Assuming we have to pay up their contracts, what possible advantage would releasing them give us?

Wakefield +6 is the bet.

wakey not a bad team,and there will see this as a big game regarding the top 8, fifty / fifty for me

The continued inclusion of Mika is astounding.

Critical game and one I fully expect us to lose.

Yeah, I'm nervous about this one. Kind of assumimg the worst, as a defence mechanism. I really want to get behind the team, as much as I can listening on the radio a hundred miles away, especially with it containing so many inexperienced young lads, but it is hard to have much genuine belief at the moment. Bit of a wider malaise with the club's future still unclear, too. Still, tomorrow might be the day our form and fortune start to turn, you never know.

Who would you put in in place of Mika? yet another 'kid' is the only option, and one right down the 'kid' pecking order given how many are playing anyway.

Yeah, I suppose we're a bit stuck, I just tried to do it and it didn't go well. Is Welham actually fit?

I think we'll line up something like this;

Hall, Hodgson D, Welham, Salter, Brown, Burns, Dobson, Walker, Hodgson J, Lovegrove, Mika, Horne, Griffin. Cox, Withers, Paea, Beaumont.

Or, spell Josh Hodgson into the second row and not play Mika because he's a liability but that would have required Green to be in the squad.

It would have also required Dave Hodgson to be in the squad!

The one I saw earlier in the week was scratch but with a 6 point lead I'd take wakey

Does he have any option?

Good point, shoddy work on my behalf. Brown instead.

Not really so we'll be in for an afternoon of two big hits, four dropped balls, five penalties, six missed tackles and a partridge in a pear tree.

Its crucial that we come away with the points tomorrow and against Bradford in a fortnight. Realistically, Hull are going to stick 50 on us next week and are now heading towards the top 4, Old Trafford and Wembley so there is no point chasing them. 8th spot is still up for grabs though but Wakey and Bradford are our main competitors.

Last time I looked you were only 4 points behind us with a game in hand?

Although

Ive got a feeling everything will click tomorrow and we will win by 30 points and mika will be outstanding and put in a 15 minute spell