Based on our form can't see past a Fev win, having watched the game last night though, didn't think they were overly impressive. Once they realised they couldn't just bully the Bradford pack into submission, they seemed to struggle for a plan B, and while their goal line defence looked solid enough, Briscoe and Pickersgill at the back looked clueless under the high ball. So overall if our attack functions anywhere near how it did last year think we are well capable of scoring against them, not as confident in our forwards standing up to their bigger pack. Final point while Fev had some notable absentees last night, if they were to get promoted I'm struggling to see any of that team having any success in Superleague.

To be fair I thought they did bully the Bradford pack in to submission and pretty much dominated them from start to finish. The only reason Bradford were anywhere near, ignoring the 2 offside tries, was because Fev were way below the standards they have set this season, their errors and turnovers were very high which maybe gave Bradford a sniff but realistically they wern't close to them. PH put the metres each team made up on TRL and Fev totally smashed the Bulls in that department despite their low completion rate.

All that said if Fev can serve up similar against us that would make for a decent game but its rare that Fev have an off day against us.

Springer should not of been let go

Not sure what Grix thinks a forward is but highest paid player is maher and well look how he has played this year

You can say the same thing for any Championship team that doesn't have a super-rich sugar daddy. It's impossible otherwise to assemble a squad good enough to compete with SL teams when Championship teams are getting £200k-ish central funding and SL teams £1.8 million (or whatever it is), and you won't know until October whether you are getting promoted or not.

Yep. As you know. In this context it’s the old adage, you assemble a team good enough to get you into SL and then you try and assemble one to keep you there which is a big ask for any Championship club.

Where has this come from that Maher is our highest paid player.

He won't even be in the top 5.

I agree, just comparing them with Leigh last season who did have quite a few players who looked capable of Superleague, but we're still expected to struggle after promotion. I know most see Superleague as the promised land, but if Featherstone do go up I'm afraid they'd be in for a season of absolute tonkings.