Wake me up when the new season finally starts. It's all a bit cold, dark and a tad boring until then.

I'm coming over a little earlier on friday so i wanted to know if that little school Car park just before the Traffic lights is open/used for evening games for parking, Think there used to charge a £5 last time i came over, It makes it easier for away fans to get away quicker.

Hope you have a good season nice to have both hull clubs back in Sl.



Cheers
Acko


Up The Trin

I would check on our official website, ' match day information...' parking isnt going to be easy., the council have placed bollards all along the central reservation to stop cars parking on there.. UP THE ROBINS AND CHEERS

The first 19 of '18 is out:

1 Adam Quinlan
3 Thomas Minns
4 Andrew Heffernan
5 Ryan Shaw
7 Danny McGuire
9 Shaun Lunt
10 Mose Masoe
11 Maurice Blair
12 James Greenwood
13 Ben Kavanagh
14 Lee Jewitt
17 Chris Clarkson
19 Tommy Lee
20 Matty Marsh
21 Robbie Mulhern
22 Liam Salter
24 Chris Atkin
29 Jordan Walne
36 Justin Carney

Apart from Scruton, pretty much what you'd have hoped for, I guess.

Would have liked another prop to chose from especially at losing scruton but it's not to be the Wakefield fans seem pretty confident some of them expecting to win easily my heart says we'll win my head says narrow defeat

Wakefield have a stronger team than Rovers I don't think there is any doubt about that.

But Rovers most important players McGuire & Lunt are available and we are at home. There will be a big crowd and a great atmosphere.

The key is defence and attitude. If we defend for our lives McGuire & Lunt are players who can eek out tries like few others. It might be enough.

Wakefield are favourites justifiably so. We might actually have a better chance a week later at Elland Road I'd certainly take one win out of two if offered.

Would expect Walne to get nod with no Scruton.No getting away from the fact we look lightweight in the pack.The last few season before relegation we were underpowered and seem no bigger now? As Bob says effort and emotion may be enough early rounds?

I think you have a great chance of a win. Even the best of teams are vulnerable in the first few games and we are not the best. That said it's probably one of the better Trinity teams you'll have come across.

Unless we implode the real difference between the two teams may start to show after games 5-6 imho.

If I were a HKR fan I'd have this down as if not a must win then at least a hope to win.

Best of luck against the rest of SL

Our backs look decent it's just if we can match or actually dominate anyone else's pack? Hope to be proved wrong and a mobile medium sized pack can do the job for us? Wigan gave done well considering on paper their pack is comparably small but they are fast and fitter than most it seems? We are going to have to be fitter and more aggressive than ever if we hope to miss bottom 4

What can you expect from Wakefield Trinity

Wakefield have a huge front row, huge! There’s no respite when the interchanges happen either as the two coming off the bench are bigger than the two who’ll start the game and there’s one big prop who hasn’t even made the 19.

It’s almost definitely the biggest prop forward rota in Super League so, without trying to offend anyone, you can’t match Trinity for size. Therefore a smaller more mobile pack is your best opportunity to win the battle up front.

While Wakefield’s back row & loose are sizeable they’re very mobile and run some great lines while being athletic enough to defend against lighter players with great footwork. IMO it’s this mix of size up front and mobility in the back rows that’s worked so well for Trinity over the last season or so.

We have two clever halves who get the team moving and link the forward and back play pretty efficiently. Miller has a bit of ‘off the cuff’ play in him and the speed to punish you if he gets through the line.

The whole three quarter line has genuine pace and finishing power from anywhere on the field. At least one genuine speedster/finisher will be left out.

Grix is the puppet master at the back and has enough experience to chime in and be a playmaker or extra man out wide.

It’s early season and every team will be looking for their timing and combinations so like everyone else Trinity can be vulnerable in the first few weeks. One of our biggest failings is discipline and another is ball control, we push the pass too often trying to make things happen.

You have an intimidating stadium, full of loud and passionate supporters who creat a great atmosphere who get behind your team so I expect this to be a tough game that remains tight for around 65 minutes but I think Trinity will get on top and finish stronger.

