Having secured my seat with the modern day version of Gavin Murray I look forward to a 4.45 start to venture the M62 to Hull (heaven help us). Hoping we arrive for kick off following a decent intake of alcohol on the way what can we hope for. Will we leave West Hull in fifth or seventh position and does it make a difference?

I think for coach Brown and the perception of him it actually does. We finish fifth and he possibly gets to put a spin on things, finish seventh and that will be much harder when at a club who in my forty two years of supporting we have almost always been top five, I really don't know of any other club with that consistency.

Hull will be up for this and we really cant start like that again. Walker and Howarth need to be stood down and if Robes is fit we need him out on the park. Hull are like ourselves you don't know what you are getting from one week to the next.

If I am totally honest and it kills me to say this I think we will not quite have enough in the locker. My thoughts are with next season. Walsh is what is needed if he wants to be here. Wheeler is the answer and he is on last chance and he must know this himself. Walmsley has had a good preparation season and lets see if the kids we have seen can make the step up. And finally at least the cladding gate issue is almost at an end. He isn't half good with a drill that Eamon.

Clearly

best team in the comp finished top

You'd like to think so, but I don't think finishing top says as much as it should.

~Wasn't the case when we finished top and lost in the GF. Same for Bradford when they finished top and When Warrington finished top.

Don't know why it would change now??

Looks like I was right.