Huge injury list for Wakefield for this game.

Miller, Johnstone, Tupou, Arundel, Brough, Fifita, Randell, Huby, Ashurst, Batchelor and England.

Wakey do look a bit busted, a moral bousting win today and stay injury free and hopefully at keast Merrin back Monday, think we can get this one. A bad defeat again today and its curtains for confindence.

Wakefield have a few injuries, as do Leeds, Wakefield also have an extra day turnaround with playing Thursday as opposed to Friday. Either way we can’t afford to lose this must win game.

The script is set for a Wakefield win against the odds of their injury adversity. Leeds need to show more desire than Wakey to win this one IMO.

Are all those confirmed as out for Monday though?

Wakefield currently sit in 5th place, the last play off spot. After today’s win, if we go on to beat them on Monday, we could well get up to 5th by round 29. Who knows what could happen from there, we’ve won it from 5th before in similar circumstances.

Liking your optimism but I’ll be happy if we’re anywhere from 10th and above, I would like us to be pretty much guaranteed safety with a few games to go (ideally 8+ to take a bit of pressure off)

By next Sunday evening the table could look quite differently. Should Leeds manage to win on Monday at Wakey and on Sunday at home to HKR, we could easily be in 9th and only a couple of wins off the play offs.

Whilst I don’t expect any success in the next year or two, things probably aren’t as bad as they’ve seemed lately either.

Aside from the top two, the rest of the league looks pretty even really. A win on Monday would have us looking to start a good run. A bit of confidence and still have some bodies to come back in and e can get a decent run together

It’s a really interesting season, look at Warrington today hammered by Salford.

Then look at Hull, battered by Warrington yet turn that around a few weeks later with a hammering of Hull KR and they are only 2 points away from 2nd

Im not being disrespectful especially as they beat us but I think London getting promoted has probably taken the pressure off a bit, they set off all guns blazing but realistically probably haven’t got enough to compete in the long run

Yeah, I feel that even though it squad is not great, there are some star players in there.

We also have a pretty deep squad. We have ablett and Crosby who haven't played yet, and ward too come back in. Ava to join the squad and Watkins still to find form.

Over the course of the season or squad should be able to achieve more than London you'd hope

Would be interesting to see what people think our strongest 17 with everyone fit would be. I’m unsure on a couple of positions but something like this...

1. Walker/Tui
2. Briscoe
3. Watkins
4. Hurrell
5. Handley
6. Sutcliffe/Tui
7. Myler
8. Ava
9. Dwyer
10. Oledski/Crosby
11. Ferres/Ablett/Smith
12. Ward
13. Merrin

14. Parcell
15. cuthbertson
16. Peteru
17. Singleton

That should be good enough for mid table easily

Merrin not back for Monday allegedly.

Lolohea
Briscoe Newman Watkins Handley
Sutcliffe Myler
Peteru Dwyer Albert
Ferres Trout
Donaldson

Parcell JJB Singleton Oledzki

Unchanged 19 man squad from Huddersfield game, I wouldn't and don't think we'll risk Hurell with this game coming 2 days or so after the injury if it's not a bad hamstring injury ( that's what furner seems to think it was from his post match press conference yesterday). I think we'll line up like this

Lolohea
Briscoe
Watkins
Newman
Handley
Sutcliffe( he will be ok to play since he returned to the field from his HIA yesterday I presume)
Myler
Albert
Dwyer
Peteru
Ferres
Trout
Donaldson

Subs

Parcell
Singleton
Oldezki
JJB

I think we'll just have enough to beat a battered wakey team atm plus we owe then one fron embarrassing us in our first home game this year. Gonna go leads by 8 points.