We’re all entitled to our opinion. Bentley is no Bateman and he never will be.

We only know the answer to that on Saturday I think. We have to win the game.

How come this amazing team didnt 'up a gear' against Wire in the cup? They would have won at a canter and would now be looking forward to a semi final and probable trip to Wembley? Funny that.

LeBron says nobody wants the cup, only the small teams.

That explains the 12 years.

Youngster, he's almost 24! He'd have been a grandad in that Wigan team last night.

If we’d have played the first team last night there would be no guarantees of beating a strong saints team. It would have majorly reduced our chances of winning on Saturday.

Whatever the result Saturday we’ve given ourselves the best chance.

I agree, but because we have put our eggs so obviously in the cup basket we have to win it.

Think people are being a bit harsh on Clark.

Not sure how many minutes he did but:
38 tackles (2nd after Rushton who made 41), 93% tackle efficiency
87 metres (2nd after McDonnell who made 121)
17 carries (2nd after Hanley with 17)
1 error and 0 penalties (knocked on from a poor Hanley pass)

I think Clark has been good the last few weeks TBH but having been billed as the most explosive forward in the league (or something like that) people are no doubt wanting to see something more than solid stats.

Then again, people like Clubby for some reason and his stats are terrible and isn't exactly explosive either.

38 Tackles & 17 Carries is about 4 games For BFUT
But he has a catchy name in a song so that's ok.

I'm not interested in what Rads or anyone else says - I'm interested in what I see - He has a poor game about 4 weeks ago (Can't remember if it was the HKR one, but if it was so did a lot of others) but his performances in nearly all his other games has been around a 7/10 for me, which is ok, not brilliant but ok.

Currently he would be about my 5th choice Prop behind :-
Havard
Bullock
Partington
Flower

And with Greenwood & Shorrocks providing the Back up cover and bench spots he probably doesn't currently get in the 17
But should a prop drop out he would be in with a chance of a bench spot, along with Greenwood or Shorrocks

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next in line would be Byrne then


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Lets cut to the Chase - BFUT is way down!!!!!

Thought his go forward was OK - Found his front quite a bit, but agree when he didn't it looked ponderous

Byrne has been poor last 3-4 games he's played - Not much lateral movement in defence, and he isn't making yard after contact or finding a quick PTB
His effort is usually ok, and because he's so young is going to have up & down moments, this seems to be a bit of a down moment but there's time - I see him as a Paul Prescott type project - never a world beater but could be a solid club player for the next 10 years

Surprised with Clark’s stats tbh. He looked jiggered to me and was having a few rests in back play on tackle one and two but maybe he deserved them. I liked his willingness to get in the battle and to not back down to guys like Graham and LMS. There’s plenty to work on and he wouldn’t be in my first 17 but I’d certainly have him above Flower and Clubb. I thought Flower looked absolutely busted. It was a struggle to get up to play the ball and on that show he should probably retire rather than looking for a new contract anywhere.

Do you think the Covid bout may have played a part? I don’t know if he had symptoms or not but his fitness has looked well off where it was a few weeks ago to me. He missed 7 tackles last night and it was a similar story in his last game before his positive test. Up until that point I always felt his fitness looked a strong point.