We have a squad of 26 full time players, 27 counting young 16 yo winger Will Oakes, who for the purpose of playing against Wakefield is discounted. One of the smallest squads in SL in numerical terms.

This is the reality for next week's game as I understand at the time of writing.

Allgood - potential fractured thumb. X-ray tomorrow and bad news knowing our luck
Boudebza - suspended
Campese - injured, return date unknown
Donaldson - fractured wrist
Larroyer - shoulder injury
Lunt - ankle surgery recovery
Mantellato - detached retina
Marsh - knee ligament injury

With 7 definite absentees, 8 likely with Allgood, we cannot pick a preliminary 19 man squad as I see it without young Oakes.

If we get a training injury, job's f**ked. What an unlucky debacle.

Somebody got their planning wrong. A loan signing and a new signing is urgently needed.

Isn't It Walker's court case this week as well?

Are we cursed or is there something wrong with the training methods at the club it's gone on far to long to be a coincidence

Think so. Short of losing someone in a freak yachting accident I don't see what else is left to happen.

Throw the kids in. What you got to lose and you never know if you might un earth a gem

Even if we did find a gem we would only release them

All the kids left, we only have the pets left. I hardly think a 3/4 line of 2 cats, a border collie and a hamster will frighten Wakey.

I don't even know who we can call on these days. Who in the u19s is ours?

Peacock Chester and poaching will have to turn out next week, Catalan had a proplems getting dave Taylor a XXXXL shirt so rovers have just purchased a 4 man tent for poaching

Joking aside I would be asking peacock to earn his salary and get his boots back on

The only consolation is that, with the exception of hooker, no one part of the team is completely knacked. We should still be able to put out a vaguely coherent 17.

Big game for us. A win might just be enough to see us through thin poop storm. Defeat and it'll be gloom factor 10.

At least Poaching can still tackle a good dinner. Shame his other tackle techniques don't work.

There were 6 Robins in the academy starting line up yesterday that lost to Leeds. Our best 2 players (Wardill and Cator) were on the bench.
It would be a massive ask for any of them to play first team rugby at the minute in my opinion.

Do you know if he's failing to earn his salary in his present position?

Thanks for that R.B.A. So basically we're screwed!

Looks that way doesn't it?

As for sunday, having watched the highlights of cas v wakey, I think you'll have enough to beat them. Their defence makes yours look almost competent

Is it just me who thinks luck has little to do with our current position, we spent last year on the bones of our Rs due to injuries, maybe unlucky. So this yer we reduce the squad size??

I've always said a mistake is acceptable but to do it twice is unforgivable.

Campese was always going to be injured going into this season.
Lunt again was a known injury
Walkers situation was known about
Allgood looks to be injury prone.

add to that the inevitable suspension or 2 and the fact we all knew we were far too light up front and all we seem to have done in the off season is weaken an already weak side.
I may be wrong but the only other side going into the season with a smaller squad was Leeds, its going well for them as well and they started from a much stronger position than us.

I'm not sure the squad size and depth is Chesters fault but unfortunately for him it looks like its his problem now and he seems a long way out of his depth.

You'd be surprised.

I think it's a good job were playing Wakefield next week it's the only team we've got a chance of beating and Wakefield will be thinking exactly the same

Pity we couldn't persuade Tony Puletua to stay another year we could do with him right now

Failing to plan is planning to fail. The squad was thin long before the injuries. We can all see it no second row to speak of, lack of front row power. Chester says he is happy with what he's got well if he is happy with what he's got both he and Poaching will be coaching us in the championship. Its just like listening to the same old lines after we get beat. Well fix it up in training blar blar bollox. Well you've been saying that for 18 months but no change. Wakey on Sunday for me is a must win game.

Don't know, as I'm not party to his full remit. Considering he didn't start working for us until November, it's a little early to judge whatever it is he's here to do.

When was the last time a player was loaned to either Hull club from the other, Hadley or Whiting would be good short term signings for you and with Hudge and AP getting on these days, could it happen?

I was going to suggest Yeaman, but I'd imagine that wouldn't go down too well.

Donaldson out for 8/10 weeks.

Plus Mantelato apparently out for anywhere between 4 weeks and 4 month.