Rovers 18 v 28 Trinity

Good Luck for the season

Thought Grix divided opinion?First time in recent years Wakey fans seem hopeful of a good season? Looking forward to watching tomorrow's game then ours on Friday.Bookies giving us 4 point start which sounds about right.I like our centres but just hope they get ball in hand and not facing wave after wave of forwards.We will see

He does. Frankly Avenger is entitled to his opinion but personally I thought it a bit OTT. Far to early to be that confident imo no matter who you support. I'm just as nervous this year as any other tbh I've seen the wheels fall off before.

Which bit do you think was ott?

You did make it sound like you'd give the Australian national side a run for there money

Grix doesn't really split opinion, pretty much every Wakey fan can see how important he is to the team and the work that he gets through. What does split opinion is with his understudies at fullback, young Jowitt is an excellent prospect but he struggles to get game time ahead of Grix (because Grix rarely does anything to risk his spot). We also have a younger player (Hooley) who is just breaking out of the academy and is putting pressure on both Grix and Jowitt for a spot. This is what causes tension amongst the Wakefield fans, many want Jowitt to be given more of a role in the fear that we will lose him if we don't. My hope is that with a reserve grade this season, he will be able to get some quality game time and continue to push Grix for the number 1 jersey.

Anyway, that's all but irellivant to Friday night, I'm expecting a tough battle which could go either way, but I think the size and mobility of the Wakefield pack will probably edge the game towards Wakefield in the final quarter. It should make for a good game though as long as the conditions aren't too poor.

Good luck for the season ahead

All of it tbh but I actually hope your assessment is right I'd love it to be so. I just don't have quite your belief, years of disappointment I suppose.

Sorry but that's not right imo. I'm pro Grix I think he makes a huge difference but there are loads who don't rate him and never will. You might not like it but it's a fact, a real marmite player if ever there was.

That is an absolutely massive overexageration as per usual for you, there were only a handful of posts on the Northstanders last season about him being poor, and a good 95% of responders were defending him. Same when you're stood in the terraces, a very small minority who moan about everything moan about him.

It seems on hear lately every one moans

That's what I've read on your forum last few year,a real split over Grix.Of course last season was a pretty good one and smoothed it a bit? Fullback is great when your team is rolling forward and rarely are you left 1 on 1 with a 22 stone lump at full pelt and instead you are chiming in the line and finishing or providing final pass for try.Dixon and Cockayne for us last few Superleague season took more hits than Kiss.Dixon behind a dominant pack could/would have been a star imo.Again lots of ways this year can go for both our sides but hopefully we both prosper

Maybe? For my part I'm chuffed to have us back in top league again and hope the team surprise me and opposing fans with good solid rugby and we hold our own 1st season back?Don't think any of us expects anything more than mid table and maybe a cup run at best? I find it frustrating that no lessons seemed to have been learnt from the Sandercock/Chester regimes regarding the pack.With only Donno and Scruton to come in (maybe Lawler) Masoe aside we look relatively small again? Sheens knows more than me though so there is the counter argument that we will have to see how it goes and every team seems to have question marks over them

I don't think it's over the top, I think it's a fair assessment of our capabilities he's said it how it is, the problem is it's sport and things don't always go to plan,there's so much can happen bad refereeing, ill discipline, too many players having an off night, complacency, a team wanting to do well for their first home game back in SL, so your quite right in saying that we've seen the wheels drop off before, too many times unfortunately, I'll just settle for 2 points and no injuries.

I suppose it shows there's real lack of quality fullbacks around in SL if Grix still manages to get a game at a top8 club. He's a walking calamity.

Wakey (on paper) should be top8, maybe even sneak top4, I'm impressed with their squad overall, and they have some really exciting youngsters coming through.

You're deluded mate as usual - did you not see and hear the abuse he got after the Saints game! Get a grip man.

Here is our resident FC expert on all things rugby. I'd say Grix has better handling skills than Shaul and better defensively but of course your chav has raw speed.From what iv seen Shaul spills his share of high balls but because he hasn't had to defend that much he gets a lot of attacking ball.Different role nowadays and we have 2 small fast fullbacks at KR in Moss and Quinlan.May be a luxury? Hardaker was the perfect blend of old style fullback and modern extra pivot but unfortunately he spunked his talent