I favour Hull to win - one key reason is that we can't afford to play players who are not at least 95% fit against them.
We looked good against Saints but they were really gash and offered very little in attack even though they had more of the ball for the first half.
It'll be a different story against Hull if we repeat that.

There are battles all over the park - I'm loving watching Houghton play and Clarkey is coming back to his best so that should be great to watch.

I understand those who've said you've not put in an 80min performance yet - we've only done it a couple of times though, and we still suffer from unpredictability. (The loss to Cas was really poor though).

Hope it's dry even though the weather says not.

Warrington will be rightly favourites which suits us. Takes the pressure off.

Jake was right in saying it's a 'free hit' in that a win is a huge bonus but a loss is nothing to get concerned about.

Absolutely.

Would still prefer a win, mind.

I agree with bringing in Pryce. The thing I like about Thompson is that he brings impact off the bench, in the same way as an interchange hooker would.
Michaels doesn't deserve to be dropped.

james child will referee the game!

wtf are the RFL thinking, top two, entertaining teams, on sky and they put one of the worst officials in charge

Maybe drop Hadley rather than Thompson?

Gunna be tough on a few players but I'd to with

Shaul
Talanoa
Yeaman
Fonua
Michaels
Carlos
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Manu
Mini
Ellis

Washbrook
Frank
Bowden
Thompson

id keep hadley in, maybe for thompson, he seems to steady the right hand side when coming on

He seems to make decisions and back himself rather than asking the video ref everything

Child never seems to get on top of niggles but then pings teams for not being square or offside, he never seems like he's fully in control.

I'd stick with Carlos. As others have said, it's a bit of a free hit, so the only way to see if he has what it takes in big games, is to play him in one and see how he goes.

its not the awarding of tries and video ref im bothered about, its his confusing interpretations of the way he officiates games, awarding penalties and decisions that leaves everyone, including the players confused

Their left edge attack against our right edge defence is gonna be a concern from previous weeks. Be interesting to see if we stick with the same team and we've worked all week at it, or we make a tactical change for this match.

Think LR would go with Hadley over the two. Will help keep things tight, but lacks the impact of Thompson.
Suppose it depends which game plan they go with.
A few players are going to miss out, and you could make cases for all of them.
Good position to be in I suppose.

I agree, think he'll stick with Hadley.