Tonight will tell us a lot about where we are as a team. Bar Mathers its our first choice line up against a team around us and played on a fast pitch, which many theories state should suit us. No excuses anymore, a good performance and two points is a must.

Widnes are strong at home, it seems like they've almost mastered the i-pitch but to the detriment of their away form. They've some quality players, and for us to win we'd have to work hard all over the park for 80 minutes doing the basics right.

Our defence has been a problem for a while and i haven't seen anything to indicate it's going to change. I'm not sure what's gone wrong this season, but we don't seem to have the patience nor mental strength to pull us through tight contests.

Hope i'm wrong but i fear we'll lose tonight by a couple of scores

Totally agree.

With the exception of Poore, there just isn't enough aggression and determination in defence.
Much of the time we seem to just go through the motions and unless we can have some discipline, not giving away penalties and have patience with ball in hand, we could get beaten.
I hadn't realised how good their home form is, only one defeat (and that was to Saints), oops.
Maybe we need an ipitch at Newmarket

Maybe we need another strong aggressive hard running prop who tackles anything that moves like Poore? IMHO with the exception of him, Aiton and Annakin our pack have been well out of sorts this season compared to the last 10 matches of last season.
If they turn up it will be close but i think we'll just beat them but if they all don't play to their potential we'll lose by 20.

Come on Wakefield!