He missed a couple of regulation kicks at Hull on Friday!



Be gentle with us please, we didn't mean it last year

I also think he should go with his strongest team (fittest team) there is very little wriggle room as I can see Cats and Hull holding up well with other teams having plenty of players to come back, they would all be capable of taking points from us.



As you say Huddersfield will be quite desperate and it should be tough.

Yes, 'fittest' is an interesting point. When we discuss players that are injured on here it means they have a broken leg, torn muscle etc etc. But players will have 'bumps and bruises' as Tony likes to call them as well. They are also injuries, but which can be played through. But invariably it means that if they play, they can not train. Or if they play, they can not do the goal kicking etc. At some point players carrying these sorts of injuries will need time off to heal and recuperate. If they don't, then they end up needing an operation at the end of season or being physically clapped out by the time they reach 30. So I agree, at some point the walking wounded will definitely need a break and we will have to bring in our reserves. Lets hope that Evans, King, Laithwaite etc are fit to play soon.

Got to play your best team at the moment. Everyone knew that April was going to be a testing month with the fixtures that we were given. Lets get Huddersfield and Widnes out of the way, then we get to play Wigans 4th team again. There could be scope to give some of the more battle weary a break in the Challenge Cup if we get a favorable draw. Lets get the points on the board early and let everyone else play catch up.

The main thing is that none of us really know who is carrying what amount of 'bumps and bruises'.

Clearly some of the 17 last week weren't 100% fit, so it's a balancing act because as others have said, to keep playing guys who are carrying an injury or a cumulation of bumps and bruises will eventually take it's toll.

Cox didn't play and I'd not heard about his problem , but is 1 week's rest enough? I guess that's the physios job but I do know that too many RL players play with injuries and injections. That's not good.

Having said that it's not wendy-ball so there's a balance to be had.



Starting point for Friday will be the same 19.

Sam Wilde in for Cox so all the rest should be over their knocks and strains, Crabtree and Patrick out for Huddersfield.

Depends what state of fitness everyone is.

Arguably Johnson and Wilde to miss out

Heard Bennie might be struggling so choice between him and Wilde and as you say probably Johnson to miss out unless they switch him or Russell to the wing and Lineham misses out

patton got injured for rochdale to those who have included him , not sure if they had to operate or not

He had an operation today, estimated 6-8 weeks out.

Morgan Smith was sub hooker for the Reserves against Wigan in our first game of the season and did very well there although he had a blinder at scrum half last Saturday for the Under 19s.

Heard his talent isn't quite as big as his bottom lip but still a young lad, hopefully his attitude will improve with age