It’s been the case as long as I have supported Trinity since 1975 first game Widnes CC semi final
I said at the time if Gaskell plays 10 games I will eat my hat Tom Lineham is another that was not required and is not paying off.

How was Lineham not required? We didn't have enough players who could play wing. By all means choose another player but we needed someone.

So back to the thread.

I think this is a test of the coaches as much as anything.
The two sides will be similar to last week so we'll see if Powell has tactics to beat what he saw and whether Willie can get the team to step up even higher.
Clearly we are still underdogs but I quite fancy a win.

Astonishing logic ain't it. We entered the end of last season with one crocked winger in Kershaw, a rookie in Murphy and TJ who brilliant though he is has a history that makes Gaskill look like iron man. Kay was transitioning but it's clear where his future lays.

Out of all the signings made Lineman was the most obvious and sensible.

My only shock with Linehams was how camp he seemed on TV, I mean camp in a nice way, that earring and that coat, oh dear.

If true good work from the Coaches let him rest for 2 week and he is back fit, instead of let him play and make it a long term injury like some. As said big lose ,but we have played without him before ,because of long them injury

I didn't realise Clarke and Charnley are back.
That makes them quite clear favourites for me.
We need to work out a plan to contain Clarke. But I think we can do it.

Wigan at home if we win

no problem

No easy run for us if we get past wire we will be going the hard route.

I feel strangely confident about tomorrow. Obviously Charnley and Clarke are huge boosts for them but why can’t we do it again.

I fear they will be wary and prepared for us to “go through them” so feel we might need more variation in this weeks game plan.

There is a difference between going through them with one man rugby ,and the way we went through them last week .Keep the ball moving,slip out the pass .Do it at pace and we should give them a game

We didn't go through them at all last week. Statscfrom our forwards are no better than theirs for distance per carry.
We were just more dominant in the way we did it, which wore them down.

No Dave in squad.

Looks like Paul has the inside news. No Fifita.