May as well treat it as a friendly, take the pressure off the everyone and try and iron out the basic errors and work to a simple game plan that we have some chance of fulfilling and use it as a starting point. No trying to offload on tackle 2 on our own 20 or tackle one on their 20. Try and get into the grind, when we concede a try just start again and try and build some sort of platform to move forward on in the forthcoming games. Try and do that for 80 minutes with maximum effort and hopefully the scoreboard won't go ballistic and we can move onto next week with at least an air of positivity/promise.

That would be my side would have Staverley at 13, think he is more of a middle than Lane.

Got to be a concern for Damel Diakhate not getting in that squad, wasn't mentioned as injured was he?

Keep the score down time seems the most likely hope we can have for me.

In round 2, what a time to be alive

Those squad numbers



Going to be a long night. As others have said, just got to aim for a committed display and see it as good experience.

Hope Morgan Smith and Brown have just been practicing booting it as far down the pitch (but not too far that we give away a 7 tackle set) as they can all week, keep them away from our line all game and defend like it's a knock out game and we might keep it respectable

I think even the most ardent fan would struggle to be optimistic about this game.
Even with a full strength team I wouldn't see anything other than a loss.
Like the team my enthusiasm and passion for the season had disappeared by half time against Rovers.

Score prediction?

I predict we will score (so long as it's not raining).

I'll actually watch with interest. The only salvageable silver lining is hopefully a good look at some of the younger players. I'd expect us, at best, to stay within 30.

Almost had a brief moment of optimism when I saw on my news feed that Hull are in talks with Hargreaves. Alas, it's t'other lot.

Not keen on 36 year old imports. It just gave me a moment of de-javu to the days we linked ourselves with eminent antipodeans.

Well nobody has mentioned the term yet, so here goes surely this game is a 'free hit'



I do think we should probably view the game to right some wrongs from last Thursday in terms of simply getting our basics and organisation right and also giving the fringe players game time and SL experience and score at least one try.
Anything after that is a bonus

I hope they do – terrible signing. Another 'Big Willie'.