Paea in for Miloudi then.

Don’t see the point in going with 4 forwards on the bench with the interchange dropping to 8. Realistically most teams will use 7 for 70+ minutes incase of injury.

If Miloudi isn't injured etc I'd be handing in a transfer request, how has he not made the 19, Has to be included, looks like we are going to try and win it with power, I hope it works.

I don't get why we brought him in if Radford isn't a fan.

The Bunting era was a good one to be brought up with, but lets not get past the fact that in the 8 seasons he was in charge Bunting won THREE major trophies and lost many finals. Before someone posts about the Yorkshire cups, they were never considered a major competition.

It does raise a rye smile which some go on about the "successful period of the early 80's", when in fact we actually lost more final than we won and, with all due respect we lost the League to Leigh when we were the big spenders.

As for Friday, lets see what happens from 8pm onward. No point in making prediction, we have no basis of form at all right now.

Just can't see the point in the club using cap space for Miloudi and may as well off load him. This Friday with both Kelly & Connor missing and also Talanoa missing if Miloudi cant get in the 19 man squad what chance has he got of getting in the 17.

We are sadly lacking creativity without Kelly or Connor and Miloudi would have given us something of a threat in the halves, if Washy is put in at 6 then for me we are going backwards and will be reliant on a kick to the corner or barge overs for scoring.

Predictable and easy to defend against, can only see a Rovers win and to be quite honest and easy win for them.

Surely he’ll play Hadley at 6 instead of Washy?

I'd rather play Carlos at 6 and Scott at Centre

Lets wait till Friday, things might change, or might not.

There’s nothing as unreliable as a derby 19. Have a little hope.

I agree but Radford seems to want to make a statement about Langtree and Dawson so they will both play.
so depressing to see that squad and the lack of pace.Little wonder fans call us dull and boring when we have Washbrook at 6 and a bench of forwards that consists of an ageing Paea and two very average players in Thompson and Langtree.Lane should get the fourth bench spot.
Why name Litten when the ground will be heavy.He was never going to play.
Miloudi may as well ask to be released as he is never going to to be a Radford player.
HKR by 20 points for me and will score in the first 5 minutes.
Griffin and Dawson as an edge what a joke.
Radford out by Easter.Aussie coach will come with Gaz Ellis as his no 2.

I'm now hoping for a frozen pitch and the game to be postponed.

I really do feel this is going to be a very hard slog this season in both in terms of getting results and also having to sit & watch a dire, boring and quite frankly disappointing brand of rugby.

The fact we are down to only Sneyd with the absence of Kelly, Connor & Harris and Miloudi is not even even in the 19 has knocked the last few remaining bits of hope that we will actually go with more than the power tactics. The fact we've lost Ellis and Watts and not replaced them at all for me means we have no real threat of any sort either down the middle or out wide.

Maybe i'll be eating humble pie come 10pm Friday night but I can't see us getting anything from this game at all and unless Rovers defence is total shizzle I can't see us scoring more than 2 tries.

imo i thought miloudi would have been in the 19, even Cameron scott at centre with tuime at 6, but its still a team that can win, every man and his dog is writing us off, lets see

Apart from the bookies who have us as marginal favourites.
Just banged a wedge on us at 11/10.
Keep the faith guys and dolls.

Radford is frightened to death of losing this game, he trusts Washbrook and was always going to take the safe option.

I have been more optimistic than most about this game, but I've got to be honest, if I was a KR fan looking down our team sheet I would see very little to concern me. I think the back line is actually OK (jury is out on Dawson Jones) even if it lacks a bit of pace. But its almost irrelevant because I can't see us being able to get much good quality ball to them. Sneyd can be creative when he wants to be so fingers crossed he steps up in the absence of Connor and Kelly. Taylor is excellent and we know what we are going to get with Houghton. The rest of the pack ranges from inexperienced to over the hill with a little bit of mediocre sprinkled in. Radford said today that the bench could prove the difference. I certainly hope not because ours looks poor.