Wasn’t just an “off game” though was it?

Love the guy and was so pleased when we signed him but he made similar errors against Rovers and needs to cut them out.

I suppose there are two approaches to the props, go for consistency throughout the game and split up Knight and Ese'ese or try and make hay with them both on and then go for more of a holding action while they're off.

We really struggled against wire when both were off, made worse by ashworth being put in the bin so I'd split them up,mayd8n is a decent defender so could be on in the jorenintense early stages then Knight and ashworth off the bench. I think k ashworth is better with a more dominant prop alongside him rather than being the main man

Less than 1k tickets left according to the wail so should be around 21/22k there.


SL should se a massive number of attendees overall for rivals round with the 3 big clubs all at home and us and Wigan near sell outs.

Need to start with  Ese and knight. Get at them early with the best on the pitch from the off. Pity Watts not fit.....But Ashworth Aydin hopefully step up to the plate.....Like to see more of Esea than just 2 min......

I think I'd be tempted to split them up and start with Ese'ese and Aydin. Aydin is probably the weakest of the the 4 in terms of yardage, breaking tackles etc, but what he does bring is a lot of effort and enthusiasm. Have him set the tone early on with his kick chases and line speed putting himself about, and then you've got Knight to come on when we need to give Herman a rest and you aren't losing too much then.


I can see value in just simply putting our best 13 on the park from the start and trying to blitz them in the first 20 minutes. But my concern is if they hold their own during that period, where do we go from there? Their bench props are stronger than ours and I would worry about them getting on top in the middle part of the game again.