Must win game to keep the dream alive and the cash rolling in .they came close to rams so it won't be a gimmy .WIll go for us by 12

I think cougars by 20 plus.

We will lose 19 12..................................... On penalty counts

, but still win by double figures

They will have taken heart from the way they put pressure on Dewsbury and nearly turned them over at the death.

We have to be clinical and maintain concentration and intensity for the full 80 and if so we should win by a good couple of tries.

If we fail to put into practice the lessons we have learned in the friendlies and games so far, this could be a close run thing.

At home, and against lower division opposition, the team should be trying to give the type of performance that will encourage more fans to turn up.

After last weeks display against Rochdale, i would say Cougars by 20 at least.

Firstly I'd advise that in defence we should stand a good yard behind Laughton and that none of our players including Buster and JD say anything to him at all.

I think if we put in a similar performance to what we did against Rochdale we win by a similar of greater margin. Personally I'd like us to see us put in a big defensive performance and keep them to less than 10 points.

Think we should win comfortably if we continue improvements. I think I read they've some injuries but agree we can't be complacent, they'll be up for it and I'd like to see us be clinical.

Our kicking game has improved no end so I'd like to see us utilise this as much as possible, let's keep them penned back in there own Half as much as possible and ware them down,then when in possession of the ball let's make advantage of Parata, he's clinical and should be odds on for a try or 4!

Not only Parata but, with the form that our props showed last week, let them make the inroads and get the ball out to any three-quarter for a clinical finish.

We've just got to keep Roden out of the game. Legally of course!

Interesting article in 'The Oldham Chronicle'

Team News from JD ahead of tomorrows game. youtu.be/oMk49P5QmjQ

Team News from JD ahead of tomorrows game. youtu.be/oMk49P5QmjQ

That's still a strong squad and I'd like to think we could win by at least 20 points.

No Semi Buster

Anyone know if down to injuries?

If you watch the video and listen no ones injured. JD is rotating the team again, final week mind we will see his best team next week.

I think its a good idea. Buster is a major player. It will be interesting to see how we play with Obst playing hooker.

I'd like to see how Buster at Loose forward and Obst at hooker went.

Looking forward to seeing how the different set up works. Hope we get a good winning margin, then it's the quarterfinals to look forward to.

Good call.
Not really sure about Obst at hooker. I dont really think he has the look for it

Convincing win today. I definitely expected the game to be closer than it was today.

I was surprised at Jason Demetriou reacting to an Oldham player by going to attack him. I don't think that a player and coach with his experience should be reacting like this.

Where have all the Oldham fans gone though? I remember them bringing a good few hundred a few seasons back. There seemed to be no more than about 20 today though?

With what went on the floor during the tackle. I would be more surprised if a player didn't react the way JD did.

Come on Connor - would you have 'turned the other cheek' after an elbow had been directed onto your nose-end whilst laying flat on your back and being unable to defend yourself?

It was the first time in a long time that I actually agreed with the choice of Man of the Match today.

We look a half decent side, we just need to cut the errors out. Their second try was a particularly poor defensive effort. You've got to work harder to get back and defend a 20m tap than that.

At times we tried a bit too hard in attack. We made too many errors around the play of the ball trying to quicken the game up. Our pack demolished theirs but in attack we over complicated things given the conditions. We needed a much more pragmatic approach than we had. If we had completed sets, put good kicks in and built pressure we'd have won by a much greater margin.

We are going to have to improve a lot to be able to live with Featherstone next week.

Some fair comments but I think we should give some credit to Oldham for a never say die performance and a stern defensive effort.

A little too much "messing about" in the tackle for my liking and an inconsistent performance by the officials (for both sides).

We did what we had to and it looks like there is still more to come.