Exactly Trinity have only 2 points so far and Leigh are the team that are still most likely to challenge Trinity for that Super League spot.

No time for thinking it's going to be easy when it isn't....Leigh knocked us out of the Challenge Cup and that should not be forgotten. It's time to repeat that first 30 minute start against Bradford but keep it going for 60-70 minutes...dominate in the pack and give Miller and Tim Smith room to play. I'd expect Johnstone to be in the 17 as his pace will worry Leigh if he gets any space.

Come on Trinity keep it up..get that pride and confidence back..

If Locke is ready Lee Smith could go into the centres and put Tupou out on the wing

Salford and HKR have done to Leigh exactly what a proper SL side should do; dominate them in terms of energy and power, weather their headless chicken style of play and accept that they might score a few off it, but trust the processes and systems to get a win. They play exciting heads up rugby and they've got some pace and skill, but they fold when they're physically dominated in the middle - their forwards were bullied by Salford yesterday and that allowed Chase and, to a lesser extent Dobson, to run riot.

We need the same game plan that we used against Bradford, with additional note paid to how quickly they try to promote the ball to their edges - which are quick; a bit more attention paid to stopping offloads and discipline in the defensive line should take care of that.

Easier said than done like - they have a fair bit of fight in them and we're far from the finished article.

It could quite easily be points difference separating 4/5/6. Being ruthless in both attack & defence can make the difference. BSmith knows this.

We will play the way we have for the last two years, we don’t have it in us to play any other way, and for me regardless of the recent results its good to watch and long may it continue.

As per normal yesterday the best team won, and I expect the same will happen on Saturday.

Some interesting selection headaches coming up over the next few weeks.

If Kevin Locke is fit to play we really have to find a place for him and the only place is Full Back where Lee Smith has been superb.

If Brian Smith likes Scott Moore then decision 1 is does he become our first choice hooker over Michael Sio and decision 2 is where do we shoehorn Godinet into the side. My choice would be to exclude Moore in favour of a Sio/Godinet Hooking combination.

With Richard Owen injured who replaces him?
Tom Johnstone for me, he deserves a chance to play in a team that's defending relatively well, his reputation as a defender took a battering but few of the tries conceded were actually his fault.
Other options are Lee Smith to centre/Tupou to wing with Locke at Full Back or aStraight swap of Riley or Hall or Tansey in for Owen.

If Lauitiiti is 100% then how does he get a game?
For me, on current form it'd be in place of Walker who has had a couple of strong performance followed by a couple of below average ones.

Crowther/Annakin/Yates might get some game time versus Halifax and Sheffield though I'd be very guarded about taking to the field with a much below full strength team.

Interesting selection headache that is nice to have.

Hasn't Moore torn his bicep?

Did that former NRL player explain the way things were at Fev, prior to last season? They topped the Championship four successive seasons by employing virtually the same style as Leigh have these past two years - dominate up front and then run the opposition ragged. Leigh and their coaching team would have been painfully aware of the success of that tactic - they used to stuff us regularly, 3-4 times a season!

You could say that we have just followed their blueprint.

Alan,
Daryl Powell never had carte blanche powers to sign players direct from Super League,and NRL,or to spend money which had observers questioning the creative accountancy of the club and the policing of the salary cap.
He never had his players full time.
He had them disciplined,apparently on and off the field and I don't recall out of season doping problems etc.( Having seen something on Twitter which suggests Barlow shouting at a tester in the street I don't think anything similar occurred at Featherstone when he was there.)
He even had the misbehaviour of the followers improve drastically.

He also guided his team to more grand Finals than Leigh have reached.

Apart from that I can see the similarities.


Bye,Wakefield fans.Disappearing again,quietly.Win on Saturday

I hope BS doesn't decide to go with Moore over Sio again. Locke over Lee Smith, if available, is a tough one. If we were to find a place for Locke, I'd be tempted to drop Arundal, who seems to lack effort sometimes, put Lee Smith there and Locke at Fullback. Although Smith may not have the pace for centre these days.

I would say the game plan is already in action.

You might be right and we need to treat it as such but I think we're giving Paul Rowley too much credit!