We learnt the youngsters aren't good enough en mass... might fair better in dribs and drabs...

Echoes of the Fev friendly last season. Thought Radford said the friendlies were going to be more meaningful?

To be embarrassed by the team everyone reckons is gonna finish bottom is gonna do loads for self confidence at the club.

That's a few hundred knocked off the Warrington home games attendance that only a victory against Hudds will get back. Good work Radders

Too many kids and nowhere near enough first teamer not played. Not enough game time given to the starters ahead of the first game of
The season.

Exactly.
Once again we choose to be involved in a friendly that iirc we initially say we'll use to try out combinations to see which ones will be best for the first game ( having such a surfeit of choice now ) , allow the game to become a testimonial for a great player and then 24 hours before hand seem to change our minds and put out a bunch of kids and players who will not feature against Huddersfield and produce a complete non performance. Unfair to Ellis , unfair to the FC spectators and unfair to Wakefield and their supporters. If we really don't like friendlies just be up front about it and say so. Why did Sneyd play? Are we unsure about him still. We didn't want to risk injuries for the rest of the first team so why risk him , the scrum half that we've never had?? It all just seems like Featherstone to me , I just don't see the point. Even blooding the youngsters , surely that's better done by putting one player into a strong side rather than knocking their confidence by involving them in games like this.

Didn't we learn anything from last season?

On the plus side, 11 of our key players protected from injury. With Michaels getting a run out probably means full squad to pick from bar possibly Naughton?

Maybe we should never play any of them again that way they'll always be protected from injury!

Have to say that does nothing but knock the confidence of young players and probably the club.It also shows that neither Bowden or Green are starting props.
As a previous poster said whats the point in Playing Sneyd he is not a commanding 7 who can steer the team around the park and its highly unlikely he will not start against Huddersfield as we don't have anyone else.

Whatever the reasons for today it just seems to me that an already fragile fan base has just had any confidence shot down for the opening game of the season.

If Radford feels that the first 40 against Rovers is enough for his first team then he is sadly deluded.

I don't even want to be saying this , just the second half against Rovers and the team played/performance today has made me come back down to earth with a massive bump

Naughton bad bang to the head, so may not be too serious.

Just pointing out a counter argument. Several players risking aggravating knocks - Watts, Rankin, Pryce for example. Makes sense not to play them. Clearly Sa, Talanoa, Houghton, Paea, Minichiello and Westerman will be first choice so nothing to decide there. Michaels plays at Donny next week so not ready. Only other one is Yeaman.

Roll on the Giants away !!!! COYH

Well Huddersfield will have played one pre-season game, so we can't be that far behind.

A few will get surprised by Trinity this year and for what it's worth 2/3 first choice WTW players weren't playing today.