Absolute codswallop!

There are some great players on both sides who would fayre well in many a side over the years. Chase and Smith are excellent players and Poore is definitely worth his place. There are plenty of good / creative players - maybe more so in the wakey side just now, but that doesn't mean anything on derby day.

Get your head out of your arris and get down on Friday and support your boys efforts and support your club. They will never improve if you don't get behind them!

I think there is more to come from Poore hopefully Friday night, come on Trin see you at the match, lets get there in numbers.. WTID

I'm not convinced by this. The aussies post match interviews after the cup always seem to be gushing about the cup. Hardly scientific, but I think Sky's derision of the competition for the past 20 years has more to do with it. They bang on about Superleague like it's the only thing in the world - forgetting internationals, championship, NLs etc.

Our record since 1999 when we were admitted to Superleague is nothing to shout about, but at least we have made a semi final during the time since then, which is better than in any year since 1979.

I wouldn't say Poore is past his best at all, he's sill only 28. He had a bad injury that knocked him off his game for quite a while but past it is not right.

As for Smith not making it, good because then we wouldn't have the privileged of watching him play here.

We've also got Aiton & Collis who imo are both class.

Also if you can't be bothered 'which of our teams are the least poor on one given afternoon' I'd knock it on the head mate, can't get my head around that.

This.

I can understand a Cas fan feeling like that at the mo - they seem to be lurching towards the same situation we were in a couple of seasons ago, which will dampen the ardour of even the most diehard fans.

Personally, I like the feisty nature of this fixture and for me, it exists as a standalone piece of entertainment; I don't particularly worry about the context in terms of league position or whether the Aussie players understand quite how much the two clubs dislike each other. It is possible to over-think these things.

The guys entitled to his opinion, if he wants to keep his brass in his pocket thats up to him. Christ i've felt like that about wakey enough times in the past to know where he's coming from!

Yeah - and we're still here! He just needs a gentle reminder to look up instead of down - they have the nucleus of a decent side there and can compete with most sides on their day - beating Leeds and nearly downing Wigan.

Fed up of people talking our game down - its fantastic - and if we don't like it then why should we expect anyone else to!

The fact that this fixture is played for the Adam Watene memorial trophy is enough for me, no matter where either club sits in the league at the point in time that it is played.

I guess we don't actually now have anyone left who played with Adam so to the players it might not mean as much but for me it is always a chance to remember the big man. RIP Adam.

Wilkes will have player with Watene in his first stint at the club.

Olly Wilkes and Peter Fox will have been here first time round with Adam wouldn't they?

consider it firmly knocked

right, so Poore is still of Origin quality is he? Don't make me giggle. He is here because he couldn't stay fit - he's only playing 40 mintues per game for you guys.

to say watching a man wh can't tackle play is "a privelege" then for me that about sums up the standard. And we have the mercurial Rangi on show as well... *sigh* a man who runs across the line, runs back, runs across again, then drops it off to someone stood still

yes, this is a game that trully inspires me.

On a brighter note, Normanton play Eastmoor on Saturday!

If you want to see players playing for their town, rather than pretending to be great players mixing it with the big time.

As I say, I don't expect everyone to agree, but if this fixture is the highlight of your year then it's a real shame.

I think, to get to the root cause of my frustration.... I don't think the product is worth £21.

Do you know it's about a tenner to go watch Paramatta?

we are playing over double the money for half the standard.... AND the club is peeing it down the drain - hence you guys went bust and we are heading down the same road - unless we accept we cannot relentlessly punch above our weight

in fact in 2006 it was $14 - about £6.50 at the time