Hull's discipline will depend where the two points are destined. Wire will miss their injured players which gives us a real chance for the points. This will only be possible if we cut out the silly penalties and errors and stick to the game plan. Wire are beatable and we have home advantage.

Really looking forward to this one.
If we can bag the two points I'll be chuffed with 5 from a possible 8.
Especially after the doom and gloom of Headingley.

Westwood suspended 1 game

Hope we start with -Theres only one Johny Whitleey.
Then go on to Living next door to Allums [Alice Chubbys verson.

Hodgson
Riley
Atkins
Evans
Joel

Ratch
Myler

Hilly
Monas
Carvell
Waterhouse
Currie
Grix

Cooper
Higham
Tyrone
Woody

Will this do for starters?

[iClarkey called when he got the word
He said "I suppose you've heard
About Allam?"
So I switched on me laptop
And looked online
I thought everything was fine
But a big moving van was pulling
onto the KC's drive

He says he's off to Melton
To build a sporting town
Taking City with him
And the KC might fall down
Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Allam
Allam, who the f**k is Allam?[/i

Feeling quietly confident, yes we've got injuries (Ellis, Tickle, Watts) who would all be shoe in's for the 17, but our squad has been settled for the last 2 weeks and has improved week on week. We may have one change to make if Crookes is out (but no definate news on his knee AFAIK).

Wire have been misfiring and now are missing 3 "big game" players for Saturday, won't be easy but if we can show marginal improvement over the Saint's game I think we will come away with the win. FC by 8.

Need to be in their faces with a fast tempo from minute one. Don't let them settle into their game.

Still a very good team.

We haven't really been misfiring, just settling into a long season, passes are occasionally not hitting their target & combinations need practice.
Our attack is awesome, its just that with the heavy pitches this early in the season its not sensible for us to play our expansive game. In 3 or 4 weeks time when pitches become less soggy we will start rattling big scores up.

We will be missing 4 of our regular 17 in Super Ben, Moz, Lee Briers & Ben Harrison, but I still think we will win. One good thing for us is that Michael Monaghan was playing most of last season with a niggling knee injury which has eased over the close season. If he gets the form back that he showed in 2010 & 2011 then it will be major plus in our favour.

ill be taking fc on the handicap....... always strong at home, and i recon with a good start we could beat wire.... lets not forget a full strength wire had to equalise in the final moments to salvage a draw last year..... fc by 4....

We weren't at full strength in the 1st game last season we were missing Briers & Hodgson. If Brett would have been playing he would have kicked the 3 goals that Super Ben missed making the score 22 - 28.

After returning from the other side of he world

Er ok.

I expect a win tbh, not a big one but a win all the same.

Just 5 days earlier...........

FFS they flew home in comfort they didn't have to swim back.

If this and if that. He wasn't playing so you'll never know if he would have kicked the goals.

Yes true, but if Tony Smith had ordered them to they would have swam back easily in time for the game at the KC.
Not only are we the best RL team in Super League we hold the team record for swiming from Australia to England.

Another not widely known fact.

We have got 4 missing also so even stevens really.

Never realised your talent man



Very near what I was thinking

Who? I knew about Ellis (massive loss) & Tickle.

Liam Watts & Jason Crooks

Who would both be in the 17

Last year means nothing and so do injuries really as everybody gets them. Its 17 v 17 Hull and Warrington Squad members. Warrington has one of if not the best squad depths is SL. but it is something Hulls management have tried to address and we look alot better equipped to cope with injuries.suspensions etc than in previous years.

Looking at the likely lineups their are some really interesting match ups across the park. No prediction from me but I can't wait.

No prediction from me either, other than I expect it to be a top class game and one which will show how far (or not) we have come.