mcdonnell
hall
salter
webster
latus
green
dobson
taylor
withers
o hara
galea
mika
murrell

paea
clinton
hodgson
horne

still a strong team and one that should compete with Saints. Good impact off the bench with paea and Clinton.

Hodgson will start imo

I hope Liam Salter plays, I'd like to see him have an extended run and cement his place in the team now its been confirmed Jake is leaving.

With the loss of Kris Welham the 2-5 looks vulnerable to me. Rovers strength this season has continued to be the left-side so I would play Hally in the left centre position with Jake as his winger. I think they would be a formidable partnership on that side of the field. This might leave the right-side exposed with an inexperienced pairing of my preferred choice Salter and Latus, but they have a good understanding from the U20s. If Con Mika can provide the same cover as Galea does on the left-side then it might not be as exposed, otherwise Saints might have a field day.

Which is why I fully expect Sandercock to play Graeme Horne in the centres for his experience, defence and carries. Mind you there's a case to select Liam on the wing ahead of Sam purely on the basis of speed and potential.

One will give oneself away like that.

Everyone is already aware that I'm his wife.

I thought u lived near Paull

You've got me mixed up with someone else love.

Aw I know ur KC wife

Winnable game if rovers put in a performance like they did at hudds. saints aren't that good. If Hull had any sort of atatcking edge they'd have stuck 40 points on saints the other week

You're married to Keal Carlile?
Scoop.

Yet she has a sig featuring Blake Green............... Awkward.

Oh yer lol And I don't think his missus is called Edith as I follow him on twitter

Keals girlfriend has blonde hair

Excellent stalking there gingerspice.
Something doesn't add up. Obviously Edith isn't actually called Edith it seems.

It's not stalking its easy when you follow people on twitter

I thought Edith meant she was dum Dums wife cos dum dum thinks that KC is great to

Where is Dum Dum by the way? Not heard from him since his trip to wherever.

Gone.
His spirit lives on though.
Sometimes I even think he's still posting.

Edith is dum dum? S wife

Mmmmm! i'm begining to think i've missed something here!

I reckon he has found a dusty corner in the pub Sandra so eloquently described the other day. . .just waiting for someone to call out his name or ask that 'one' question. He might be absent for forty years!

According to the Saints board, Hohaia is injured meaning a return to first team duty for 'out of favour' Gaskell. The Saints fans are happy to see Gaskell back but I thought Hohaia has been a real danger recently. Will this work in Rovers favour? Only if Rovers can win the arm wrestle and curtail Roby.

Even without Kris, Rhys and Dave H I reckon Rovers can come home with the 2pts. The vital ingredient will be composure, something I thought was missing last week. For the first time this season I thought Rovers dominated a match for long periods but were unable to convert possession into points. I hope Dobbo and Green learn from that experience and don't make the same mistake of not keeping the scoreboard ticking.

It's not the scoreboard that needs to keep ticking, it's the timeclock.

I commend you for being so positive but I see the bookies don't agree they give Rovers 18 points start.

Saints have lost just 2 of the last 11 both against Wigan and they are at home so it's easy to see why they are strong favourites.

This is a real big test for Rovers if they are competitive in this game it will be a very good effort.

Calmer waters lie ahead I feel, after this game we still have Wigan at home but all the other fixtures are very winnable, not that anything can be taken for granted of course. I don't expect a win tonight but I do feel we can really kick on for what will be left of the season.