For Radford & the players to prove to us the Widnes game as a blip (to put it lightly), they need to win convincingly on Friday, and again the week after. We're playing the two weakest clubs in SL by some distance.

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Squad:

Bowden, Ellis, Green, Houghton, Logan, Manu, Michaels, Minichiello, Naughton, Paleaaesina, Pritchard, Shaul, Sneyd, Taylor, Thompson, Tuimavave, Washbrook, Watts, Yeaman.

Spot on. The only blip it's a derby and that's one game I would never ever bet on. Seen to many in the past go to the underdog. Saying that 2 wins for me COYH

Child reffing. Fat chance of a stormer then.

Say he wants control of the club, fail to submit a business plan or any evidence of finance, get turned down, flounce out in a huff, and then snipe at the club on social media?

Seems unlikely.

We have too much quality to lose this surely?
After the changing room discussion and solid application of game plan plus us not losing the plot if things don't go right the first time then we should tear Wakefield apart, we have to be ruthless and focused from minute one onward.
There is the potential in the team to be a contender, Radfors now has to prove to us he has what it takes to get that potential as near to the maximum as possible.
I feel that if he and the players can put a line in the sand, identify why we have dropped off so badly in the Widnes game we can do something thos season.
I'm fed up of watching a team year after year that on paper have a good chance just not fulfil their potential.

So, if the unthinkable happens, who are 'you' going to blame?

As I've stated previously it's 80% the coach and 20% the players and gave my reasons why.
Good quality players can only get you so far, how they perform is by far down to the coaching and preparation not just in basics of rugby but everything else as I've outlined before.

if they lose, radford will be gone because Pearson knows half the support will be gone next season!

But you also just said ... "We have too much quality to lose this surely?"
So was you meaning the quality of the coaching staff?

You misunderstood.
We have too much quality in the players we have that they should win just by being much better quality players almost to a man even with poor coaching or without a coach at all.
That's my summation on the quality gap between the players of our team and Wakefield's.
I posed the questoon that no matter what might be happening behind the scenes here (and indeed wakey) we should come out on top. The way I worded the question introduces an element of doubt (in my mind) even with that vast differential in quality but still feel we should win comfortably.

What do you think?

I agree that on paper we look better than Wakey. But on paper and on the pitch are two different things and there's other factors to throw into the mix. We don't know what our response is going to be to the defeat and players meeting last week. It needs to be positive but that is by no means a guarantee. And then there's Wakey themselves. A new coach can often provide a boost for a club. Particularly in the first game when everyone is out to impress.

Whilst I have confidence we can get a win I don't think it's a sure thing.

I would rather face a team coached by Chester and Brian Smith that's for sure.

If we lose I would sack Radford, as the team on the pitch is so far apart in terms of quality that a loss is just unacceptable and there is something wrong behind the scenes.

How many of Wakey expected side would get into Hull's 17? Maybe Simon?