Yep. We've limped through yet another qualifiers campaign which has gone to the last round. Off season Sheens will be talking about challenging. Lather. Rinse. Repeat times 12.

Read Lunt is very ill in hospital. Wish him well, another reason for the players to really bust a gut on Sunday.They can't help him get better but a win and safety would be a boost for all

Fed up of waiting now.
Let's just do this.
I think the fact we play last is a completely double edged sword, results go our way, happy days. Need a result, pressure on.
Utterly ludicrous system.
We have accrued more points than the current bottom placed team in the Super 8's over the course of the season and yet we still could go down.
Shizzle sticks.

Seen that - very worrying. Puts things in perspective. Fingers crossed for speedy recovery for him.

Salford sign hastings and lussick,we sign todd carney,how lucky we are.Well done tim.

MPG at worst now. Hope to god the team can pull through sunday. Up the robins. EHIW

O/T Just been on the HDM Hull Live site, and it seems to have been given a 100% click bait makeover.

The lead news story is about a ‘touching’ message from Tommy Robinson, from prison to his wife. I’ll be very generous and say its tone is oddly soft focus.

I know local journalism is in crisis, but even so.

The HDM's coverage of sport is just dreadful. Used to think it was 'ok' for city. Obviously don't read about Hull. But Westmorland's coverage of Rovers is truly awful. He was unbearable on commentary last week too...

Leeds really, really should beat Toronto.

I heard a rumour that if two teams get relegated they have to split the parachute payment. With only a single promotion spot next year and that nugget of info, do you really think Widnes want us down in the Championship when Toulouse is already going to be there with either London or Toronto and lose out on 250k?

All interesting and pure speculation of course.

First match of the four finished. Salford effectively up. Barring very strange results expect Leeds to go up as well. Expect London in the MPG against either us or TWP.
Will know on Sunday exactly what is required to get the last automatic spot, which is bonkers. We have just got to go all out to win by whatever is necessary.
As others have said, stupid system,hate it, hate it, hate it. Should not have to be fighting for the right to stay up when you finish 10th. Just want it over, and no MPG.
Haven,t heard anything, just what,s on here,but if right about Shaun Lunt, hope he recovers quickly, and yes, it does put things into perspective.

Whats wrong with Lunt

Welol if something is wrong with Lunt why has the paper not said nothing seems very strange even on rovers page no mention

Well if something is wrong with Lunt why has the paper not nothing seems very strange even on rovers page no mention

It was on HullKRfans. It has been removed to be respectful, and it’s probably sensible we follow the same line. The new post says the club will make announcement in due course.

The Widnes Vikings' 19-man squad:
30. Keanan Brand
40. Owen Buckley
25. Jay Chapelhow
26. Ted Chapelhow
14. Chris Dean
29. Owen Farnworth
7. Tom Gilmore
1. Rhys Hanbury
41. Harrison Hansen
33. Aaron Heremaia
11. Chris Houston
21. Jordan Johnstone
20. MacGraff Leuluai
35. Joe Lyons
2. Stefan Marsh
4. Charly Runciman
9. Lloyd White
12. Matt Whitley
17. Sam Wilde

And ours. Blair returns in place of Shaun Lunt.
2/ Junior Vaivai
7/ Danny McGuire
8/ Nick Scruton
10/ Mose Masoe
11/ Maurice Blair
12/ James Greenwood
13/ Ben Kavanagh
15/ James Donaldson
17/ Chris Clarkson
19/ Tommy Lee
21/ Robbie Mulhern
22/ Liam Salter
24/ Chris Atkin
27/ Will Oakes
34/ Danny Tickle
39/ Joel Tomkins
40/ Todd Carney
41/ Craig Hall
42/ Ben Crooks

I doubt Blair will play but obviously given as late as possible to prove his fitness better squad than I expected

Strong looking 19 from Widnes .Hanbury and Marsh back but no Inu which may add bit of weight to the rumour we had signed him with Hauraki? Blair hopefully being back for us shows just how much he is prepared to give for the club yet again? We've had some great imports and some chaff but sometimes you get a Stanley Gene, Clint Newton or Maurice Blair who give everything.So many reasons to win on Sunday but now with the captain laid low with major illness the only thing the players and fans can do is get the job done for him!

Everybody lump on us beating Widnes by exactly 12 points would be my advice.

After tonight’s result we need to win by 14 or more, squeaky bum time I think.

Hicks was a disgrace.Never a yellow and numerous dodgy calls. The Fix is on by RFL

If we can't stuff Widnes by more than 14 we deserve to be in the MPG anyway, and it'll be away at London after London rip Halifax apart.

You can't trust Leeds to do anything right, but the ref decisions by Hicks were biased all game. Took the video ref to overturn two of his crap decisions.

Whats the betting if we're 14 points up with a minute to go, the ref manufactures a penalty underneath the sticks for them?

We have a second chance ala 2016 (which didn't end well) but it should mean that we shouldn't panic and go out to rip Widnes a new one. At which point, I refer back to my opening sentence.

They’d run it, surely. And score most likely, admittedly.

Though, tbh, I wouldn’t be surprised to see them knock over a drop goal to make it 24-11 with the last kick of the game. Who was it scored an accidental drop goal against in the championship last year. Dewsbury, maybe? Another one like that, perhaps.

I don’t blame Leeds for going at it 85%. Their season was done, and they just had to avoid a pasting. And, as their fans seem happy to acknowledge they’re cack. And not just ‘by their own high standards’, either. Proper cack.

That Gareth O'Brien drop goal for TWP last night was a thing of beauty and brought back wonderful memories.
Don't think you'll have to fear a repetition of a similar scenario on Sunday though as Widnes are more than likely gonna throw the game.
You by 30+.

Just hope that none try that TWP were allowed doesn,t cost us our SL place. Don,t think there is a "fix on" to get them up, but at times I can understand why people would think that. When I,m angry even I sometimes think the same. Just think the RFL are useless and deluded. Some officials are poor and ignore(for whatever reason) blatant offences.
It,s simple then, win by 14 points or the MPG. Just wish Quinlan was available but he,s not.
The team is capable but Widnes will not roll over.
Blitzkrieg or bust.
COYR.