5 day turnaround for cas followed by 6 day turnaround, Powell is being sensible and looking after his squad for next week and have earnt the right to do this by being miles ahead.

Balls totally in our court now

Really good to see green back. Him and Bowden together gives us a real rotation of big men. Fash been great tbf to him but doesn't take up the defenders like green does and id not expect him to ,and thommo has been poor tbh. Expected a lot more out of him. Thought he'd be chomping at the bit to show what he can do having missed Wembley and whilst Green out. Been really flat/poor

powell doesn't want his first choice line up to lose a week before the play offs which is understandable. Personally I'd rather play their full strength team where we'll be fully focused and they'll have an eye on the semi than a team with a fair chunk of fringe players looking to make a play for a place next week

A sensible decision by Powell. Will be surprised to see him play Webster and with Moors also not there he could have 9 of his preferred team out.

Hull will not lose this one.

A bit like that game we played at Wigan a couple of years ago with a load of youngsters keen to impress - we almost won as well. Going to be a very difficult challenge. Could be raining too.

Are you trying to wind Tony up already?

Anyone fancy Salfords chances against Saints tonight?

No,i think Salford put the cue on the rack the moment they made the 8's.

No chance, they are on the beach

Lots of bad blood between wane and Powell for some reason. So I think gifting Hull a win and ending Wigans season is an added bonus.

If we lost to Hull in the playoffs or the GF, so be it. Hull at their best are certainly good enough to beat cas.

If we lost to Wigan in the playoffs or the GF, I'd be absolutely gutted. Because we are out right better than them.

That's before we go into how much dislike there is for Wigan and the desire to have a new name on the trophy

My thoughts too, but we can hope! I'm sure every b&w will be watching the game tonight desperately wanting them to win.

I'm surprised they have been so poor given they had a genuine shot at making the playoffs. I can't say I've followed their progress in the last couple of months so not sure what the reason is, apart from running out of gas

Looking at the sides and the motivation for each team then if we lose this then may as well get on the phone to Des !

If only the game was played on paper eh.

If the players aren't pumped up for a tough game whatever side they field, on a small pitch that the Cas lads manage to take every advantage from, then we'll get beat. Some on here are speaking like we've won already, let's hope the players don't go with this attitude, as that's how we managed to get turned over by Leigh & Catalans.

No worries pal. We like Hull

Do you know if there are any cash turnstyles to pay on the day?

There's always pay of the gate turnstiles at Cas.

Yeh definitely. Princess Street stand will be best to get in with Cash.

I have watched Cas for a long time, and this "small pitch" advantage is a recent invention. Could you explain the advantage we have thanks to our small pitch? You'd think it would be harder for our wingers on our "small pitch", but Solomona managed a few tries last year, and Eden, Minikin, Hitchkox have more than enough this time round.

... the width is about the same as other grounds, but it's 10 meters shorter, so as Gale says, “The thing about a small pitch is that you finish in good ball a lot more than you do on bigger pitches."

Which should suit our go forward and Sneyds kicking game.

.... I think it's more about converting good field position into points.

Teams can often over egg their kicks due to the shorter pitch, Sneyd knows WR well so this shouldn't be a problem...hopefully!

I thought you only cared about the cup? Happy days for you..

Apparently he cares more about the last couple of years [imeltdown[/i our club has been going through.

Call me crazy but I'm going for Salford to win by 10!