Sorry about that, I'd missed the fact that Faz and Thompson were missing. Pleased they're both getting a week off. Perhaps Miski is carrying a knock. Matty has the chance to make a couple more changes if he's decided to. This first game is a strange one, obviously I'd love to win it but I really jus...

The 21 man list doesn't tell us anything new. Our full strength 17 are included but it all depends on how many of those last four on the list will be playing. From what I know about the wire squad they've done the same so we just can't tell at this point.

It's a really interesting one this. We don't know if wire will rest a load of players (in which case we could too) but I suspect they won't. If we play a weakened team and they don't, how important is for the final that we win this Saturday ? If wire play a weakened team and we don't, any suspension...

From various comments by Matty Peet, I think that Jai has to manage ongoing hamstring problems. He has to take it easy in training in order to avoid injury and last the season. Hopefully we'll see him at full pace when it really matters e.g. Challenge Cup final and important games at the end of the ...

Clearly a young player in a hurry. The fact that he looked like a player that would go to the NRL at the first opportunity is the one saving grace from losing him so early. We just have to make certain that he doesn't win anything with wire before he leaves.

I see that Harvie Wilson has signed for Salford. Hill is clearly are best young prop but I don't know much about Wilson. What's the general feeling, is he a big loss or is Makin the better prospect?

When/if Isa leaves we'll need another back up for Faz, Nsemba and Walters. I'm sure we can find a much more cost effective player than Bateman who is certain to require a big slice of the cap.

Well done London, can't be easy being a Hull fan at the moment. I can see why Chan has gone out on loan. Difficult moving into a struggling team but lots of improvement needed.

I can only assume that Matty has already decided that he's not playing Walters next week. The coaching staff have a much more detailed knowledge/understanding of Walters's fitness than we do. Let's just hope that injuries/suspensions don't mean that he's forced to play him next week.

It would be foolish to offer Isa another deal so early in his recovery from such a serious injury. There's not likely to be a queue of other clubs chasing him at this stage. I'd assume we could still make him an offer later in the season. I think most of us were assuming that Cooper wouldn't be offe...