Looking forward to next Sunday.personally I hope we start with what Sandy believes to be our strongest side then make a host of changes after the break! I know its a friendly but hopefully its a proper workout and neither team gets injuries,

My starting 17:
Eden
Hall
Salter
Welham
Cockayne
Burns
Keating
Weyman
Hodgson
Walker
Cox
Lovegrove
Langley

Poore
Larroyer
Costigan
J. Walker

Its our first hit out so I would imagine all of the fit players in the 30 man squad will get a game. Travis Burns is deffo not playing and I don't think Graham Horne or Greg Eden will either.
Will be a funny game I think. Hull have had 2 matches already and will probably play as close as they can to their first choice 17 and limit their interchanges whilst we will be chopping and changing every 5 minutes. Could be entertaining, could be a farce!

Thanks for the info regards absentees your obviously in the know!

Not really, its all been in the press!

Reckon it'll be a tough game, if you ignore the first 76 minutes Hull played really well against Bradford.

Seriously though, I can't see this being much more than a run out for us and a disjointed interchange game. Struggle to see the point really, rather had a run out against a championship side and the final one against hudds.

The Huddersfield game will be our main warm up match in terms of treating it as a proper match with limited interchanges etc. The Hull game is an opportunity to give everybody a run out. You can do as much prep work as you want but there is no substitute for playing matches to get match sharpness. The young kids will get the opportunity to play infront of a massive crowd and we will walk away with a big cheque.

Think we have learnt that using the Hull game as your main preseason run out normally costs you in the long run in terms of injuries.

Nice to blow out the cobwebs and give everyone a run before the Huddersfield game

I see your point but the problem with the Hudds friendly is that we go back there very soon afterwards for our very first away league game.

Will either team want to show their hand?

Also Hudds start their league campaign a week early and play their opener against Wigan only 6 days after the friendly with us. Will they even risk any first team players against us I suspect they may not.

For these reasons I think the Hudds friendly may be a damp squib and our only serious hit out will be against Hull.

What's up with Eden?

I believe the side will include a large number of fringe players

big squad out against Hull with plenty of interchanges, no cohesion but hopefully no injuries either.

according to Look North the derby friendly is at Craven park and the new stand will be open and ready for the game lol.

You said exactly the same thing the other day.

except last night it was on Look North. obviously a mistake after all

Not seen a lot of Berharrell but hopefully he will get a good run out at off half for the game. Not sure if it's worth putting Hall in there as we know what he can do and Burns is likely to be back for the first game.

We will put our best side possible out for this one , not because it's a derby but because it'll be our last chance to do so against super league opponents before the start of the season
Hull by 20+ but if we lose it's only a friendly

Rovers with a squad of 28, Hull a squad of 22, there'll be plenty of substitutions being made but I think Hull will try and give players longer minutes as its there last S/L friendly where as we still have Hudds to play too. a Hull win there for wouldn't surprise me or bother me as long as we don't get any injuries.

Tbh injuries are my only concern . Safe trip if your going pal

all these games are really about is match fitness and no injuries, oh and the banter obviously

It's only a friendly www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Adam-Pearson-te ... story.html

It's only a friendly www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Adam-Pearson-te ... story.html

Good bit of marketing, I actually think him and NH get on quite well.

Quote ="MrPhilb"It's only a friendly www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Adam-Pea ... story.html'" Really!!!! Its a friendly for gods sake, pretty certain that whomever wins it it will prove nothing more than it was a friendly between two clubs in preseason warm up mode. Is Pearson admitting now that Bradford have a superior squad to Hull? That Donny have an equally strong squad.

Quote ="MrPhilb"It's only a friendly www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Adam-Pea ... story.html'" Really!!!! Its a friendly for gods sake, pretty certain that whomever wins it it will prove nothing more than it was a friendly between two clubs in preseason warm up mode. Is Pearson admitting now that Bradford have a superior squad to Hull? That Donny have an equally strong squad.

Can't believe you are taking the article seriously, it's obvious it's a marketing ploy and a bit if banter,

Can you imagine if that article was Hudgell says lets smash Hull, your forum would have melted down by now

I think sadly you are right.