I would have Olbison in starting 13, think he's really come on this season and Pitts is a must

So who has got the bottle to stand up at the forum on Thursday and ask JL if he knows how to sort out our rubbish (his word) performances in the next few games?

Bradford Leigh
Mendeika McNally
Caro Kay
Blythe Armstrong
Purtell Worthington
Williams Higson
Gaskell Ridyard
Mullaney Brierley
Clough Emmitt
AoB Higham
Sidlow Hock
Olbison Dixon
Ferguson Haggerty
Addy Barlow

Crossley MoiMoi
Fleming/Lauaki Beswick
Walshaw Hopkins
Pitts Spencer/Wilkes

Probably strongest line ups - can we take on SL?

With Leigh's backs, and our forwards, we'd have a cracking side there

Leigh could do us a massive favour in the 8's by turning over at least 2 of the SL teams. that then makes them our targets too. If by doing so Leigh get third that would in turn give us a better chance of 4th or 5th. Its going to be an interesting fixtures list on the 29th.

Well, as 3rd and 4th spots are still up for grabs it's quite worrying that we might be heading into the middle 8's against 3 other teams who've beat us already this season. True, beating them in the middle 8 comp would be a more important win in the league, but still

you would hope that the team can motivate itself in the 8s, as it has not done this last few weeks, to play 80 minutes and to the game plan . We have also won games against Fax and feathers, and threw a game away against Leigh. So getting the half backs into some semblance of shape is pretty important

Right now, I'll settle for getting the halfbacks back.......... We've less than three weeks and counting before the main season starts.

Leigh have beaten Wakey and Salford already whilst we have lost to Hull K R as well as Fev, Sheffield and Leigh. On that basis I suggest it's not worth turning up.

Leigh have already proved that they can. Bulls we don't know. I thought we played well against Hull KR but didn't out together an 80 minute performance. Not sure we have yet tbh. We'll just have to wait and see.

Leigh will be going up for sure. They are fully confident too.

I disagree, I don't think anyone will be switching leagues come the end of the season.

I think Leigh will be with us in CH and it will come down to a dodgy on field decison

Leigh and Bradford have contributed well to the Championship and have been a level of ambition for other Championship teams. Over confidence into the M8's can find a team in turmoil if it comes crashing down.

RL is an ego based sport and as a win can pick a team and player up, equally a teams confidence can fall of a cliff very quickly. I don't know if anyone else has noticed but the players seem to have been stagnating. Realistically this weeks match is important for confidence. Win Lose or Draw is the nature of sport and the euphoria or disappointment is part of it all. I might be dubbed OLD FASH but I wish Nobby was on the books this week for consultancy ....

I honestly thought at the start of the season that no team would be promoted, but now I feel with the confidence and momentum we have, especially if we win our remaining 3 games, then a lot could depend on the order of the fixtures for us and if ours are….

Wakefield home …Tough game could go either way but winnable
Fax away…..Any team wanting to play SL must win this game
Sheffield home…As Fax
Salford away……if we win the 3 above this will seem a home game therefore winnable
Widnes home…As Wakey but we do seem to have a hoodoo over them
HKR away…would put this down as our most difficult and a possible loss but if we are still riding on the crest of the wave, you never know
Bulls home….it’ll all depend on how we’ve both gone on in the previous games, for us it may not matter.






That said and you may find this surprising I have been wrong before