Looking forward to this one not sure how this game will go as widnes seem to be scoring plenty at the moment. Can see it been decided by a try either way hopefully the weather is not as bad as Sunday.

So far they have played two poor sides on plastic pitches so Im not reading too much in to how many points they are scoring. Its a game against a team that might just creep in to the playoffs this year so in that sense it really is a must win although I would be a lot more confident than I am if we knew this were going to be played on a firm pitch, as it is it might turn out to be a bit of a lottery.

Plough Lane is grass not plastic (ealing was, sorry if I'm being pendantic). Should be a cracking game for you guys next week, dont underestimate widnes, but I think you will just shade it with home advantage. As you say they have not yet been tested by a championship quality side, so you might catch them cold next week

Looking forward to this one. Last year at The Shay there was just one point in it and it could be as tight again. Let's hope for a bit of sun though.

You are right, I'd totally forgot that they had moved.

No idea which way to call this , I hope Kyle wood is ok as appeared to come off with a dead arm , hopefully just precautionary as the injuries are mounting up. I ll be honest I don’t know about the Widnes side , I believe Tyler Dupree is one of our own ( siddal ) and heard good things about him . Last year it was one each and the one at the shay was 50/50 . If we take 39 minutes of the 1st half of Batley and 20 mins in the second against London we’ll probably win but if we play like the 2nd half of Batley and the 1st hour of London it’s gonna be a long afternoon. Hopefully the weather is better has that was a hard watch at times on Sunday.

Im going for a Panthers win. Widnes have won their opening two games but their first was against London who we beat and then Workington who have shipped in 90 points in two games. We are going to be a much bigger test for them and I feel we will win. Panthers by 14

Cant call this one ,

A real tough one to call, anything from 2 to 10 points either way.
It took us a good 60 minutes to get on top of London and in that time they bombed a couple of good chances.
We can’t afford to give Widnes the same amount of possession and position and expect them to do the same because they have racked up the points including against Batley in the preseason game.
If we can cut out the errors and turn the possession and position to our favour then we can get the result.
Whoever does the above best will come out on top.
Fax, just in a nail biter.

I already don't believe we will get top three this season,lots of negatives unravelling at this early stage.Have to be thinking this is a must win already and then the reliance on the dreaded DR is effective over the course of the season.I see Matty Gee won't feature Till early April at least...so much for sitting out the friendlies as a precaution !

I expect DR to kick in after CC Round 4.
Besides Featherstone and Leigh, all semi-pro teams will take points off each other. Sunday will be a test of attitude and basic application. I actually expect Fax to come through Sunday with flying colours. Widnes need to adapt to heavy ground.
No ex players to lift their team that extra bit neither.

Fax by 18 in my opinion.

Must admit I was disappointed to hear matty gee won’t be available to late March at the earliest, it’ll be interesting to see how our forwards hold up against there’s , Tyler Dupree won young championship player of the year last year and he’s a local lad so it’ll be see how he goes , looks like rain on Saturday so might be another forward battle .

Really looking forward to this one. Great start by widnes but London are not up to the challenge i thought they were, as you lot found out. We've swapped Jewitt, Matt Crook and Paul Clough type SL old heads for some solid championship players and look a lot fitter. We can score tries for fun but we all know Halifax will put up a very tough challenge and i can see it being a close game

Always enjoyed Halifax away and hopefully we bring a good following. Getting the train to Manchester Oxford Rd, walking to Manchester Victoria, Bus to Rochdale and then a direct train to Halifax, the journey will hopefully be worth it. Any recommendations on pubs around the ground or where the away fans normally gather?

Still no Jack Owens and Ste Tyrer either, big loss but other lads have stepped up very well

Quote: Pats plastic pitch "Really looking forward to this one. Great start by widnes but London are not up to the challenge i thought they were, as you lot found out. We've swapped Jewitt, Matt Crook and Paul Clough type SL old heads for some solid championship players and look a lot fitter. We can score tries for fun but we all know Halifax will put up a very tough challenge and i can see it being a close game Always enjoyed Halifax away and hopefully we bring a good following. Getting the train to Manchester Oxford Rd, walking to Manchester Victoria, Bus to Rochdale and then a direct train to Halifax, the journey will hopefully be worth it. Any recommendations on pubs around the ground or where the away fans normally gather?'" There’s a pub call the three pigeons on the way to the ground, it serves traditional ales , turn left out of the train station head towards the shay it’s roughly 1/4 to 1/2 a mile and very close to the stadium. Alternatively depending on your timescales and preference there’s the piece hall which has a variety of coffee and bars which serve alcohol, that’s straight up from the train station about 200 yards turn right , the piece hall is still within half a mile of the ground. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractio ... gland.html https://www.thepiecehall.co.uk/

Quote: Pats plastic pitch "Really looking forward to this one. Great start by widnes but London are not up to the challenge i thought they were, as you lot found out. We've swapped Jewitt, Matt Crook and Paul Clough type SL old heads for some solid championship players and look a lot fitter. We can score tries for fun but we all know Halifax will put up a very tough challenge and i can see it being a close game Always enjoyed Halifax away and hopefully we bring a good following. Getting the train to Manchester Oxford Rd, walking to Manchester Victoria, Bus to Rochdale and then a direct train to Halifax, the journey will hopefully be worth it. Any recommendations on pubs around the ground or where the away fans normally gather?'" There’s a pub call the three pigeons on the way to the ground, it serves traditional ales , turn left out of the train station head towards the shay it’s roughly 1/4 to 1/2 a mile and very close to the stadium. Alternatively depending on your timescales and preference there’s the piece hall which has a variety of coffee and bars which serve alcohol, that’s straight up from the train station about 200 yards turn right , the piece hall is still within half a mile of the ground. https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attractio ... gland.html https://www.thepiecehall.co.uk/