have we all forgot Jason Crookes exists? Or is he injured/gone?

Not everyone - rlhe's out for at least 4 months after shoulder reconstruction.rl

So when there aren't 12,000 there what will the reason be? Cas fans didn't want to se the mighty FC? Or people from Hull hard up as they want to to the FA Cup semi-final?

Maybe people want to stay at home and have some engaging discussion on the forum with you?

The consensus of those that saw Colborn at the weekend seems to be that he wasn't match fit. Now the best way to get match fit is obviously to play matches but it was also said that he didn't look confident. For that reason I think he maybe needs another game under his belt with Donny before we consider him for selection. Make no mistake, this will be a tough game against a very good looking Cas side and playing a player with low confidence in this kind of match might be a bit of risk.

But as someone else has said if he plays I hope he has a stormer, proving my doubts and anyone else's wrong.

Lee Crooks said Ben knows the reasons for his drop out of the squad. I'd say to put him in a week later isn't addressing the reasons at all, more like using him as a stop-gap. We have plenty of cover there with Arundel, Colbon and Stark. Arundel/Colbon would be my choice.

If Ben knows why he was dropped then he knows what he knows what he needs to improve on in his game. Let him play & see if he's learnt

Because our ground doesn't hold 12,000. Simple.

We will be looking at closer to 10,000 anyway. There were about 6,500 cas fans against Wigan so say that goes up to 7000ish and you guys bring 3000. 10,000 will be a very good crowd for us. You always travel in numbers that's why it's always one of best home games of season to go to.

In less than a week? Can you coach that into someone in a few hours of training? Far better to give another the chance. Like it or not, he's still young, inexperienced and raw. Still prone to mistakes and the last thing you want is to kill his confidence if he's making errors.

Colbon may not have the speed, but in a game against an unbeaten team, he's invaluable. Thats why he was signed.

Beating Cas would be a yardstick and I know how implausible that would have sounded 12 months ago.

Last year's game was a crowd of 9 thousand Hull had at least half that day so 3k would be very conservative. Personally I'm off for 1st away game, other 3 in my car same. Meeting up with other pals who are making their 1st away day too! Think there's gonna be a big following!

Went to the shop today and there was a long queue for tickets the staff said they were going quickly and the women in front of me got 10. Get them from there if you can to be on the safe side and the Club get a cut if you buy them from the shop.

Plus we have already took big followings to St Helens and Warrington. Everybody I know are talking about the Cas game and with it only being less then a hour down the m62 I can see a huge crowd from Hull.

Carney fined and warned, but no ban

Thank god. Needed that with Dixons injury.

I hope you do bring loads with you. 4000 would be very nice. Even more. Like I said, we will have about 7k there so 4k+ from you and it would be a packed house big time. Not had a packed house since Leeds about 8 year back when there was 11,731 inside a capacity of 11,750. Would be real good to get that again.

Is the lovely Mr Lynch fit?