marklaspalmas

This will be our fifth league game of the season, but our third game against opponents tipped for a Top 4 slot. Widnes have won every game this year and were impressive against Halifax last week. It should be a cracking match. Great to see Bussey, Springer and Day back against Donny. They all went ok IMO. I don't remember us picking up any injuries. Six players are still on the injured list: Lacans, Tanner, Massey, Hardcastle, Albert and Arnold. It'd be grand if a couple or more of these were available again. Five players were not selected v Donny: Wacokecoke, Tomlinson, Roberts, Farrar and Harris. How Rovers shape up on Sunday will depend who is on DR. We've had seven different players so far: Gorman, Reynolds, Aydin, Hall, Fishwick, Tennison and Wallace. The squad, and then the team is anyone's guess. There's some proper competition for places which is always good.

My comment was much less to do with professional players seeking the best financial deal for themselves and much more to do with the accompanying baggage of the player involved.

Odd one to see Reynolds back at Fev so soon. On the one hand, we really need a halfback, he's available and he knows the team well. On the other hand, he dumped the club after three matches and walked out. How will that affect "team spirit"?

Last Sunday was the first big backward step I've seen from this new squad. We move on. Doncaster have recruited plenty of players, including 2023 departures Hall and Briscoe. There are a number of other ex Fev players there from previous seasons. It'll be very tough. In terms of our squad, we've now become quite reliant on DR, 4 of the 17 v Bradford. That makes speculating about who's in and out a bit pointless because it'll depend on Hull KR, as much as our wants and needs. However, from our 24 players, both Day and Roberts are now available after suspension. The injury list is: Springer, Lacans, Bussey, Massey, Tanner and Arnold. Hardcastle came off injured. I'm not sure if any other players got knocks v Bradford. There is no news if any of those seven players are available (but equally not available) for Doncaster. A vital two points at stake to break this losing run and pick up the spirits of the team.

Souter's yellow was dissent

Fair comment in the sense that three of our six props are currently injured and another suspended. I'm not sure there are a lot tackle busting options out there in the market right now, and loathsome and detrimental though DR is, it is helping us out of a hole atm.

I've enjoyed McKenzie's contribution but it's not working out for him in 2024. All the best to him. Not sure how short that really leaves us. Our props: Gadwin Springer, Mo Kamano, Nathan Massey, Wellie Albert, Jayden Tanner, Dean Roberts Middles who can do a front row job: Danny Addy, Jack Bussey, Keenan Tomlinson Available on DR: Zach Fishwick, Yusuf Aydin, Leo Tennison

Used to be cool. Overpriced T shirts and jeans.

I thought both our sinbinnings were harsh, so that's good to hear. We've got three players banned for Bradford as it is.

What an astonishing 40 minutes of rugby league

Neil Lowe was another IIRC

Connor Jones 100th game for Fev, as has been widely reported all over the internet (my Facebook and my Xitter accounts).

Found it. He's got a four match ban.

Where do we need to look for this?

FWIW Valencia's team was bolstered by three Salford Academy loans. The game was played at an athletics stadium about 20km down the coast from Valencia. It was all very real though.