moving on from the leeds defeat where we showed alot of effort and commitment its now crunch time to actually get the win against a team who is expected to be out of the top 8

campese returning for them will be a big boost, not sure if lunt will return too.

crabtree expected back for us, hopefully wardle/wood too

we cant afford to fall further behind the pack now , big game!!

Hopefully we will get a win under our belts, otherwise the knee's won't be jerking but truly clattering!

seriously though, it would be nice to get some players back, but then it's getting those players match fit, which is a different thing altogether. that could take up until the easter fixtures!

Rervers haven't started that brightly but with a new coach in, who is a bit of a legend over in West Rotterdam, it could give them a lift.

Every minute matters is definitely the case for us now.
For once I'd take points over performance. I couldn't care less if it's our worst performance of the year if we get 2 points.

I haven't been worried about our season yet but a loss this week I think we'll mentally be shot.

a loss this week will see mean chances of top four will be extremely unlikely, after the split our season could well be meaningless - unless of course we lose to wakey as well and then after the split our season will be more important than its been for a while!!!!
we need Eorl back this week!

i don't think a defeat will be all that bad to be honest, we know and probably everyone else knows that we are bound to improve once we get some players, and cohesion back.
other teams are going to slip up i'm sure.
mentally, it could go the other way, knowing that we are getting some bodies and experience back could give us a boost?

I'm sure other teams will slip up- but expecting them to slip up 5 times more than us for the remainder of the season may be a little too much to expect!

exactly.. losing 5 on the trot would be a disaster 10 points behind!

We lost these exact same fixtures last season

Just saying

But we also beat Wire three times which wont happen this season.

Hull also look less like a pushover as well.

not improved then! we didnt lose to widnes at home?

not 4 on the trot either at the start

jordan tansey comes in for us then for a month

talented player who has lost his way in the past

full back for us? allows connor to go back in the halves . options if wardle and wood return too

new to this forum, does anyone know what players we have back fit this weekend

Crabtree I think is the only definite at the moment.

crabtree, wood, wardle

team id like to see sunday

tansey
mcgillvary
cudjoe
connor
murphy

hinchcliffe
brough
wood

crabtree
johnson
wardle
lawrence
taai

bench
rapira
mason
leeming
patrick

not ideal as i dont really like connor at centre but wardle in 2nd row i want to see.
anderson may go with wardle at centre and connor to partner brough.
or even connor at full back and tansey centre !

If Kyle Wood is fit,as in recovered from his injury, i wouldn't be tempted to put him in at all, maybe send him to Oldham for a bit of match fitness?, surely we can't just throw a player who has been out of the game for almost a year straight back into an important game?

if all are fit and ready,i would go:

Tansey
Jerry
Leroy
Murphy
Foster
Connor
Brough
Rapira
Hinchy
JJ
Lawrence
Patrick
Ta'ai

Crabtree
Mason
leeming
Wardle

id start wardle at centre put murphy to wing and bench or drop foster

id go if all are fit
tansey
mcgillvary
cudjoe
sam wood not done anything wrong
smurf
conner
brough
rapira
hinchcliffe
johnson
roberts far better all round than patrick no room for him
lawrence
ta'al

bench
leeming
wardle
mason
crabtree

wood wouldnt be in the squad if he wasnt fit.

he is also one of andersons fave players.

i could see him coming off the bench to replace hinchcliffe and drop leeming who for me has been poor in his games this season so far expected more from him.

Wardle is best at centre

Bruno back in the pack
Smurph on the wing
Taai at loose

Patrick on the bench
Wood to start, Connor on the bench
Leeming on the bench

Tansey at the back

hull kr could have lunt and campese back plus a new coach in charge so will be a tough match

Connor instead of a bench prop?

Tansey
Murphy
Connor
Leroy
Jermaine

Brough
K.Wood

Rapira
Hinchcliffe
J.Johnson/Dickinson
Wardle
Ta'ai
Bruno

Larne
Roberts
Kruise
Eorl


Connor and Murphy looked really good together vs Hull away at the end of last season. I think they have can create a really good combo.

Ukuma has to be running out wide, he is wasted in the middle, whereas Bruno is wasted out wide as he doesn't offer quite as much in attack, but offers the team loads in the middle..

Larne and Eorl to offer good impact off the bench.

I also feel Dickinson did enough to keep a place in the team..

Looking forward to see Tansey, as I have always felt he has the potential to be a special player. But for one reason or another has never fulfilled his potential.. He's on a 1 month loan, give him a chance.

I always thought Tansey had flair if he is tied down he seldom sparks hope we let him play his game.

I'd keep Connor at SO and Wardle to centre, woods been out a long time.