He is Prof Dr Brian Cox and I claim my deep sea.

I heard cake!! Did someone mention cake?


As for next week I have a good feeling. It's at home on a Friday night and there should be a decent crowd there. I have seen a lot of good signs in the last 2 weeks and yes, there's a lot of bad play too, but a few less errors and I believe yesterday would have been a different story. If Leuluai, Burgess and Delaney are back I think we will win.

I'll have a pint of whatever Harrigan is drinking...

Hey, we competed with Saints for 60+ mins and were the better team against Wigan



Plus I'm not one to buy into all this believest crap. I only make a statement if I truely think it will happen

I actually agree witH HARRIGAN we don't seem to have a problem with our mindset or attitiude when playing the fancied teams and i think we'll be up for this.
Whether that's enough for 2 pts is another matter and a lot depends on who is available imo i'd be more confident with Burgess ,Delaney and Smithy fit.

but not Leuluai?

Yeh definately need Kylie back aswell!

If we get some players back then I would feel more confident. Our defence is shocking at the moment, and some players mentioned above if they are back will provide more steel. Not too sure if we will win, but a better performance would be a start.

i think we'll get a dicking. The giants are way ahead of us right now. Glad i'll be sunning it to be honest, may be one worth missing

I think McDermott should stay true to his word this week, no matter what the consequences. He said players would be picked on form, and he also said certain players were "Soft" this week. He needs to show what that means. I heard Danny Brough after the Huddersfield game saying about their squad strength and how you know that if you do not play well then you are out, simple as that. If only we could be the same.

Personally I would go (if players are back)

Smith
Youngster
Delaney
Watkins
Hall
Webb
Burrow
Kylie
Buderus
Burgess
JJB
Ablett
Sinfield

Bailey
Cross
McShane
Senior

Depends which Leeds team turns up and who we have Missing/Back. But it is a posability!

Is it on sky?

Problem is if you dropped the players that were delivering the required level of performance then you would struggle to put a side out.

I would go with this
Webb - his passing is too suspect to play in the halves
Watkins
Ablett
Senior - only because I don't see a viable option on the other wing if Watkins moves - Smith will not play
Hall
Sinfield
Burrow - sadly
Burgess
Buderus
Cross - he needs to start and get his work rate up
Delanney - hopefully his holiday is over - Mrs Burgess must be worn out by now
Clarkson
JJB

Subs
Kylie
McShane
Singleton
Kirke

If we are picking on form why is Burrow in the squad, and senior even on the bench.

I appreciate that, honestly I do, and in full agreement with you. But unfortunately, we have no other option for scrum half until McGuire is back, and allthough I don't like It I think it is better to have a sub option that can play backs and forwards if necessary.

Sadly I agree on Burrow I though that as i was typing, there is no other option. On senior I would not put senior though, as if needed ablett, can nove to centre and webb can also move to backs and sinfield move to stand off?

Surely Bailey deserves his place?

Mcshane could be given a run at scrum half if necessary.

Agreed - my mistake

I'd be a little more ruthless, even if it means blooding players from the U20s ahead of when you'd maybe want to. If McDermott rollls out the same 17 again after his post-match comments then he's a lame duck with the players IMO.

Webb, Chisholm/Wilson, Ablett, Watkins, Hall, Sinfield, McShane, Leuluai, Buderus, Cross, Delaney, Pitts, JJB

Subs: Burrow, Bailey, Kirke, Ward

I've mentioned the very same approach elsewhere AG but i'd have Singleton in for Kirke ,JJb would be in the backrow with Delaney and Clarkson at 13.

I'm not sure what Clarkson offers, whether you play him from the start or off the bench.

Doesn't dominate collisions either with or without the ball, doesn't have an offload game or quick feet. Needs to kick on and show that having a full-time contract is improving his game because I'm not seeing it at the moment.

He has an eye for the try line brings much more enthusiasm in defence than many established stars imo and whilst i agree there are things he needs to improve i don't think he deserves to be cut.

Delaney should be back as he played for the U20s against Hull KR

Huddersfield are roughly 2/1 at the bookies, surely worth a few quid?!