Im not saying play him if he's not fit, probably came across wrong. I meant if he is fit I doubt we'll hear about it until the teams are announced & on the pitch.

If it wasn't his ankle and maybe it was his arm (Obviously it isn't) it might be okay to go in at 80/90% fit but because it's an ankle injury if he's against either Charnley or Richard and makes a break or what ever he'll most likely to pull up injured. Shame really because he's been outstanding in his debut season at Hull.

IMO I can't trust putting Crookes in at Wing against them 2 but if we put Whiting their out versatility is lost from the bench + he don't have the pace.

Whiting must start from the bench.

Horne has played on the wing for GB, has pace and is a great defender. Unfortunately I doubt he will be fit enough to play there either.

I think we will go with Crookes who is at least a specialist winger.

I hope we spend time next week practising defending kicks to the corners.

I reckon he could shuffle along on his backside quicker then Richards can run and that's the winger he'll be up against down our left hand side.

He needs to be reasonably fit simply to last the game because you can't afford to leave your team a man short but pace won't be an issue. It's going to be a really tough call for Peter Gentle IMO.

I sincerely hope he's fit, but don't want us to do a Senior, if he's not 100%

We'd have to just go with Crookes but to me (Lack of game time) he won't be the reliable on a big stage we need our best players out there even if it means having Whiting there which I don't want really.. and yeah if Crookes is to play he's going to have to get practising very hard this week otherwise Richards will just laugh at him all day long..



Maybe he's not got the pace but he's very good in the air and against Crookes he'll just be laughing at how easy it is to get the ball.. and back on Lineham if he's to go ahead and play and play against Richards he'd need at least some sort of pace in-case someone made a break.

if we don't go with crookes then his FC career is as good as over - we gave him the no.2 shirt before the season started. if lineham is out he'll play

Does Special Brew have healing powers?

Most of the people I see drinking it look as if they should be long dead

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How does that tally with AP's alleged comment at Bev races that Lineham will miss the final

There are a number of possibilities here, including:

1. He is definitely out and Gentle wants to keep Wigan guessing but AP (who has a reputation for being indiscreet) has let the cat out of the bag.

2. Gentle believes Lineham will be fit but wants to keep Wigan guessing and AP is playing along with it.

3. We are hoping Shaun Wane reads RLFANS and makes his team selection and tactics after hes checked the posts on the Hull forum