So HKR next Friday it is.

KR will have one or two injury doubts after the game against Leeds tonight, Parcell looks as though he’s done his pec. Even though they will be abit battered and bruised next week we know all to well how a Tony Smith side can turn up on the day, and there will be no greater motivation coming to our place looking for an upset.

Thankfully, we have the likes of Clark and King coming back into the side next week. Hopefully, Cooper is available to play next week & can avoid further punishment. Even though I’m confident at home, our record in the play-offs in the last couple years has been below par.

Looking forward to the game either way.

It's like Marley's Ghost for Price - last night the future coach, next week the past coach, and then, knowing him, we'll be undone by the ghost of the present coach's stubborness in only using 3 subs....

They surely won’t play as poor as they did tonight next week but rather face them than Leeds.

There's no way Cooper won't get a ban, easily a 1 if not 2 match ban for sure.

Three little birds have just told me that Tony Smith is seeking Redemption for his time at the Wire, and we were his one love. He never wanted to leave, but was annoyed at the abuse that his mate received. No Agar, no cry.

Get up, stand up for the Wire

Unfortunately I agree, having watched replays there seems to be a little jump and the head is hit with the shoulder. Even with his (good) record I can’t see less than 2. If we get to the semi it could be crucial.

They will bring a fair old away following so Wire fans will need to be in good voice.

In real time I didn't think ut was that bad, the first contact from Hill changed the angle that Watts moved and Cooper didn't react to that quick enough, but it is contact to the head and Cooper should have done more to change his impact like open the arm to attempt to wrap. I think if he attempts to wrap it would have been penalty sufficient.

I think it will be 2 games, which would be a farce in relation to the paasi incident which was similar in the first contact changing angles but carried an awful lot more aggression and purpose, not to mention the player he tackled couldn't finish the match. If it was saints it would be a 1 game ban, heaven forbid they be missing a player in the playoffs through suspension.

Best I think we can hope for, there is contact, but Watts shifts significantly because of chillys original tackle, hence he's falling.

2 games, maybe get it down to 1.

The ghost of wire past may come back to haunt us.
Tony smith has quietly assembled a decent team. Plus he has a couple of wire alumni as well who will be up for the contest as well.

It's knockout rugby now, Hull KR have some very talented attacking players and won't be a pushover at all. It will be a tough match which is exactly what playoff rugby should be. I think Leeds will beat Wigan in the other match, I don't see anyone but us or catalans having the potential to be able to stop saints, they're the team to beat for sure. We need to earn the right to have a crack at Saints and that won't be easy, it's definitely a potential banana skin here, Cooper will be a big miss if he is suspended. I hope Darryl Clark is fit plus King and Walker. We will need our best available side to be at our best plus a bench of subs who will actually be used.

We absolutely should be beating Hull KR though, no excuses. We play at our best and they play at theirs and we beat them.

Reduced to 0 on appeal

They took a battering last night, including some injuries. They'll be pretty rough going into next week

Saints have got a trump card though. They turn up to the disciplinary and threaten to put on one of those RedVee post-match videos; the panel fold like a pack of cards.

I said during the close season that HKR were assembling a handy squad, would improve hugely and be a threat. FMC shot me down and dismissed them, and I'm still waiting for a complimentary case of Harvey's by way of an apology.