I'm worried about cuthbertson. He looks a shadow of the player he was at the start of the season. Is he shattered, or have people worked him out? He'd be first on my rest list. Why is singleton getting so few minutes too?

For me it's a familiar story. The coach likes to flog his 'favourite' forwards to death while under utilising others. Fingers crossed it's not a repeat of last season although of course another CC win would be a fitting end to some careers.

I know we should win, and easily, but I for some reason have no confidence we will even beat Wakey next week.

Another of the backs likely to be missing. Moon has been charged by the disciplinary Grade C with no EGP.

Can't remember what that Moon thing was even for tbh.

Golding
Handley
Watkins
Keinhorst
Hall
Sutcliffe
McGuire
Singleton
Aiton
JJB
Ward
Ablett
Sinfield

Burrow
Achurch
Peacock/Cuthbertson/Delaney
Leuluai/Mulhern

Should be enough against Wakey at least.

I have a bad feeling about this game.

Don't expect Golding to play, I believe he is current injured.

In that case Watkins to 1, Ablett centre, Delaney or Archurch to start.

Nah we were disappointing as the match wore on on Saturday but we had a good spell in that first half and hell that's all we'll need to beat Wakey....a 20 minute spell when we run in 4/5 tries. Worst case scenario they give us a game for 40 mins but like their Magic game and their lost to Leigh, they're well off being an 80 minute performance side and they'd need to be if they're to beat us this week even though we aren't at our best lately.

Can't see Sinfield playing 13 and the side with effectively four pivots. If we had props and back rowers who were capable of doing big, effective minutes maybe, but we haven't. Needs a big body at 13 to take some of the work off Peacock and Cuthbertson.

So it's either Sinfield or Sutcliffe at 6, but not both in the starting line-up unless McGuire misses out.

Mulhern missed out for Hunslet last weekend with a sternum injury, so not sure whether he'd be fit for Sunday. Likewise Robbie Ward.

Wakey have a new mgr now. This is a potential banana skin of a game. They nearly beat Wigan not so long ago, they have to beat someone soon. Hopefully not us.

Smith doesn't start there until next week though. Will still be Stuart Dickens in charge for this one.

Be interesting to see who does play fullback, assuming Golding is injured too and Moon odds on to be banned which I think leaves us in a position where Watkins would be pretty certain to remain in the centres, is there a possibility that we will see sutcliffe play there? He had a stint there against wakey last season when BJB went off after that lengthy on field treatment, he didn't do too badly either from what I recall against at that time was a slightly stronger wakefield outfit.

He wasn't training on thursday but obviously that'll be over a week before the Wakey game so he might be available.

I'd go with:

1. Golding/Watkins
2. Handley
3. Watkins/Keinhorst/Ablett
4. Moon/Keinhorst/Ablett
5. Hall
6. Sutcliffe
7. McGuire
8. Singleton
9. Aiton
10. Peacock
11. Ward
12. Delaney
13. Ablett/Sinfield

14. Burrow
15. Mulhern/Yates
16. Achurch
17. JJB

Any news on Hardaker?

Sal, if he's out for 8-10 weeks like someone's claimed then i'm cancelling our bet
(only kidding)