squad been announced

brierley and gaskell the new partnership this time (another one to try)

ormsby looks like he will play on the wing in place of murphy

not sure if sam wood will displace mellor at centre too, would be a whole new left side if that was to happen with brough out too!

9/1 if you fancy a giants win or a 20 point start on the handicap ....

20 point start on the handicap I think is way out. Gonna be a lot closer than that I think, especially looking at the weather forecast

I agree

No matter how well Brierley and Gaskell play together, Brierley will be dropped the week after for Brough. Same with Ormsby if Murphy is fit next week.

Im happy Brough and Murphy miss out this week.

Murphy has been garbage this season so far and we need to see how we play without Brough.

Cant see us getting anything out of the game but makes it more interesting now with Brough missing just to see how we go.

Capable of being a good game. If this season has anything to go by then we will probably try slow Cas down, stop there entertaining tactics by lying on for dear life.
If the ref wants to slow things down, then we have a chance.

Here is a thought.. WE could try throw it about and score some trys. Meet fire with fire. It could work.. at worst we will lose but our fans will walk away feeling like we've tried to entertain.

I would play Murphy in the centre this week and Gene on the wing. Nothing against Mellor though. Just feel we need to try something a little different.

There's only one problem with that idea. We can't catch.

Or pass....

What happens if we get hammered tomorrow? Season will almost be gone if we lose tomoz...

No pressure then?

Season is already gone, It has never been about more than survival this year, So I agree why not try and play some Football that may bring in some Fans.

I don't think our season is quite gone yet. You never know what will happen when we get our full team back. Cup glory? Top 8? Could create a great vibe around the club for next season... if we show some fight. Grabbing an 8th spot will feel like a huge step in the right direction and something to build on.
Cup success is abit of a dream but it's only 6? One off games.

Its also a few one off game for us to get turned over by a championship outfit

we need to play a hell of a lot better than we have to get to 8th spot . Look like rabbits in the spot light at times . the thing i wont to see with stone is some line speed and a bit of get up and go

The thing I want to see from stone.....is any improvement in any area - as in some respects (defence) we've seemingly gone backwards-

We will be fighting it out for the wooden spoon with Widnes this year, who are equally poor. As for defence, i think to save time it would be better to award the opposition a try as soon as they get into our 20 as we have utterly no idea how to defend it.

We've improved in regards to fitness & squad depth (not the same as strength) but beyond that I'm not even sure we've maintained let alone improved.

Having said that, to be fair to RS, he has always said he's working on a long term solution but I'm pretty sure even he didn't expect the performances to date.