Salford getting mullered by Catalans, means we are 10th...now, do we rest key personnel against the super dooper "injury ravaged"! FC, or protect our key personnel...my opinion, it,s a dead rubber game, rest our key players for when we really really need them.Some may disagree, fair enough, but I don,t think it,s worth the risk bearing in mind what is coming.
Next, start by having a high completion rate, and stop being dumb and giving away possession with stupid penalties. If we can do that we have a real chance of being ok, don,t do that and we invite unnecessary pressure in a high pressure squeaky bum competition(Don,t know if I could take a re-run of 2016)
No MPG(or worse) please.. Leeds will be tough, but we could turn them over. Salford and Widnes will improve...
Anyway,here we go again.

Gotta play strongest team, keep momentum of recent weeks going.

Given how many games Lunt, McGuire and Carney have missed I think 10th and 15 points is a fair effort. form has picked up and key players have come back at the business end. So some reason for cheer - or at least not to be not too downcast.

Next week, I think we need to forget who the opposition are and treat it the same as going to any other club under the same circumstances. Obviously Hull will have their own perspective, and doing that will mean we’ll likely lose - but saying ‘well, at least we won the last ever SL derby’ ten years from now won’t be much of a consolation if it comes at the cost losing key players to injury for the 8s.

Rest players carrying knocks, give a run to anybody needing game time.

I agree with M.R. , Lunt especially needs to be available for the qualifiers so playing him against Hull is a risk we don't need to take. He has to pass a concussion test anyway so let him have 3 full weeks to prepare for our 7 most important games of the season.

Hull haven't seen Lunt or McGuire this season I'd keep it that way. Pity in a way because I can see Hull heading down the table but really we can't be concerned with them.

When the promotion party started last year nobody was bothered that we got tonked in our final regular season game at Halifax. We've taken a few derby defeats lately we can take one more, next year is another matter, first let's make sure there will actually be a derby next year.

So say we rest players for that lot next week and then we pick up injuries in the first game of the 8s where is the benefit?

Why give up smoking when you might get hit by a bus next week?

Just because you can’t eliminate risk doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to manage it.

I don’t like that we’re having to think like this at all - ideally every game should matter. I don’t even like it when people call for the kids to be played for experience. Not fielding your best team and trying everything to win devalues the competition. However, we have one game that matters very little compared with the seven that will follow.

Matters very little???? It's Hull and Rovers ffs. East Vs West. Red n white Vs Black n white. You can't tell me it matters little

Lunt plays in the 8s we finish in the top 3. Maybe Carney can help out and get some game time.
Reckon he will rest players

Disco dancing Adler, disco dancing Adler na na na na....

Rovers going down lol.

Sheens has form for resting key players and as much as I'd love to walk out of City's ground after beating them next week I can't see it happening. The 2 points are worthless for us.If they get well spanked at Wakey today as I suspect they will then what little chance they have of top 4 is about done? Lots of players due back for them and a win against us at home would take some heat off a poor season? If they do manage to beat Wakey then next week's 2 points have a fair value for them? Either way the game means much more to them than it does us. After all these Derby losses as a fan I want us to go full bore and beat them but the cost may be too great? I'd go T Carney M Marsh in the halfs and rest Atkin McGuire and Lunt. Probably Blair Quinlan as well? Donno Johnson Dagger all must be itching to play? Not sure about playing Tomkins either depending on his injury? It's a sad state of affairs you have to think like this but it's the nature of the format we are in. No place for sentiment and we know better than anyone how quickly things can go tits up?

The sooner the scrap the bottom 4v top 4 the better it is pants 1up 1 down and then the rest can get on with getting players for the next season

Compared with what follows is the key point.

Contemplate the potential consequences of another relegation for a moment.

I don’t like it, but it’s the reality of the situation.

I wouldn’t go to mad with resting players probably Lunt and McGuire bring Carney in to cover him and Lee should be back not the same quality but will do a job Hull should be relatively full strength regardless of what Mrs B says but in the bigger picture this game is not important

Oh dear

jakes been on radio Humberside demanding a new coach and owner ,good news for you jake the allams are coming in and changing to eyms to cut costs

Ha ha.lovely stuff

well your red hot favs next week,

I will wager you 50 notes that you beat us next week. Radford will demand a backlash and Sheens will play the reserves. Hull by 20.

Anything other than a FC victory next week and the famous bedsheet won't be far off returning

Jake....Jake.........are you ok?

, normally I would agree, but looks like we have more injuries so could well be we are playing reserves, 50/50 match, and come on you would love to beat us as much as we want to keep up our record against you,

He's still celebrating Hull's season of 'wonderful achievement'.

Give over with your injuries YOUR not the only club to have injuries deal with it like every other club and stop using it as an excuse

totally agree stan, indeed Radford so unhappy already arranged a midweek confidence boosting friendly behind closed doors, against west wales raiders

injuries have been the reason for this year, but not for today which was terrible, I will be glad when this year is over and just glad we are not in the bottom 4,