He looked to be struggling on friday after he caught the ball in the middle to end the game.

Thompson and Manu been ill

he's been out for a while, maybe 2 games in 4 days is too much at this stage, hopefully not another injury and being held back for next weekend

9 players in that team who have come through the academy

That teams still good enough to give wire a run.

Radders doesn't want Fonoa playing 2 games in 4 days after been out for 6 weeks that is all ,

Lancaster in for mahe. Plan was for Fonua to only play 1 of these 2

this weather could make or break us, reckon we'll try and kick eachother to death.

Abdul wasn't the stand out poor player against Widnes but copped a lot more flak than more senior players, the same senior players that criticised him, plus it was his first game of the season:CRAZY:
Playing behind a winning pack, he'd go very well imo. Too many of our young players are criticesd far too much, knocking confidence, affects performance. When players bomb in other teams, thier fellow players rally round him, where's that gone from FC and fans?

So we're in average form and missing:
Fonua
Talanoa
Tuimavave
Pryce
Manu
Minichiello
Thompson

against the unbeaten table-toppers. Anything approaching respectability would be good in that context.