Exactly that except Bowden at 13 to start. Went well there last week and hits hard in D like Ellis gives us. Great for starting the game imo
I'd go with Tala on bench. Injury cover plus he came on to great effect last week against tired defence. Pitch is bound to be heavy given all the rain so Washy Thomo n Tala would give us a bit of bounce off the bench imo

Its getting hard to pick a team now, competition in all sorts of positions. Reading between the lines I expect Ellis to play. Radford said in HDM that all the returning players would be given until tomorrow before a decision is made. I think they might be more careful with Mini though. Sounds like they are not entirely sure what his neck injury was. Tuimavave being out removes a tough call regarding himself, Yeaman and Pryce. Personally I still think Talanoa offers more than Michaels overall, but I wont complain if it stays the same backline.

Think they are very different players but for me Michaels just edges it on his defence which has surprised me this season, his returns have been pretty good too. Both Michaels and Naughton so far have been very good so unless either of them has a drop in form then Talanoa will have to bide his time for an opportunity.

We haven't won there since 2007 . It is time to put that right .

You should start doing stand up comedy. We all thought they'd fenced you in over at Hull when you didn't turn up for the last 8 or 9 seasons. We fill your ground nicely for you when we pop over, none of that 10,000 rubbish when we're in town.

The table doesn't lie - we should hammer them by 30 plus points. So far they have the worst attack by a long way and (I think) the 7th best defence.

Sorry but apart from when your fans had cheap prices or free entry for cup games your away support to us isnt that great

As for ours going the other way there is only one season in the past few years we have brought a poor following, radfords first year in charge irc

I went to a Leeds away game for the first time in over 50 years when I was briefly back in the UK in May 2014. Ellis played his first game at Headingley since leaving to go to Aus. Attendance was over 15,000 with a fair few from Hull. We lost 20-6.

Have previously predicted we will lose this on Friday. Unblemished record for tipping on here this season so run could come to an abrupt end!

You'll win this one with ease.
For the first 6 rounds of the season I was cautiously optimistic that we can turn it around, but we just get worse and worse. I dont think I've seen Leeds play so badly in the SL era. So putn that along with yet more injuries and Hull FC win with ease. Turn up and enjoy your party.

We all know it's never that easy! This is professional sport, and anything can happen. However, I'm hoping that if Hull can carry on the momentum, then they can seize the opportunity to seal a rare win at Headingley. Looking forward to it, but the weather looks garbage!

I'm not buying it



I wish I could say I was optimistic, but years and years of going to Headingley and walking away disappointed has taken it's toll.

Looking at form, taking into account Leeds' injuries - it [ishould[/i be a Hull win, but I feel Leeds still have enough to win it should FC turn up with the wrong attitude or have an off day.

Prudently optimistic about Friday at Headingley, but I am fully aware that Leeds will bounce back at some point and anything other then a 100% committed performance will see us return home with nothing.

I am hoping we see Ellis as a late inclusion. We need as much leadership in the side as possible to prevent complacency.

Me too.

Same here, but only if he's 100%. We can't afford to lose him for a number of matches. I'd sooner we were sensible and gave him another week if he's not quite ready.

Leeds are going to win again sooner or later. Please don't let it be tomorrow. If we do what we've been doing since Easter Monday we'll be ok but if we are off our game it could end badly.

weather says rain on the bbc website but when you run the weather movements through the map it stays away from headingley! fingers crossed it does as it will be a leveller in leeds favour if it does rain

Hope we go with the same attitude as if we were facing a full strength Leeds team. Very dangerous if not.
They've still got enough strike players to win any game.

Hearing Shaul out with Stomach bug Naughton full back and Talanoa wing

So we are/could be without tuimavave, ellis, mini and shaul? I know leeds have some injuries too but they're pretty important players for us. Could be a lot tougher than some are imagining

The respective league positions and recent results point to a Hull victory however Leeds will turn things around at some point and it could easily happen tomorrow. They've been pretty close in most defeats and they had a fairly comfortable win over Saints last month.

If Shaul is out that is a big blow, especially on top of being without Tuimavave, Ellis and Minichiello.

I suspect some kidology going on here, I will be very surprised if Ellis doesn't start. Will be very disappointed if Shaul misses out, though if he is ill so be it. Hopefully we'll still have enough to see it home.

Pryce out too apparently. And it's going to chuck it down. Just the usual Headingley miseryfest I fear.

I also fear that our winless run at Headingley will continue. Frustrating as it looked a great opportunity to come away with the points.

Worst case scenario

Naughton
Talanoa
Yeaman
Fonua
Michaels
Abdul
Sneyd
Watts
Houghton
Taylor
Manu
Hadley
Thompson

Bowden
Green
Washbrook
Frank