I think Connor Wynne will be pulled out of the team for Friday.
Buchanan is a competent full back so possibly see him play there
You have to play Ratu and Faraimo so the centre positions will depend on whether Sneyd and Albo are fit.
If Connor escapes a ban he should play centre as Logan is out of his depth at centre.

But they have wonder coach Powell and they are further down the table than we are. I agree they don't get their trousers taken down as often as us but they do appear to be losing more often. Lets hope that continues on Friday.

So it's okay for Hull to use injuries as an excuse but not Castleford, who are more deeply effected than us?

Powell I think is a better coach than Radford.

I think the post was more a point of mental resilience than anything else.

You seem to have the same attitude as our squad

He certainly gets the best out of his players,some of whom would be considered average by our supporters.
Cas are losing games but most are close not the blowouts we have endured.
It also isnt surprising they are losing some games given their injury list.I think they have eleven first team players currently out.
Our injury list of first team players is less.
If Cas get a couple of their injured forwards back and we dont get Sneyd and Kelly back then Cas will run away with the game with Watts man of the match and Taylor sent off for trying to take his head off

Ratu scored a great try for the Army today at Twickenham all over Sky news! He needs to be back in!

If Cas don't get a couple of their injured forwards back and we get Sneyd and Kelly back then we will run away with the game with Sneyd man of the match and Watts sent off for trying to take his head off.

Firstly if memory serves me correctly, Powell was moved upstairs by Leeds as he was having no positive influence on the side, I can’t exactly remember what happened after his Leeds coaching position, think he went to rugby union and the championship.

He has improved Castleford of this there is no doubt, taking them to a hub cap winners team, then a losing grand final. He has Cas playing a super brand of footie, but as yet pot less.

Radders, not been coaching as long, and has taken the poison challis of Hull FC, he’s made two GF semi finals and was very unlucky in both not to reach the Holy Grail.

He’s reached two Challenge cup finals winning both these against Warrington and Wigan respectively.

The statistics tell a different story to your statement as to who is the better coach, as for injuries both teams have been decimated by them, as it stands we get trounced a lot more than we should, this is a weak link of our team, it’s not acceptable, and it’s bloody hard to take, but I will stick by Radders, He is a proven winner, unlike Powell who has won nowt.

I have no doubt if Powell had had the money that has been made available to Radford by Pearson Castleford would have won more than just the league leaders shield.

Conjecture

Upheld your honour

You're right Bonaire, I was just about to type something similar myself.
Powell 3 finals and a LLS. He's been at Cas a year longer than Lee at Hull and took over Cas at the bottom of the league.
Assembled a team of mainly cast offs and plays an exciting attacking brand of rugby.

True. At the same point in their careers that Powell was getting Leeds RU relegated in his first season in charge Radford had won back to back Challenge Cups.

I also think it's a fallacy that Radford inherited a very good side. We started 2014 with Crookes, Crooks, Miller, Tuson, Whiting, Arundel in our 1-17. Radford replaced these with Fonua, Tuimavave, Sneyd, Manu, Minichiello and Connor.

I also think it's untrue that we are a dull side to watch in terms of attack. With the personnel Radford has recruited in the pivots I actually think we overplay at times. Some of our centreplay this year with Carlos, Connor and Griffin has caused oppositions problems and been great to watch.

I agree with the view that Powell is a very good coach - so he should be 19 years of experience one way or another. But the reality is Radford's delivered more in 5 years, so this should not be dismissed so readily.

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Quote: The Dentist Wilf "Ratu scored a great try for the Army today at Twickenham all over Sky news! He needs to be back in!'" https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/1 ... 27-11-navy