You must shock easily

An eyebrow raiser ?, mebbe, but shocking...umm

4 very decent to choose from there, how the hell do you get shocked by 2 of them missing out

mebbe its a bout of that nasty faux shock currently infesting the interwebz, have a lie down and see if you feel better...

As good as he is with ball in hand i wouldnt plsy escare at full back he is very wesk with high kicks and abdull and walker will exploit this

I mean any. Needless penalties can be game changers.

If it was a fully match fit Atkins, I'd pick him in front of Arundel every time but, Atkins will be so far from match fitness, it could cost us dear.
I agree about Arundels ability to put his winger away but, Toupu and Lyne are way better options (if fit).

I agree Arundal is better than many think but to say he hasn't been given a fair crack is not correct.
He was behind two very in form players and when he got his chance he got injured. That's no one's fault.

Nothing against arundel at all but just think Atkins with all his experience will be a better option for this game . This could be a do or die game for us so old heads are needed to steer us to a win imo .
But arundel is a fine centre and think he’s been unlucky not to have been picked earlier in the season to mix things up a bit when we’ve been flat .

Could put Atkins on the bench and play second row (where rumour has him destined) or centre.
If Woody can play all game then we could have Koppy, King, England and Atkins

I can't believe we'd get a centre like him and put him in the second row when our pack has been doing so well.

The edge defense has been much stronger since Kirmo came back and Tanginoa is ripping it up on the other side. We will make good yards with Atkins on that left side.

Just looking back at the side we put out for that 2nd defeat down at London.

1. Hampshire
2. Jones-Bishop
3. Lyne
4. Sau
5. Caton-Brown
6. Reynolds
7. Miller
8. Fifita
9. Randell
10. Hirst
11. Batchelor
12. Horo
13. Crowther
Subs
14. Kirmond
15. Kopczak
16. King
17. Wood

We've lost Sau, Caton Brown, Reynolds, Fifita, Hirst and Horo. I would say with the exception of a fully fit Fifita we have a much stronger team now available.

Been inpressed by the pack in last 3 games think the London pack was on top when we have played them .Think we could get on top of them if pack play with same determination

You could guarantee Ward will target us here. Its something they have done all season to all sides with a small FB. Unfortunately it seems like Chester is in love with Escare currently so he will definitely play at FB so we need to look at being smart enough to protect him from Walker.

I dont get the doom mongering though. Yes if we lose we could go down but we wont. Anyone who watched London and Hull Kr on friday must realise how bad both those teams are. Yeah, there was tonnes of effort and commitment but both sides were awful. Hull Kr stopped playing when they got infront and if it wasnt for Londons fast start they would have lost. London literally created 1 chance in the last 60 minutes against the second worst team in the competition. We just need to grind out or sets, complete high, build some pressure and not panic everytime we get near there line and we will be far too strong for them.

No doubt Arundel will get dropped regardless of how well he played on Friday. If your looking for a theory to why we are in this mess then this is it.

I think we’ll win on Friday and it will be by a similar margin to the last Huddersfield game at home and Hull KR away. And the fail safe is Salford will beat Hull KR. This though shouldn’t mask what has been an awful period and in no way all should the last 5 months be swept under the carpet and it be purely put down to injuries. Changes will need to be made in the iff season.

It is a fact though that injuries have played a huge part in the horrible run we went on.

With a fully fit squad we won 6 out of our first 10 so a 60% win rate...

We’ve then won 4 of our next 18 at a 22% win rate..

Is there an argument to say if we had kept a reasonably healthy squad we could have at least maintained a 50-60% ratio which would have had us in and around the play offs...

I think in this day and age if you take 5 or 6 of any teams best players out, especially for long periods of the season it’s going to be tough...

Who would argue that Johnstone, Tupou, Ashurst, Fifita and Arona are probably five of our top 7 or 8 players and they’ve missed large chunks...how do you replace that quality on our budget?

it would be better for us if London beat us but we stay up due to one or both the others losing - that way we wont be favs for drop next season,but I think our luck may of run out this year!

I hope Escare is in the starting line up. I wouldn't class it as love just fond affection.