Oh... f*ck!

The way I look at it is we've turned over may sides including Wigan while Kyle has been out injured and also a dozen or so other players...

If we can go into the back end of the season only missing Soliola and Kyle we're in alot of a better state than we are now.

Kyle "could" possibly be back for a possible Cup Final and PlayOff campaign

We've just had no luck this season. If you read what Potter says he doesn't sound too optimistic on Eastmond and even if he's back in 4-6 weeks, he will have barely played for 8 -10 weeks. Then he mentions that Cunningham won't play for 4 weeks, Dixon is having a scan on his groin and Hargreaves (whilst playing through the pain barrier) won't be able to do weights training for 3 - 4 weeks.

The only good bit of fortune is possibly having 4 first teamers back in Puletua, Wheeler, Meli and Wilkin, but we've had a really rotten season with injuries.

The cup semi is 4 weeks on Saturday, could be KC's aim.

We weren't good enough to win anything anyway. This just gives us an excuse when we fail miserably.

If Pryce is back next week then so far as the halves are concerned, we should be fine. Moore was doing a commendable job as a support player to Pryce. However, if Pryce is missing on Friday then I think we're screwed, as no-one else seems to be able to make a playmaking kind of decision. Maybe we could move Lomax to the halves and have Foster out on the wing if Meli isn't back? If Wheeler is back that would be good as it would mean Flannery could rejoin the pack. I do hope Jon Wilkin is back in contention as he would be very, very valuable. As would Tony P.

I can't see a time when we will have anything close to a full team this season but if we are able to get Pryce, Meli and Tony P back for Friday then we do stand a chance, assuming everyone plays with the right attitude. But Potter doesn't sound like a man who is certain of things.

Listen. We can win on Friday without Pryce or Eastmond because Catalans are terrible. All we have to do is defend against them because we'll score points.

Indeed.

If you're going to have an injury crisis, you want it for this game. They have been awful this season and providing Saints play at a a reasonable level, we'll win comfortably.

what's the betting catalan wont be terrible on friday?
and we always seem to struggle against the weaker teams for some reason.
you all know what we are like being charitable to the lesser teams.

Hmmm. That's all we had to do against Salford too, but they still beat us at their place.

Catalans are in the CC semi final. We take them lightly at our peril. And they do have some big guys. If we don't, then we may well struggle.

Pr1ck.

Anyway, time for Wilkin to recreate the form he showed at Leeds a few years ago when he played SO.

It isn't definite that he will be back at the weekend and besides, he'll likely be rubbish for a couple of weeks until he gets match fit so we can't really rely upon him. But his body on the park will be very welcome nonetheless!

If we have Big Tony and Meli back I think we should be OK. Flannery and Roby are going great and even Fozzy is putting in a decent effort.
Would like Pyrce to be fit thought just in case.

IF and thats a big IF we get everyone back on time this season we could end up with this line up for the possible Cup Final and PlayOff run in

Wellens
Gardner
Gidley
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Moore
Graham
Cunningham
Puletua
Clough
Wilkin
Flannery

Roby
Fa'asavalu
Hargreaves
Fozzard / Dixon / Ashurst

I for one would be confident in that side to beat anyone as we showed we could beat Wigan with a dozen or so missing including Kyle

Eastmonds injury might see Gaskell get a run out in some of these lesser games that are coming up.