Yes but on the flip side the last time we won a playboff match was away at Leigh with Purtell at Stand Off.



So we do win some with players out of position.

That was a good day. Hopefully this year won't see us miss out at the death like then.

Add to that, we'd not beaten Leigh all season, then turned up and won when it mattered

Just go with the same team. Form factor counts.

Agreed. Unless there's a really valid reason for changing players - injuries, etc, the team on Sunday showed what can be achieved when all the players gel.

Replicate the ethic, belief, and skill we now know the guys are capable of, and the match is ours.....surely !?!?!?

This is OUR Wembley cup final, so the semi final guys are surely the team to back by JK

I think it would be pretty hard to change the team from yesterday

I would go with the same team. I just hope Egodo is fit to go

I totally agree with that, though there is much credibility to JK's thoughts on there being reasons to bring in certain players or put someone in a particular position, due to the strengths/weaknesses of the opposition. That may be 'overcoaching' given the difference in class between teams in this division, but I'm just glad I'm not the coach!

Same team imo.I thought Lilley was fantastic in the first half on Sunday.a first half where the effort and strength put in enabled us to do what followed.Same team,same modus operandi as I think we would have beaten Workington,or anyone in the division playing like that.Completing sets and making the opposition use up energy having to return from deep is what creates a platform whereby you can go on and win most games.

More of the same please.

O/T Well done to Jake Trueman being named RL Rookie of the year.He's had an incredible break through season.I would have loved to have seen him develop at Odsal but it was not to be.He'll go far imo. League Express We're delighted to confirm @CTRLFC halfback Jake Trueman as the latest recipient of the Albert Goldthorpe Rookie of the Year award. www.totalrl.com/trueman-is-rookie-of-the-year/

O/T Well done to Jake Trueman being named RL Rookie of the year.He's had an incredible break through season.I would have loved to have seen him develop at Odsal but it was not to be.He'll go far imo. League Express We're delighted to confirm @CTRLFC halfback Jake Trueman as the latest recipient of the Albert Goldthorpe Rookie of the Year award. www.totalrl.com/trueman-is-rookie-of-the-year/

So with a grand total of 4 rugby league games this week, the RFL have decided the best ref for the job is an inexperienced official (Marcus Griffiths). Good luck lads, we now know what sort of game its going to turn into. Farce.

Then surely in such an important game as this, the club management must be able to put in some kind of appeal for an experienced ref ?

If not, then just shows what importance the RFL put on the lower leagues.

They're just a joke, and need to take a look at their policies for this type of fixture.

Wow! James Child, Gareth Hewer, Liam Moore, Jack Smith and Scott Mikalauskas are just five of the SL referees who don't get a game this weekend. The best Child and Hewer can manage is to be named 'reserve' referee for games earlier in the weekend!



Unbelievable.

Both clubs have to approve the appointment I believe so we're obviously fine with this.



The ref should have no bearing on how well/poorly we play.

He refereed wakey/warrington at the weekend, even some neutral journos were saying he was poor. Getting basic calls wrong. Had a look at the Wakey board (i know you take it with a pinch of salt as every fan thinks refs hate their club) but it sounds like Mcmullern all over again in his refusal to use a card for repeated foul play.

To be clear, the reason why we lost at home to Workington was 100% nothing to do with the referee whatsoever. We played poorly, the team selection was wrong and Workington did the basics right and took their chances.



Yes they were a bit fortunate with the kick hitting the ref but that was a freak occurrence and unlikely to happen again.



Anyone freaking out because of a ref appointment sounds to me like Worky already have them beat mentally. Some of the replies on twitter to the ref announcement are an embarrassment.

Spot on Nothus.

Yep, everyone on here knew what was in store this year. Been my only bugbear with JK this year when he's been referencing how slow the play the ball is at this level. It's never going to change, we know what's coming and need to be ready for it and (should) have more than enough talent to be dealing with it so just get on with it, play to their ability and it'll sort itself out.

p.s. I'd take Mr Griffiths in charge than a certain Mr Ganson any day

Well said Nothus.

I heard that many people after the home defeat to them, saying how rubbish the ref was and he was the reason why we lost.

I told everybody that said to me that yes, the red was poor but he wasn’t as poor as we were that day.



Play somewhere like we can, like Sunday, and we should be fine. That’s not over confident at all, just stating a fact

Well said that man.



Nothus also

I reckon Nobby called it right years ago when Bulls Fans perceived wrong calls and bias with Refs during a run of games which looked to us as costing the Team games.

He just said "the Team have to be better than they were". He was right with that pragmatic statement.



At the end of the day the day the Team has to be better than the opposition and the Officials!



It's the close loss games that usually emphasise the Officials errors be it a perceived wrong call, missed infraction or misinterpretation.

The losing Team usually had the chances to win but mistakes cost them without any of the Officials being involved!



But as a Fan its easier to criticise any other but your own Team and that won't change either!



Those of you who have or had the chance to see any of the old Big League videos will realise that Refs are far better than they were!

My annoyance is based on the fact this is supposed to be a final. Sending an inexperienced ref may be a pat on the head for him but for me it's the RFL telling Worky and us that, though it's an important game for us, they couldn't really give a toss about it.



You won't see him in the GF will you?

He is a super league ref. He literally reffed a super league game last week.

..but he's no Hicks is he? There are top drawer refs sat on their hands this weekend which could, though admittedly not much I suppose, have added to the pomp of the occasion.