Ben Pomeroy charged with grade b by the rfl. Should miss Friday nights game

Bowden was charged with a grade A and used early guilty plea so is available

We seem to be saying it most weeks but for me Friday is a huge game in the context of this season.
We need 2 points and I dont really give a fook how we get them.
The game after at the Mend-a-Hose is tough and if we haven't got anymore points on the board come the Thursday before Easter we could get royally bummed by Campese and Kelly.

Biggest game in since our last play off game IMO, really need a win for some many reasons.

Couple of big players out for them, IMO need to go with two hookers (bring back Cunningham) and that is a big strength of theirs.

Massive must win game, hopefully the few of us that are there will get right behind the team.

If I was to put money on it, I would back Catalans. They have stayed over here so the travel aspect can be negated. They are coming to us on the back of an embarrassing result which will ensure they are more determined than normal. They are also a very good team and their backs look far superior to ours. I just can't see us winning. Sure hope I'm wrong.

rovers will hammer us irrespective of whether we win before then or not. Thwey have pace out wide and a good kicking game. Our centres and 2nd rowers don;t seem able to handle pace

Grind out a result against the French and at least the confidence levels will be slightly raised for what's to come.
I said it at the time and seen nothing to change my mind currently, I would swap our halves every day of the week for what Rovers managed to recruit.
Played some nice expansive rugby against the French that I unfortunately don't see us anywhere nearly capable of at present.

Plus how many times did HKR use a cut out pass?
Do we ever manage to do that?
I have never seen such a poor team ball in hand in the opposition 20.
We just relay on last tackle kick option and hope for the best.

You'd have thought after our first couple of games confidence would be high already heading to Salford but I don't think results make much difference either way to the confidence and mental state of this team, as we never know which hull side is going to turn up irrespective of the previous weeks result.
I think our coaching is too structural and rigid.

I agree with about Rovers halves too I'd take them over ours any day. Against Catalan they took the line on had a great range of kicks, played off the cuff and had a superb range of passing, something distinctly lacking at the Kc.

I think Catalan will have learnt lessons defensively from their defeat making it even harder for our poor attack to break down so for us we will have to defend them into submission and sneak a win which I think we will do.

Yep Catalans have stayed and Carney has just flown in!

Defend at our best and we will win the game. Anything less and we will get what that level of performance deserves. Massive game looking forward to it.

A short turnaround for what must be a confidence hit Catalans side plus having to live out of a hotel for 5 days while preparing. I think that there is a good chance that Hull will cut loose and really go to town on them Friday night.

I thought Carney had broken ribs

we don't score enough points. i can't see us winning unless its a grueller, sort of a 12 - 10 type scoreline. would love to be proved wrong

Pomeroy a one match ban.