Could Kelly be available for this one? Think we have a reserves game today - not sure whether it counts.

I might be wrong but I don't think you can use 2 games in the same weekend to count for a ban.
I'd like to see same team as last night but Faraimo back in for Swift. And a bit more game time for Fonua.

Makes sense, unfortunately

Could lay down a right marker for the season to come.
Bring on next Sunday.

An absolute litmus test
I can’t see us rolling over their pack as we barely got on top of Rovers
We have to play the complete game
Shifting the ball on tackle 3 and 4 for example

Hopefully 9 days is just right and Fonua is worth 80 mins

Free hit

You're right - even reserve midweek games (mon-thu) don't count unless the 1st team hasn't a game the following weekend.

Got the job done against rovers after a short turn around, but think if we play like that against a saints team playing how they did against Warrington, we get beat, we need to up our intensity to match them, which hopefully we can after a decent turnaround

We need to find some defensive intensity. Even with their small pack, rovers found it easy to make metres for most of the games. It drives me mad when we just stand and wait for the opposition to come to us. Saints biggest strength is their defence and we need to match them

Yeh me to, crept back in last night, I’m putting that down to short turnaround for now, we’ll find out Sunday, because saints will definitely bring it

Harking back to the day, I thought that all games that the individual was eligible for, counted provided they were arranged prior to a ban?

… not any more. It's all in the RFL "flip-book", the most difficult way imaginable to look at documents.

We've not won our first three Super League games in a season since 2009. We won five from five that year. Game six was a 18-19 home defeat to Cas which was the first of five successive league defeats (plus at Cup loss at home to Salford), in fact we only won another five games all season.

Five from five then five from twenty-two.

Shaul
Naulago
Tuimavave
Griffin
Faraimo
Connor
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Sao
Jones
Lane
Savelio

Ellis
Bowden
Fash
Fonua

Assuming Satae & Kelly banned, Ma'u injured, Ellis and Faraimo back.

Great opportunity to make it 3 from 3 , Saints have got a few out injured already this season and Percival didn't look to good on Thursday either . WCC the following week also .

Roby, makinson and Knowles likely to play so will be stronger than they were thursday plus they will want a better performance before the wcc

How do you know they’re likely to play ? More inside info from bull e land .., ?

makinson & knowles back next week according to sky on thursday and I expect they'll want to get game in for roby before the WCC if possible. That OK with you? Ask the voice in your head what he thinks

Saints pack looked nothing special without Walmsley to set the tone. If we can find the same intensity as at Leeds there is every chance that we can get on top of them. We need to be patient and take our chances because we won't get many of them against such a well drilled side. I think we have every chance though. I would make it a 50/50 contest and I reckon the bookies odds will reflect that.

Hopefully Satae doesn't get a ban, but I fear he might. It was very late and a bit of a cheap shot on a relaxed player. At least he didn't him high though, so we might get lucky with just a warning.

As i said at the time, if an opposition player had hit a Hull player, late, with intent and said player had no chance to at least ready himself for the impact I would want at least a 1 match ban.

A landmark fixture for me as it is the only home game I have attended since I left Hull 60 years ago. Match was in 2010 when Hull came back from 6-26 in the second half to win in the last minute 27-26 and complete a league double over Saints for the first time in 20 years. Playing for Hull was a young lad called Danny Houghton who more than matched his more illustrious rival Keiron Cunningham.
Roby played loose forward that night and was laid out for a couple of minutes or so when he got in the way of an O'Meley run.

Was a really memorable match and I went with several family members. My sister informs me they will all be there again for me on Sunday to mark the 10th anniversary of the fixture. Disappointed that it won't be televised.

If Ellis had kicked the penalty and Rovers received the ball back in the 2nd half there’s half a chance we may have lost
Up to 60mins we were bang average
Saints don’t usually wobble in the last 20 against a team that are average for the first 60

So how do we beat them ?

Change the first 60 that’s for sure

However winning breeds confidence and thank goodness we won !!
It sets a mindset that can spread across a team

The 9 day break will certainly help

So let’s use the Gladiator line

“ at my signal unleash hell” but from minute 1

Ifs, buts and maybes. If livetts try wasn't given, if we didnt piggy back them up the field they wouldnt have scored as many etc etc.

You could see we hadn't had as much time on the training field and we looked a little leggy. Yet when we decided to to go up a gear, we were to much for kr.

Against a saints side that have just been embarrassed, we are going to have to be on it for the full game. With a hard fought win against kr a good result at Leeds and a longer turn around, I think we will see a.much better FC team on sunday against saints. Think it will be a tight game, but one I'm.confident we can win.

Satae banned for 3 matches https://twitter.com/SuperLeague/status/ ... 96769?s=19

Satae banned for 3 matches https://twitter.com/SuperLeague/status/ ... 96769?s=19

Without Satae for 3 matches, was a dumb challenge, but think 3 games is a bit harsh.

My team for Saints would be

Shaul
Swift
Fonua
Carlos
Ratu
Connor
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Sao
Jones
Griffin
Fash

Savelio
Bowden
Lane
Johnstone