We have a squad of 26 full time players, 27 counting young 16 yo winger Will Oakes, who for the purpose of playing against Wakefield is discounted. One of the smallest squads in SL in numerical terms.



This is the reality for next week's game as I understand at the time of writing.



Allgood - potential fractured thumb. X-ray tomorrow and bad news knowing our luck

Boudebza - suspended

Campese - injured, return date unknown

Donaldson - fractured wrist

Larroyer - shoulder injury

Lunt - ankle surgery recovery

Mantellato - detached retina

Marsh - knee ligament injury



With 7 definite absentees, 8 likely with Allgood, we cannot pick a preliminary 19 man squad as I see it without young Oakes.



If we get a training injury, job's f**ked. What an unlucky debacle.



Somebody got their planning wrong. A loan signing and a new signing is urgently needed.

Isn't It Walker's court case this week as well?

Are we cursed or is there something wrong with the training methods at the club it's gone on far to long to be a coincidence

Think so. Short of losing someone in a freak yachting accident I don't see what else is left to happen.

Throw the kids in. What you got to lose and you never know if you might un earth a gem

Even if we did find a gem we would only release them

All the kids left, we only have the pets left. I hardly think a 3/4 line of 2 cats, a border collie and a hamster will frighten Wakey.

I don't even know who we can call on these days. Who in the u19s is ours?

Peacock Chester and poaching will have to turn out next week, Catalan had a proplems getting dave Taylor a XXXXL shirt so rovers have just purchased a 4 man tent for poaching

Joking aside I would be asking peacock to earn his salary and get his boots back on

The only consolation is that, with the exception of hooker, no one part of the team is completely knacked. We should still be able to put out a vaguely coherent 17.



Big game for us. A win might just be enough to see us through thin poop storm. Defeat and it'll be gloom factor 10.

At least Poaching can still tackle a good dinner. Shame his other tackle techniques don't work.