Not expecting much particularly if all the head knocks don't come through. Need to move the ball around as per last 20 yesterday . Presumably wire will be a bit fatigued as well.

We have a relatively young squad, Gidley by all the insinuating looks like he won't be playing, Westwood first game back from a layoff so guess he will play but when Atkins is one of your senior guys you know your squad is young.

You guys going to welcome back Lineham and Westerman with open applause

Yes

Yep. No reason not too

Be an interesting game I think. Be more about who has what left in the tank and a test for the strength and conditioning teams as much as the players.

We are unbeaten but that Widnes game took more out of us than the score might have suggested.
We lost arguably our stand out in Matty Russell too.

Think either team would take any kind of win.

Easter Monday games don't get much tougher than this do they?!

Shaul
Michaels
Fonua
Talanoa
Naughton
Dean
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Pritchard
Manu

Washbrook
Green
Bowden
Thompson

I think Lineham and Westerman will get decent receptions. Both did a good job for Hull but wanted to move on and they cannot be blamed for that.

Provisional squad for Monday

Abdull, Bowden, Ellis, Fonua, Green, Houghton, Manu, Michaels, Minichiello, Naughton, Paleaaesina, Pritchard, Shaul, Sneyd, Taylor, Thompson, Washbrook, Watts, Yeaman.

Good squad that, reckon Mini and maybe Bowden will be rested.

no problems at all with westy or lineham, they served the club well and put in some memorable performances.

two big sets of forwards going head to head, possibly the biggest 2 sets in the league.

surprised Hadley not in the squad,but still a good squad with a few back, looking forward to it COYH

The only question marks for the Wire starting line up concerns whether Russell (at f/b) and Gidley (in the halves) will play.
Forwards will be the same.

How we both perform depends on how we recover from yesterday.
Seems like we both had tough matches. (Scoreline at Wire flattered us from what I can tell).

I don't think Russell will play (part precaution, part Wigan game in mind)
Gids rested too
He's included Patton (halfback) and Johnson (fullback) in the provisional squad so i think that says everything.

I think Abdull deserves another chance I just hope he does a bit better this time out.

Needs to run the ball more.He is a big unit so should be able to take a tackle or six.

Setting up Yeaman for his hatrick.

How's ticket sales for this with it being a bank holiday?

Well you never know but they would have to be no more than three metres from the try line.Was MOTM apparently on FC Live. God knows why but did offload to Shaul for his try which has now gone into the record books at the club as his first pass ever to the right.

No news on that but I'd imagine we'd be looking at an attendance around 10500.

I've seen some of the guesses on your board and there's not a cat in hell's chance of more than 13,000.

In the last three seasons we've only had three non-derby attendances over 12000 - although two were against Warrington.

not mentioned yet but the man in the middle reffing is hicks on monday

Surely Warrington will want to bring a few given how they've started and there's not the usual evening game restrictions.
With the win on Friday can see closer to 11,500.

Sandow and Currie need neutralising, easier said than done.

He was terrible at saints on friday

Need to really improve and play about like we did in the last 20 and early in the season to have a chance, they are certainly beatable, but are a very good side who play to the end.

Get Ellis to watch Sandow and him and Frank keep running at him.

We've had Hicks this season, if you've not had him yet, fast play the balls or else.

Mr. Hicks refereeing FC, only one result. FC heavily penalised to give Wire posession in our half. Like to see the stats on our win ratio, when he's officiated, or am I being cynical?