Nene Macdonald will have a field day down our flanks. As good as I think Gill and Evans are. Macdonald is on another level. And Leilua too (for when we play Fev).

It will take a great defensive effort to keep him quiet. And even if we do. They’ll cut him out and use him to tie up defenders and free up space.

As much as I want to beat them. Can’t see anything but a pasting. I’m hoping for the best in terms of effort but the skill levels and speed just aren't up to Leigh’s.

Probably right but dangerous if the players go into the game thinking that. Flanagan's "free hit" comment shows they're not expecting to win. A pasting almost becomes a self fulfilling prophecy with a mentality like that.

Totally agree with you. I hope Flanagan’s ‘free hit’ comment was a way to put pressure back on Leigh. If Leigh think we see it as a free hit, they might think they’ve already won the game. A fired up Bulls and JK defend heroically and come away with a smash and grab!

Heroic performance ending in a gallant defeat on Monday, beat Barrow with a professional performance before losing to London in the Cup and Batley in the League. You heard it here first.

McDonald looks a tremendous threat but the more pressing issue is the work rate of our entire middle unit. If we stand as flat as we did on Sunday he'll score a hatful.

I thought Doyle was our best forward but the bench interchange was a disaster. Flanagan also did OK, whereas Johnson looked like a fish out of water and played too wide, not that he had too many runners coming short for him to attack behind the ruck. Maybe Evans wasn't quite recovered and already I'm not sure about Baldwinson. Fleming was one of the very few that got off his line and defended, but he's slow on a sound surface let alone a bog.

We need Scurr plus 3 others I haven't seen yet.

Two Leigh players have just picked up bans...

Edit: Oh but they don't come in until next week? Well that's no fun.

No Fleming for us. You can take that one either way.

Chris Green broke his arm in the Fev game.

I'd love to see Lilley coming off the bench at dummy half.

As far as we know he's weeks away from being fit?

Alright Bulls
Really looking forward to this one.

As one of your lads pointed out correctly, we are paper thin in squad numbers, especially in the pack. With Green out with a broken arm it will lighten our resolve in the middles.

Ben Reynolds is not leading us around the field & his kicking game is shocking ! The young Centre Brand we got from Wire is defensively weak.

Leigh could do with Ipape arriving soon & Gelling getting signed + couple more middles.

Always enjoy our match ups & your knowledgeable fans I have always found a friendly lot personally.
Hope you bring plenty & there's a great atmosphere *difficult on a Monday night*.
Wish you luck for the season but not Monday.

Enjoy your evening whatever the result & have a safe trip.

What's the rules re dual reg, if Shaul doesn't play for FC against Wakefield could he still be included?

Our dual reg arrangements generally seem to be a waste of time. We have two fullbacks injured which would seem the ideal time to make use of the arrangement. Admittedly Jake Connor injury doubt might be an issue, but he's also in their 21 man squad.