Me too, if Dobson isn't or has no chance of playing then why name him... unless were playing mind games

, which IMO haven't worked for us yet.

The squad selction is becoming more and more puzzling every week.

Oh well, could be worse we could make ourselves look stupid on SKY again

No defo Hun I think it shud be called of

gives our guys a better break lets hope the club sprinkle water on the pitch and it freezes oops

Totally agree with this. A good kicking game's vital when the weathers' bad, not sure any of the stand ins can provide this. Has Beharrell been playing at Gateshead? Is he in their 19 this week? Expecting another twist here, maybe Berarrell or Withers being brought in. Just hope Dobbo doesn't play if he's not right, heavy pitch & freezing weather isn't the time to test a dodgy hamstring.

I still don't get the reasoning behind naming players in a squad when the Head Coach KNOWS they have no chance of playing.Not only has CS done it but Gentle has done the same with Holdsworth and McDonnell.

Morgan did it with Dobson in his last year as well. The difference is that Morgan was saying he was fine when it had been leaked by a big gob at the club that he was out and it had become common knowledge on the back of it.
It made Morgan look at fool IMHO. At least CS is being honest over it unless he (Dobson) is fine and its a bluff the other way which I doubt.

You can withdraw and replace an injured player from the 19. So if there is a chance Dobson or Burns might make it, then it is sensible. If we included a fully fit beharrell and then both md and tb were fit enough to play, then we've got to ask Beharrell to put on a limp or say his tummy hurts.

Can see this being frozen off. Very icy now & ground's like concrete. Is there much of a thaw due tomorrow?

With it being on Sky, you might get some extra support in getting the pitch ready.

Only sunny intervals 7am till 3 pm and 2 degree a high,FFS,looks dodgy to say the least !

Lets call it of I say gives us an extra few days to beat a top four side on Good Friday

We have no halves, you've got the best 2 in the comp. Another Wigan/Widnes, I'm afraid. Embarrassed already.

The way we are playing you won't need a few days off.

At least we don't have to put up with the daft notion that we are the highest points scorers in the league and using that to justify our awful defence after Wigan demolished Widnes

I wasn't aware we had already played our game against Castleford.

So the dullers are gonna use the old the world is against us and all our players are missing thing again?? Cos were injury free i suppose, Only Caro, Withers, Gleeson, O'Hara and possibly Burns and Dobson missing!!

Good work.

Don't get me wrong I can't see us sticking 58 points on Cas but still until this round is finished it is still comparing apples and oranges.

Strictly speaking, you need to compare after April when everyone's played everyone else, more or less. But swift and tidy ownage of Phillip.

Stop it.

Maybe ur team are now in the mindset of this derby is now a must win game I must say tho ur depth in squad is starting to look a bit thin u lose Horne now ur in the poop arnt u

Ah reverse psychology Mrs B it often works for me to I'd say if both our halves are fit we prob will beat u to be fair cos at the minute u appear to be a one man team I mean London come on

It's not reverse psychology at all. We've had a thread on here about your halves being the best in the comp and both of ours are missing. Assuming parity in the forwards, you have a massive advantage. Plus Yeaman's out, he's always reliable for a derby try.

I think your oft repeated assessment of our halfs is a tad flattering, and to be fair it only seems to be FC fans that are confident they will even play on Good Friday, there is at best a doubt they will be fit!

Both of urs are missing so is Horne out now then cos Seymour never really figured in gentles plans lets be fair, what was it Pearson said ours are crap were gonna have the best half back pairing in SL that went according to plan didn't it

yes but last season you hammered us with more injuries and even dragging players out of retirement so i see nothing more than an easy hull fc win even if we have the worlds greatest half back duo playing