Smiggs wrote:How the opposition play shouldn't dictate what we do, if that's the case then we've got problems.

airliebird,runninglate! wrote:I think we're in for a rough time on Thursday. .
Watts I'd say is nailed on missing
Hopefully Taylor and ellis play
Combined with a really bad timed (for us) England camp involving 3 key men I'm not remotely confident tbh
Hudds really don't scare me as a team but I'm not sure we can switch up from the dross we served on Friday to a win Thursday when pre season we've shown nothing and could have suspension and injury concerns with key men in England camp

Smiggs wrote:How the opposition play shouldn't dictate what we do, if that's the case then we've got problems.

Kosh wrote:Couldn't agree more. We'll struggle on Thursday IMO and anything other than a decisive loss will be a tough ask.

The Catalan game really was a disaster on all fronts.

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:"Anything other than a decisive loss." I had to double check the poster, I thought it was Mrs. B talking.

Its going to be difficult. No Ellis or Watts, and I guess Taylor is 50/50 at this point, but we still have plenty of quality on show, and Hudds will be without a couple of important players too. We just need to shuffle things about a little, tweak our style (Kelly being back helps), and we should have enough to win.