Here we go again...

Best case for us I think would be if Talanoa and Fonua are fit again. Then I reckon Radford will go with:

Shaul
Talanoa
Yeaman
Logan
Fonua
Tuimavave
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Bowden
Ellis
Minichiello
Manu

Watts
Pritchard
Green
Washbrook


Weather forecast at the moment is dry. Big game for both teams

Same but swap Logan for naughton and put fonua to centre.

If we match or exceed KR for Derby enthusiasm and intensity we will do ok. Anything less than that and we will get what we deserve.

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Bentham's ref for this one.

Agree, got to start this one with the right tempo and sustain it. Rovers are good at out enthusing us in the Derby. A game we should be favourites to win, but give them a sniff and they could win it, especially after their win yesterday.

I doubt they'll be no more than a score in it either way.

Every one of us are hoping and praying that our players are up for this one, the dark side fans don't have to, it's a given they will be sweating blood to beat us! Why should that be?

Couldn't agree more and those previously sayomg putting him at centre miss his other obvious failing.

Micheals and Carlos played on the left against Rovers in the friendly and worked extremely well together. Talanoa has being fairly dissapointing overall and his defensive frailty outweighs his attacking prowess IMHO.
I can't see Radford dropping Yeaman, he needs to play it safe and whilst it's a retrograde step Yeaman and Micheals on the left is far more defensively sound than Carlos and Talanoa.
Even if Fonoa is picked that side is still a concern until someone figures out why those inside are not doing their job defensively. Micheals has being a lamb to the slaughter far too often.

ATEOTD we need to dictate the pace and how the game is played. If we allow them to keep turning our pack around and don't pressure their kicker we'll tire and put ourselves at risk of our forwards falling off the cliff. Radford just has to recognise BEFORE a player is fooked and interchange him.

I have a really bad feeling for this one

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We'll lose this one and the 2 after it.

Unless there's any injuries for Rover's, their back line will no doubt be the same. In which case, I would maybe give Lancaster a shot on the left edge. I wasn't that impressed with Naughton, and didn't think he did himself any favours to warrant a starting spot this week. In the friendly Derby, two of rover's tries in the last 20 were due to naughton being out positionally, so unless he's sured that up, I feel they may target him again.

Out of our backs from last week, I'd say Shaul and Yeaman were the two guarantees, with the other three positions a pick from Michaels, Logan, Tala, Fonua, Naughton and Lancaster.

Carlos and Sneyd in the halves.

Forwards much the same. Would look at getting Thompson back in somewhere as I think he was unlucky to miss out last week and had performed pretty consistently before that.