Westwood won't be fit. Kevin Penny should be fit and will probably come in for Ormsby. Sims will take Bailey's starting place and will drop to the bench with Wilde missing out.

Two very good teams and it could go either way. At some point this season, Hull will put a good 80 minutes together instead of their usual broken spells adding up to 40 minutes. When they do, someone is in for a hammering. Hopefully it's Warrington

I wonder how many minutes Lee Briers will get on the pitch this week?

None its John Clarke now that spends time on the pitch not Briers.

Obviously not. Based on that criteria, 50% of the teams that play this weekend are effectively getting a free hit up. Utter nonsense.

I expect defeat.
We need a Saints cup performance to snatch a high scoring, close game. Anything less and we will lose.
However I dont see it as season defining, we will return and win the rest of our regular season games.

The good thing about this week, in my opinion, is that we are playing another top 4 team. The further away we can pull away from 5th as a group of 4 teams, the better.

We saw at the back end of last year what a team with nothing to play for looks like. Let's make the rest of the top 8 'make up the numbers' and not have a sniff at the 4. It might make it boring to watch, but it'll be the best outcome for our chances of reaching the Grand Final.

Of course, now I've said that, we won't win another game all year

Finishing top at the end of it all just means the tea lady gets a whole season of carrying the chairman's brew on a fancy tray.

There really isn't any more advantage finishing top to finishing 2nd. As a Wire fan 1 or 2 will do me, if we win Friday I think we'll finish on top at the split that's all. I'm kind of hoping all the top 4 clubs do a number on Saints and Cas too, to keep them away and cement the top 4

Utter nonsense my ass. No one on here expects us to win and I doubt anyone in the media expects us to win. We can win if we play to our potential but if we don't win then worst case scenario we're on not top due to points difference. best case scenario we're 4 points clear of wire. All of the pressure is on wire.

I think finishing top would do us more harm for the play offs. I'd rather we finished 2nd personally then we don't have the plate presentation and any euphoria that surrounds it. You only have to look at huddersfield when they won it

Or you could try and fit the Challenge cup and the Grand Final trophy on it




£100.000 prize money is quite attractive,especially if the squad share it out between themselves

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If all fit I'd bring Frank and Watts in for Green and Tomo.

Play Pryce at 6 and Carlos at centre.

Can't decide on Fonua or Micheals on the wing, think based on last week I'd go Micheals.

Age old dilemna, stick with a winning team? Watts deffo, Frank deffo if fit after all it was supposed to be a virus that kept them out. Leon v Carlos? Glad Radders has to make the decision, me, I wouldn't split the new half back pairing, as I said in an earlier post, Carlos hasn't done anything wrong and is growing into the position and partnership with Sneeeeed. The club seem to have gone for a new centre and want Carlos at half back, dropping him would smack of Abdul, would you drop Fonua or Michaels????? We're are in uncharted territory, top of the pile and team spirit unmatched in the competition, I think we'll win Friday.

rain forecast for friday night atm, it may rain in, (no pun intended) wires' expansive play, although we were pretty shat v leeds in the wet weather

When the trophy cabinet is as devoid of silverware as ours, I will take the tea tray thanks!


It's embarrassing having it full of Championship play-off winning trophies won by our co-tenants ffs!!

Whilst I might settle for 2nd right now and perhaps more importantly with a big gap to whomever ends up 5th, I would sooner finish 1st as I think it is a good achievement. I wish it had a higher profile and more recognition, it certainly doesn't deserve to be sneered at.

Looking forward to Friday's game and of course a reverse of our away fixture

id rather us have a big gap between the teams 5th and below, even if it means not sitting first at the split, bigger the gap less pressure to win all games in the 8s, maybe even resting a couple of bodies for the semis' (if we make them of course)

If you guys win on Friday, its either you or Wigan to finish top. You'll be 4 clear of us and we have Catalan the week after which is another tough game. I just want enough clear distance between the current top 4 and the rest to guarantee being in the playoffs.

I favour Hull to win - one key reason is that we can't afford to play players who are not at least 95% fit against them.
We looked good against Saints but they were really gash and offered very little in attack even though they had more of the ball for the first half.
It'll be a different story against Hull if we repeat that.

There are battles all over the park - I'm loving watching Houghton play and Clarkey is coming back to his best so that should be great to watch.

I understand those who've said you've not put in an 80min performance yet - we've only done it a couple of times though, and we still suffer from unpredictability. (The loss to Cas was really poor though).

Hope it's dry even though the weather says not.

Warrington will be rightly favourites which suits us. Takes the pressure off.

Jake was right in saying it's a 'free hit' in that a win is a huge bonus but a loss is nothing to get concerned about.

Absolutely.



Would still prefer a win, mind.

I agree with bringing in Pryce. The thing I like about Thompson is that he brings impact off the bench, in the same way as an interchange hooker would.
Michaels doesn't deserve to be dropped.

james child will referee the game!

wtf are the RFL thinking, top two, entertaining teams, on sky and they put one of the worst officials in charge

Maybe drop Hadley rather than Thompson?