards, one last chance and demand a performance.

I would drop Watts.

His offload game is non existant this year (a result of shedding too much weight, hence not being able to bounce a defender off or get through the line) - also, he can be lazy in defence. Wakey use the inside ball to the ruck a lot and will catch any lazy defence out

What's up with Johnson, he has been better than Bowden for me but everyone wants Josh in before him. Watts has had two bad games since he came so I wouldn't drop him.

I'd definitely be playing Johnson, his best games have come against his former teams this season.

McDonnell
Lineham
Crooks
Yeaman
Briscoe
DJ
Miller
Ogre
Houghton
Green
Ellis
Tickle
Whiting

Heremaia
Watts
Lynch
Westerman

Unlucky for Pitts, but he's played a fair few games consistently so could be rested. Same for Bowden and Johnson, but it think this is our strongest team. Galea been OK, but shouldn't be in front of Westy, Ellis or Tickle.

Regarding Johnston,people complaining about the soft defence the other night particularly for the try. Johnston is as good a textbook tackler for a prop you'll see, n he'll go all night long,80 if you ever needed it.
Watts is early doubt I think, poss broken finger

Massive game this one as I can't see us beating Hudds a week before the cup game. Looking at wake fields fixtures I'm sure they'll be targeting this one, and we have to put in a performance. Having Ellis, tickle, briscoe and yeaman back will give us a big lift but we have to have a better attitude than last week, and with our captain back on the pitch, I'm sure we will.

Ellis, Briscoe, Tickle and Yeaman back in as well as Bowden. Lynch, Galea, Whiting, Arundel and Crookes all out

On Sky again? how many times is that now? Someone there must like us!

Don't think Sky have ever got over the 2006 playoff game!

We've got nearly a full side out (touch wood) and have given London and Salford a hiding apiece in the last 2 games. Hope we can step it up against better competition, we really need the points from this one, so hopefully will be quite a game!

Hope it will be a better game than your visit for the CC, but at the same time we can't tell you which HullFC will turn up, we've been inconsistent all season.

Like wizeb underneath states, how does a fullback look knackered? he catches and runs.

McDonnall made more metres than anyone else on the field