They'll be knackered with plenty of injuries and knocks in the pivots, and we have the turnaround advantage.

From an injury perspective looks like we're without:
Sa
Yeaman
Sneyd
Watts
Ellis
Green
Paea (limping yesterday at the end)
Whiting

So could be:

Shaul
Lineham
Michaels
Logan
Talanoa
Rankin
Pryce
Bowden
Houghton
Paea (if fit)
Mini
Hadley
Westerman

Thompson
Cunningham
Feka
?

Whilst injuries are no excuse, has to be said that's half a dozen senior players who'd be first choice that probably aren't available.

They'll hammer us.

It's almost a worry if we do win it'll put fuel in the "turned the corner, evidence of progress" machine. Next two games really interesting, great result for Widnes yesterday, they're away at Catalans I think on Monday so they've got a tough schedule.

The fact that you even mention us winning tells me you're still a little in denial about our predicament. We are bloody awful. Sts could send out a team with every single player playing out of position and they'd still beat us, we are as bad as it gets at this level.

Radford said in his interview that he expects a high scoring game


well Saints can score tries but i'm not certain about us being able to get over their line with our 1 man rugby



Rankin and Price need to step up and give us more direction

Wouldn't surprise me to see HTW in the team with Rankin back to full back
Possibility that Sa will be back so I would move Talanoa into the centre and play Michaels on the wing.
If not back then still Talanoa to centre with Lancaster on the wing.
Just don't get the Radford interchanges with Cunningham and Feka.Im sure they can both do more than 10mins.
We should make Mini our captain on the field in the absence of Ellis

Just to add to our woes heard Paea is going to Leeds on a 3yr deal

Our Donkeys have no chance.

Time to give Bobby T-W a run out see what he's got in second row ,nothing to loose against Saints

certainly be a high scoring game. cricket score to them. I sat 48 -12

Will be difficult to sign any prop as replacement for him and Feka too with our SL tenure uncertain.

Hull not very many .... Saints loads .

be brave and have a guess Bones

The fixture list has actually done us a favour with Saints being battered by Wigan and then Widnes having to fly to France with a quick turnaround...but you know full well we'll still mess it up!

I fear a score line we use to get in the walsh era tbh , Even with Saints playing a tough game today.

hope cunningham gets more game time, he hasnt looked bad when hes been on, mickey wants to stay with us so unless we have told him to get another club just wild rumour

Although I'm not expecting anything there are indeed some advantageous factors in Hull's favour.

1 the extra day's turnaround - definitely significant plus Wigan's usual human origami class will leave Sts probably more sore than any other team could anyway.

2 Sts also have a long injury injury list and are probably out of half backs.

3 They aren't scoring well either in their last two games.

In the end though all it probably means is that Radford will have to be more creative with excuses.

As for Widnes I'm not too sure about them being disadvantaged and in any case they are not a good team away from their plastic, one who should be beaten full stop, no excuses.

we will probally be without..walsh..lomax...burns..percival..vea..greenwood..wellens..and uncle tom cobbley an all..youll never get a better chance of beating us!

Regards paea,he will go where the money is ,basically offer loads he stays, let's face it leaving us to go to you lot is not an ambition thing ,not trolling because vice versa would apply

probably the best time to play saints but the fact that you only scored 6 lucky points against us and weve shipped an average of 25pts a game im going for a 0-0 draw

We have the same amount of injuries do they won't be a major factor. Apart from ours are more in the forwards so you'll trample us.

Abdul didn't play for the 19's so I'd expect him to feature.

Need more direction, Rankin isn't good enough to play halfback and him Pryce are too similar, need someone who can kick.

Hearing good things about Reece Dean, I'd be tempted to him a run against Widnes.

It'll be interesting to see who Radford drops. The likes of Logan, Bowden, Hadley, Shaul, Houghton should be dropped but can't see it.

Based on Fridays game you could add rankin and Talanoa to that list, but we won't have any players left.

I'd start with Cunningham and have Houghton the bench.

No creativity at all from the halfbacks, rankin for Sneyd wasn't really like for like id say rankins more like pryce, why wasn't Harry Tyson Wilson brought in if he has a good kicking game and should he given a chance against saints , we'd probably create more with yeaman and westerman at halfback so why not

He should gradually put the youngsters in which he hasnt. Now because the team are rubbish fans are wanting them to all come in. If they do and we get well and truly hammered fans will say he put too many of them in together and we need experieced players. Catch 22 isnt it.