there is a third scenario. Hull FC stick a cricket score on Salford....twitter will be the place to be then!



He is displaying a sense of humour though....

@drmarwanK 6 hrs ago
Whilst we are at it, will ask the RFL to reschedule our magic weekend fixture against @WidnesRL as it clashes with racing at @ChesterRaces

Junior development is the answer for all Super League clubs.
Today's pain is tomorrows gain.

Don't talk daft.
Increased salary caps, marquee allowances and more foreigners....that's the Superleague way!

I don't get the outrage. They're in a bad position, have asked if the game could be rescehduled and told no. How exactly does this somehow constitute a joke? At least in effect they are telling fans who might attend to expect a hugely one-sided game. That's more than the management of some teams have done in the past when fielding ridiculously weak teams on purpose.

the way Hull have played this year, it'll probably be quite even





P.S. I'm aware they beat us!

I would only bet on a draw, if Salford didn't turn up

I don't know where people are getting the numbers of 14 and 16 players missing from. Having gone through the squad list on the Super League website, I have totalled up the amount of unavailable players.

1. Locke - injured
2. BJB - injured
3. J Griffin - injured
4. Sa'u - injured
5. Chase - suspended
6. Dobson - injured
7. Morley - injured
8. Lee - injured
10. Taylor - injured
11. Hauraki - suspended
12. J Walne - injured
13. A Walne - injured
14. Puletua - de-registered for quota reasons
15. Walton - injured
16. Hood - injured
17. Menzies - injured
18. Ford - out on loan, unavailable for recall
19. England - out on loan, unavailable for recall
20. Paterson - suspended

That is 3 suspended (not 4 as has been suggested), 2 out on loan, 1 de-registered and 14 injured. If we were to go further, Josh Wood, the only u19s player who would be physically and mentally ready for the speed and toughness of playing Super League is also injured. The rest of our U19s as has been mentioned are 16 or 17 years old. Add to that we can't register Ian Watson, as his annual coaching salary would also be transferred over to the salary cap. Yes the suspensions are our own fault, but even without them we'd be struggling. People say we don't have depth in our squad, but most teams would struggle with 20 players unavailable.

Also missed out Godwin - injured, so make that 21 players unavailable

Its a joke that Salford had the neck to request a re schedule/postponement and not only that played the process out in public.

Why didn't they test the water CEO-CEO(or similar) quietly maybe with one RFL representative involved.

Answer No then get on with it without anyone knowing,
Answer yes make a formal statement.

Isn't that how businesses work??

Loaned player and players whom your refusing to pay don't count on the list - that boils down to massive mismanagement - I have enough trouble having sympathy with 3 banned let alone others - massive grab at straws there! 16 missing is terrible, and on the higher end, but as others have said, numerous clubs have seen around 13 injured before so it's not unprecedented

Amatuer clubs forfeit the game if they can't raise a team. Play or forfeit are the only options here ...

Its a horrible injury list, but 6 players are not playing due to the club loaning them or on suspension

When the whole squad is 27 players it not exactly much room

Id prefer some clubs to loan some players if they are willing as simply suspending fixtures until later is not practical and would be open to abuse in the future (not saying this is the case here)

Precisely. I like the Doc and I know he has a fan club on here but as has been the case many times before, he would have been better off doing it privately, then telling the fans the situation.

Yes, Hull/RFL have agreed - great, no need for a media circus, a big thankyou to Hull and the RFL, we will work on getting bodies back on the pitch.

No, Hull/RFL have refused the request - if the Doc insisted on making it public then he could have said it was worth a try, we will try to put out a team to make the club proud (i.e. siege mentality).

Unfortunately as always it's extra column inches for the Doc.