Squad:

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

Spot on. The only blip it's a derby and that's one game I would never ever bet on. Seen to many in the past go to the underdog. Saying that 2 wins for me COYH

Abdull & Talanoa out, Yeaman & Feka in.

The backs pick themselves, forwards is a tough one for who makes the bench:

Shaul
Michaels
Logan
Yeaman
Naughton
Tuimavave
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Bowden
Mini
Manu
Ellis

Pritchard
Washy
2 from: Feka/Watts/Thompson/Green

Child reffing. Fat chance of a stormer then.

Say he wants control of the club, fail to submit a business plan or any evidence of finance, get turned down, flounce out in a huff, and then snipe at the club on social media?

Seems unlikely.

We have too much quality to lose this surely?
After the changing room discussion and solid application of game plan plus us not losing the plot if things don't go right the first time then we should tear Wakefield apart, we have to be ruthless and focused from minute one onward.
There is the potential in the team to be a contender, Radfors now has to prove to us he has what it takes to get that potential as near to the maximum as possible.
I feel that if he and the players can put a line in the sand, identify why we have dropped off so badly in the Widnes game we can do something thos season.
I'm fed up of watching a team year after year that on paper have a good chance just not fulfil their potential.

So, if the unthinkable happens, who are 'you' going to blame?

As I've stated previously it's 80% the coach and 20% the players and gave my reasons why.
Good quality players can only get you so far, how they perform is by far down to the coaching and preparation not just in basics of rugby but everything else as I've outlined before.

if they lose, radford will be gone because Pearson knows half the support will be gone next season!

But you also just said ... "We have too much quality to lose this surely?"
So was you meaning the quality of the coaching staff?

You misunderstood.
We have too much quality in the players we have that they should win just by being much better quality players almost to a man even with poor coaching or without a coach at all.
That's my summation on the quality gap between the players of our team and Wakefield's.
I posed the questoon that no matter what might be happening behind the scenes here (and indeed wakey) we should come out on top. The way I worded the question introduces an element of doubt (in my mind) even with that vast differential in quality but still feel we should win comfortably.

What do you think?

I agree that on paper we look better than Wakey. But on paper and on the pitch are two different things and there's other factors to throw into the mix. We don't know what our response is going to be to the defeat and players meeting last week. It needs to be positive but that is by no means a guarantee. And then there's Wakey themselves. A new coach can often provide a boost for a club. Particularly in the first game when everyone is out to impress.

Whilst I have confidence we can get a win I don't think it's a sure thing.

I would rather face a team coached by Chester and Brian Smith that's for sure.

If we lose I would sack Radford, as the team on the pitch is so far apart in terms of quality that a loss is just unacceptable and there is something wrong behind the scenes.

How many of Wakey expected side would get into Hull's 17? Maybe Simon?

You can be a pedant sometimes, Kosh, something to do with being a mod (not the Lambretta type)

I meant, as you well know, leave of his own volition. Something Smithy does regularly

When we played them we played some of the worst rugby I've ever seen us play (trust me it was that bad) and we still only lost because we didn't kick the goals. They were truly awful and you'll win on size alone. If you do lose then you'd have to ask if its a conscious decision to get rid of the coach.

Spot on red

Sounds similar to when Allam wanted the KC.

Allam "Can I have the KC and West Park for free please?"

Council "no mate"

While I readily admit to being a pedant (and I was long before I became a mod) on this occasion I was being sarcastic/TIC. Probably the lack of smileys that threw you off.

Kosh and sarcasm? Now that's new

No disrespect to Wakey , But I'd like to have seen us playing a stronger side tomorrow.

Not me. We need a win to get 'back on the horse' and get some confidence back. Then we can work on stepping that up to the better sides.

I'm with Kosh on this one. A good win tomorrow, followed by a win at Caravan Park will give the boys confidence for the game against Wire. Hopefully by then we'll be back to the form we showed at the start of the season.

Agree.

Think its the perfect game for us, will certainly tell us if Radford as lost the dressing room or not

yeaman definitely playing according to teh wail. Backward step for me and I hope he plays naughton on the wing and not switch logan there