Find the article on every player barring one improving their fitness stats from last year. I know how I’d rather be entering the new season.

You are falling for pre season propaganda. Every team is working harder, loving their new coach and ready to right the wrongs from last season.

Yeah, but we’re used to all those years of the sinking feeling associated with the phrase ‘mobile pack’ or its only slightly less depressing cousin ‘play some footie’.

Although it is a fair point, and I’m certainly not blind to it all, but this is different. This refers to hard statistical data that gives facts about our players. Granted the data obviously wasn’t published, and never would be, but we’ve never had a pre season where stats like this have been talked about in the media.

Talking in the media especially from HDM’s Rovers correspondent is propaganda.

Every year we're "fitter than ever" but then look more knackered than ever. Always best to ignore the pre season articles and judge them on their performances

Looking forward to Sunday, will be good to see the new signings get a run out as well as some of the younger lads.

Wonder how TS will play things this weekend. Would be good to get 40mins out of a first choice team before making changes

Looks like we will be missing the following:

Trueman
Carlos
Wynne
Shaul
Evans
Savelio
Sutcliffe
Sao

Of which all (baring Trueman, Wynne and probably Carlos) will probably feature against Wakey.

Still going to be a fairly strong squad, while giving some of the fringe players a chance to impress

What's up with Sutcliffe