Expect us to turn saints over this weekend -

that would be nice, its not out of the question.

Funny kind of feeling for us all at the moment. First two weeks and we're still 3/4 players short of challenging top teams and one good display later we're backing ourselves to beat everyone!

Yep, dizzy highs and crashing lows, welcome to Leeds.

And that's after beating a side which will finish in the bottom four.

It's certainly possible we COULD beat Saints, this is sport after all, but the odds would be against it. If we are going to get close we're going to have to play better than in the previous 3 games so far, especially re. ball control, penalties, execution of skill.



I'm going to be very interested to see how our pack shapes up against probably the best in the league, and especially what happens in the front rows.



Very much looking forward to the first game at home after this one, which isn't too far away now - would be nice to go into that one at least off the back of a credible performance.



I see in the YEP that the club are definitely still on the hunt for another forward, you would imagine at prop, for this season IF the right man becomes available. We get that prop and there is just an outside chance we might do something this year. Otherwise, you'd like to think worst-case scenario we get them in for 2020, with all our younger players another year more developed, and we're just about there with the rebuild.

We won't win Friday. We're nowhere near level of the top 3 or 4 teams at this stage.



Rebuild mode continues.



Sunday's performance was a major step in right direction but Saints aren't Salford.

Walker

Briscoe

Watkins

Hurrell

Handley

Lolohea

Myler

Cuthbertson

Parcell

Singleton

Merrin

Ward

Dwyer

Sutcliffe

Ferres

Peteru

Oledzki

Smith

Newman

I don't expect a win on Friday, saying that I didn't expect a win last Sunday especially in the manner we did. I'll settle for us to be competitive and looking organised in both attack and defence.



I think the Wakefield game will be a belter

Saints needed a last gasp try to squeeze past Wakefield last time out. It's not as if we're playing NSW. You'd be mad not to make them favourites, but on the night it's 17 vs 17 and we certainly [ican[/i win.

Sutcliffe returns, ward back to the middle.



Does that mean Merrin back to prop?

He's in the 19 doesn't mean he will play.