We'll have to make the most of the penalties that Catalans concede.
Ferriol is once again their biggest culprit in this area.
Easy field position could be vital for a win.

Bosc is rumoured to be back this week, massive boost for them if correct.

well we will just have to wait and see this weekend.
i think we will have to play smart rugby to beat them, they are a big unit and will be looking to dominate the ruck, so we have to play smart and keep them turned round and tire them out.
hopefully a good win just before the derby might encourage a bit more freedom in the play. and some very carefully placed kicks would not go amiss either, if this means dobbo dropping 5 metres to give himself more time then that is what they should do.
either way i hope for a cracker of a game and not another nail biter.

Cannot see anything but a convincing win for you lot this week. Cats have been poor at best and with Mogg now gone they are there to be beaten.

I think the only thing that could cause a problem would be players being over confident.

why the lol ?

The guys $hite and we rarely get a 50-50 from him, even as video ref.

I bet you one thing, win or lose Thaler will NOT blend in, he will be the centre of attraction by his garbage reffing.

You can say that for the majority of them though Rover49, sad but true

Exactly, Thaler is no better and no worse then the rest. Its just because of the bad press thats happened between Him and Justin that people thing hes the worst ref we could ever get.

Personally i didn't think Thaler did that much wrong in the game where he and Morgan had their spat. Rovers were just destroyed by a better team.

Looking back, you are probably correct, but at the time it was our 1st exposure to Wrestlemania. Obviously its commonplace now.

I'd heard he'd just got his pot off and was having a scan to see if the ligaments had healed,if not he could still be months away. Sounded like he was a few weeks away at best.

Bosc in the 19...can't believe he's ready to play though www.superleague.co.uk/preview.php?id=4744

Bosc in the 19...can't believe he's ready to play though www.superleague.co.uk/preview.php?id=4744

If your talking about the Hudds game last season, look at the DVD if you can. Yes Hudds were far superior and deserved the win, but I said at the time and I still remain of the same mind, it was the most one sided reffing display I have seen since I began watching RL in 1962. He allowed them to be offside at just about every play in the first half and then banged us for it twice, he alllowed them to lay on for ages until the defence got back, we tried it and we got penalised after about 2 seconds. I doubt we would have won that day, but when your first receiver gets hit by a prop, your player is either as slow as a Sumo or the prop is Usain Bolt in disguise. Or, the ref is useless at policing the offside.

Lets agree to disagree. If he had been that bad i doubt he'd ever be reffing again.

I usually simmer for a while and then by the next game have forgotten about it, on this occasion I wrote a letter of complaint as a customer to the RFL, first time ever I have done such a thing.

Not as if there is an abundance of referee's to pick from. Drop Thaler and who do you bring in ?

Let each sides 19th man take a half each, got to be better than Thaler.

Any chance of posting a copy of this letter?

Justin trying to deflect the blame? Surely not

All the great coaches do it, remember when Man Utd lost because it was over cast and they had a grey kit on?

agar needs a bit of that in his locker.

Indeed, the great coaches do, so does justin by the looks of it

All of this and you would all have a party if Justin ever swapped over and coached F.C.

FACT

The only party I'd have is because agar was gone. Last thing Hull need is a former prop as coach who doesn't even seem able to sign a decent prop, let alone get his team playing expansive rugby

Vella is awful i know

Although he was much better in his 1st 2 seasons to be fair

Dont forget hes also rubbish at turning a young centre into one of the best forwards the club has - Lovegrove.