Losing Hardaker will be a big loss as thought he good against Catalans. Was always going to be a difficult task to get anything from this Friday and now a touch more difficult. Still possibly a time for one of the young lads to shine and take their chance and at least this time around they'll have experienced support around them on the field. Would imagine that losing Hardaker will see Logan Moy come is at FB with Rapana switched to centre? Possibly: Moy Baron Rapana Briscoe Martin Cust Sezer Ese ese Balmforth Aydin/Sao Lane Chamberlain Asiata Ashworth or Salabio if Ashworth not well enough Sao/Aydin Fash Kirby/Hutchinson A lot depends on who JC feels is the best player to slot in at Centre in place of HArdaker

The win in France gives us an opportunity to enjoy the occasion tomorrow night. Let's get behind whoever takes to the field, enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy the big crowd, and give everyone a night to remember.

[quote="Faithful One":nr2bslr3]The win in France gives us an opportunity to enjoy the occasion tomorrow night. Let's get behind whoever takes to the field, enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy the big crowd, and give everyone a night to remember.[/quote:nr2bslr3] Yup, I was always going with the hope of a win but not expecting one, which was pretty much how I viewed last Friday. Whilst I don’t expect us to be challenging for silverware I have renewed optimism that we will at least show promising signs and not see the collapses we’ve seen all too often the past few years. I’ll gladly settle for another positive performance to back up last Fridays regardless of the result. Even with the players missing for tomorrow I’m still actually looking forward to taking my seat tomorrow night which is night & day from how I felt last season when it just filled me with dread. Onward and upwards

[quote="Faithful One":2ckruzks]The win in France gives us an opportunity to enjoy the occasion tomorrow night. Let's get behind whoever takes to the field, enjoy the atmosphere, enjoy the big crowd, and give everyone a night to remember.[/quote:2ckruzks] Absolutely this, it’s a free hit nobody expects us to win. No expectations except to see a few old faces, sing a few songs and have a good laugh. I think whatever happens we’ll just eventually be out muscled, but the hope to cling to is that there’s still some fire power still in the side. I’d go with Moy starting and Rapana in the centres. If we get a bit of luck and get the first try it will be bouncing.

If we turn up with the same attitude to show the effort we gave last week, then we'll stand a good chance. You can't beat Wigan if your effort levels are below par. Some bad losses for us on the injury front this week (More than we'd like, but pretty normal for us) But it gives some others a chance and gives us a look at the strength of our squad. Results aren't that massive at this stage, it's about getting up to speed and getting some continuity and confidence going. But getting that early win takes a bit of pressure off us results wise at this stage

[quote="Cuddleclub":q2248f8n]That’s alright then as long as other teams have got injuries we don’t need to access why they keep happening [/quote:q2248f8n] We have concussions because of head high tackles and other injuries because it’s a tough fast athletic contact sport. Last season perhaps we were hard hit because of poor conditioning. Possibly the older players are more injury prone and recover slower. The question is a bit like why do boxers get black eyes?