Josh Bowden has never been called a match winner in his life!

Well if it's another heavy defeat then I fail to see how anybody can make excuses, there's a way to lose games, it would be nice to see some entertaining rugby win lose or draw, it would make a nice change to be entertained......

There shouldn't be any excuses Wildmoggy which was my point, and my sarcasm was not intended at you btw, it would be good to see some entertaining rugby but when the players and the coaching staff aren't singing from the same song sheet then we have a problem, fans can sugar coat it all they want with the usual excuses over finances and injuries but there was no mention of these three week ago, either 30 players have got it wrong or the coaching staff, difficult for the CEO who has to keep finding the money for extra players while also asking players to take a pay cut, I'm sure that won't help matters either unfortunately.

The question is are they actually injured or is some cases just being rested. If it is the latter then I honestly believe we are reducing our chances of winning albeit with the team Hull have put out we should regardless.

So looking at the probable line ups and the backs...we’re assuming Hull are weak there and we have the edge. Who comes out on top of matching against each other?

Gigot v Wynne

Senior v Swift
Tupou v Fonua
Lyne v Scott
Kay v Naulago

Hampshire v Connor
Jowitt v Kelly

I’d say two clear for us...one about equal and the rest to Hull, so we might not have the big advantage everyone seems to think?

It’s a huge pressure game for both coaches and will probably come down to who handles the pressure most...

Has Chester come out and stated that's the position Gigot, Hampshire, and Jowitt will play in, or like others are you just assuming that

Obviously.... Nothing to do with the fact they have to play 2 games in 1 week then and are probably targeting the Cup game?

I’m assuming that.

If you think they’ll line up differently fair enough...

Whatever we go with at 1,6,7 we will arguably have the edge at 1, although Wynne is an excellent young prospect, and Hull have the edge at 6/7...in my opinion of course..

Given we have Senior for just one more week i’d play him and Kay on the wings. Personally i’d leave BJB to get more training under his belt before we play again in a couple of weeks time after the cup round.

I'm neither for or against Chester I leave that to others to decide and just comment on what's said in any particular post, as for my particular thoughts on his line up, I've long since given up trying to guess his line up, personally fwiw I'd put Gigot at Hampshires side where he's more involved and put Max at full back.

Guess what we don’t know is how fit everyone is - but apart from Johnstone all our likely contenders are in the squad so will be interesting to see what he sees as his best line up - he has said all the ooc players can play themselves into a contract so let’s hope bishop is fit and does exactly that.

Call at half back and full back is difficult but personally would go with walker at full back , tupo and Bjb on the wings, gigot and lynne in centres and jowit and Hampshire in halves.

Equally could see hampsire at full back and gigot at stand off or .....

To say we have such a small squad the permutations are endless -

Looking forward to a Thai and watching us v Hull. Doesnt matter how bad previous performances have been there's something about the next match that excites, that HOPE! It's hard to give up.

As Red said in Shawshank though.. "Hope is a dangerous thing, hope can drive a man insane"