So then, what we expecting?

Big crowds, injuries/suspensions, scores, talking points? Etc

Most of all are you looking forward to it...I know I am, perversely always love games more in which I think it will be tough blood and thunder right down to the wire encounters, looking forward to this more than the Saints game.

Free hit out for us. I'd expect you to win and we've already won the home fixture so no real damage done if we lose. If you lose though you'll go 4 points behind us and probably drop into 4th place

Of all the other Super League clubs Warrington are my favourite team so look forward to all Hull FC v Warrington clashes. Goes back to the fact that one of Hull's legendary players came from your club to take ours to a golden period in the 50's. That was Roy Francis who subsequently became a family friend.

Also I rate Brian Bevan as one of the greatest players I have ever seen having first seen him play against Hull in the late 40's when that team also included Challinor, Francis, Helme and Bath among others.

Have also seen you win the Challenge Cup at Wembley in 1950 and at Odsal in 1954. For me a GF or CCF against you would be magic!

As for Friday I believe you will win and I will be up at 0430hrs to watch the match on TV.

On paper this is obviously the toughest of our last 6 regular fixtures (we've already played Catalans, Wigan and Saints), and we have a pretty mixed record at your ground. As Jake alludes to the permutations are getting interesting now. If we win, we get a 4 point gap to you, then I think you play Catalans next which could go either way. If you win and Catalans beat Saints, we're back to 3rd with a trip to Cas in front of us which again is a tricky one when we've got one eye on the cup quarter final. Having just read that back, and reflected on the likelihood of saying it back in February, it all seems a bit surreal.

The last few weeks we've been able to pull wins off through playing well for 20 minute spells, but this will 100% not be enough against you, so it depends how much we have in the tank - the first half against Widnes suggests our energy levels aren't what they were. Positives for us will be Watts and hopefully Pritchard returning to freshen up the pack. On paper I think we edge it in the forwards and you have the better backs/halves. Clark v Houghton should be a good battle. Radford is talking no injuries, but Talanoa had running repairs on his knee last week and Frank was limping a bit when he was on the pitch at halftime. The main selection questions for us will be who goes up against Lineham (Naughton did a good job on him at our place, but Michaels was excellent against Widnes) and whether we go for Tuimavave or Pryce at 6 - I suspect the latter. In the pack, if everyone's fit I'd see Watts and Pritchard in with Green and Hadley dropping out. What's the team news from a Wire perspective?

So why exactly is this a free hit up? An opportunity to go four points clear of another top 4 team.

To be honest, I think we will lose this one and the Cas game. Cas are playing better than Warrington at the moment and are looking a very exciting team.
Mental toughness will be massive as we hit the next 3 games.

Because we're not expected to win and a loss wouldn't be a disaster. I would have thought it was fairly obvious but obviously not

Think wayne bennett is going to be they to, for a bit more motivation for the english players on both sides, a few good battles. Taylor/hill watts/hill, houghton/clarke, yeaman/atkins!!!! Ellis/westwood, could he be tempted back! I dont think so. Hopefully should be cracking game , go for a hull win by 12

Westwood won't be fit. Kevin Penny should be fit and will probably come in for Ormsby. Sims will take Bailey's starting place and will drop to the bench with Wilde missing out.

Two very good teams and it could go either way. At some point this season, Hull will put a good 80 minutes together instead of their usual broken spells adding up to 40 minutes. When they do, someone is in for a hammering. Hopefully it's Warrington

I wonder how many minutes Lee Briers will get on the pitch this week?

None its John Clarke now that spends time on the pitch not Briers.