Abdul wasn't the stand out poor player against Widnes but copped a lot more flak than more senior players, the same senior players that criticised him, plus it was his first game of the seasond040.gif
Playing behind a winning pack, he'd go very well imo. Too many of our young players are criticesd far too much, knocking confidence, affects performance. When players bomb in other teams, thier fellow players rally round him, where's that gone from FC and fans?

So we're in average form and missing:
Fonua
Talanoa
Tuimavave
Pryce
Manu
Minichiello
Thompson

against the unbeaten table-toppers. Anything approaching respectability would be good in that context.

Agreed, although today's a bit of a free hit with that list and given Wire's position, hopefully a few back on Friday.

Has the Warrington team been announced yet?

not seen anything buton their forum, russell is out and gidley not playing

After today, the next 5 all look winnable if we show any semblance of form and get a few players back

If Warrington stick with pretty much the same team and we shuffle our cards a bit it could work in our favour to have a couple more sets of fresh legs. If we are still in the contest after an hour we might nick it, obviously that's easier said than done though. I just hope we go out and express ourselves like we did in the last 20 on Friday. Basic rugby won't get us anywhere today, we've got to take the fight to them.

Abdul's shape is indicative of his lifestyle choices. To say he would go well behind a winning pack is cliched. I would go well behind a winning pack. He is not Super League standard.

No Pritchard according to Paul Clarkes tweet

Correct, Turgut plays instead. Frank put a shift in on Friday, thought we might have had him on the bench, but not really surprised he's rested.

8 out, 11 Hull lads in the squad. Fair to say we're prioritising Friday's game with the Derby win under our belts?

Not sure it's prioritising Friday so much as not taking any chances and trying to ensure we don't burn out a little further down the line. It could work out for us, don't underestimate how difficult it is to back up after less than 3 days. Throw in the story about the cryo chamber and the fact we played earlier than Warrington (not by much but it all counts) and tiredness could be a big factor. We need to start well though, if Warrington start to run away with it then it's irrelevant.

Radford seems to have given this game up