Squad for Saturday is out:

Henry, AoB, Purtell, Sidlow, Mellor, Addy, Williams, Lauaki, Uaisele, Mendeika, Pitts, Baile, Gaskell, Walshaw, Clough, Shaw, Crossley, Olbison, Halafihi.

No Ferguson

I would probably drop Halafihi and Baile from that, and go with:

Shaw
Uaisele
Henry
Purtell
Williams
Gaskell
Addy
Sidlow
AoB
Clough
Olbison
Walshaw
Pitts

Crossley
Lauaki
Mellor
Mendeika

The RFL were so S$%&T scared there would be no more money from Sky they just negotiated a price way before the contract was up, i am sure other companies would have had a punt on RL and given us more air time.
Now the lower leagues have to put up with little or no coverage from a not really interested Sky, not what i would call trying to further the exposure of RL in the UK.

Well said,

I don't get this "hatred" where some fans of clubs, want other clubs to go bust. I love rivalries with Fax, Leeds etc, but i would never want them to go bust.

In fact i would love Fax to thrive. I've been to watch them a few times when the Bulls haven't been playing and they have a cracking little stadium with a strong hardcore fan base. Hope Fax become full time soon as they have potential to make a real go of things.

Halifax v.s Bulls in SL in front of a sold out Shay would be awesome.

Yeah I agree with all of your points. The Tahraoui things has me puzzled the most. Fleming was also going really well, not sure if he's injured or not though.

Mullaney did his hamstring again against Sheffield. Problem with hamstrings you can't bring players back until they are 100%, so it's just a week by week basis.

Regarding Mendieka, I think he's been chosen ahead of Blythe because I presume Jimmy wants to see how Mendieka does at full back.

Agree about Tahraouri though, not sure why he's not getting in. But we're not seeing them train.

Think mendeikas worth a shot to see if he's an improvement defensively on shaw. Presumably we'll keep shaw on bench or in centres. Would have put Blythe ahead of Baille who's been a big disappointment so far and probably ahead of Henry, who whilst steadily improving is inconsistent.
One that really baffles me is lauaki repeatedly getting picked while Davies and Samir can't seem to get a look in.

I think Jimmy is still building up Lauaki's match fitness for the Middle 8s and is just easing him in, although you'd think he'd be match fit by now. As for Davies, perhaps Jimmy wants him to get more game time down at Oxford under his belt. I'm not too worried about the props to be honest though because Clough and Sidlow do big minutes anyway - the other two props just come on for short spells.

I am surprised that Blythe isn't playing but Henry did have a good game against Sheffield.

2300 tickets sold by the Bulls too according to the website.

Is Ferguson injured again? If so, maybe there is some truth after all in the comments about him being made of biscuit. I had assumed they were joking.

You're not going then? I'm looking forward to it. I wouldn't be going if it was at a ground we've already visited this season.

Fantastic effort!

Should make for a cracking atmosphere come 7pm. I assume the neutrals will be cheering on the Blue Sox.

I'd imagine that Ferguson has picked up a knock in training. Unlike last year were we had no choice but play players who were carrying injuries, we now have the luxury of being able to rest any player who's not 100%
I don't think there's anything to worry about.

Spot on. Such a large squad allows us to only play those who are 100%z

FA - I presume your comment about Ferguson being made is biscuit was tongue in cheek. He's pretty high on the appearances listt this season. Think this will only be the 4th game he's missed. Also he's been one of our best players this year.0

2,300 tickets sold, can't wait.