So are we expecting a good performance this Sunday? The team did look a lot happier at Dewsbury and had more idea in attack than they’d shown in weeks. I’m hopeful we’ll see evidence of further progress versus Workington. They’ve won only one league game this season so we should run out winners by a fair margin.



If we still look like a dispirited bunch with no idea then I’ll be seriously worried.

Well, as the handover has been happening all week (bloody strange idea if you ask me, I mean what's needed to be handed over in this sort of role?) so it will likely have been the same sort of training set up as the Dewsbury game ie Diskin and Walker taking the majority of the training with the players.



I would hope for a similar result to the Dewsbury game as well. Certainly in terms of score line

Think Diskin will go same again with youngsters, maybe 1 or 2 more getting an opportunity. I know Ross said Kavanagh & Sidlow could be back for Sunday, but Sidlow was in a pot still last week.



That said we have a massive game against London next week (A loss will see us 6 points behind them, which would in all likelihood condemn us to third) Kavanagh and Sidlow will improve our side, and i'd like to see them both in for that game, but need to get the fitness levels up after long term injuries. So do we bring them back for Wokringotn to get their fitness up for crunch game against London, or do we keep faith with the ones who did so well at Dewsbury? Tricky one.

If you play blokes who aren't ready, you risk having them out for even longer. 'Ready' might be 90%, but if he was in a pot last week I can't see him being anything like 'ready'.

IF Sidlow and Kavanagh are fit for Sunday then I think playing them is a must as we need our first teamers fit and ready to go.



However, I've a little more faith in Diskin as coach than I had in Lowes simply because of the way he presents himself to the media and the things he says when talking to them.

It will be hard to tell.



Much as this league is more competitive than it has been for some years Workington are very much not on the list. Oldham are doing well and Swinton's results belie their performances. Worky are some distance behind the teams around them for me.



Frankly, even paggering them is no real indicator.



No disrespect to wastrel teams intended.

I'm going for a result that neither satisfies nor causes too much upset. A result that sort of says Meh. 44-10.

I might as well go all in on this admitting to being a nerd lark. These are the ranges of possible league positions as they may stand on Monday, after this weekend's games. Grey for where they are, green for where they could rise to and red for where they might fall to.







The numbers really refer to level on league points with the team actually in that position. It doesn't take into account points difference. It's a few thousand league tables as it is. Doing points difference poorly would mean tens of millions. So bugger it.



edit: altered the bit in bold for a bit more clarity about what this represents. Early morning Friday stats do not make for ease of reading.

You could do it live on match days as the scores change.

Work in progress

You'd like to think they'll want to send Jimmy off / impress a new coach with a stonking win



... which probably means we'll scrape a win with a controversial last minute try!



Seriously, though we ought to aiming to nil Workington on Sunday. They are clearly the worst team in the League, and we ought to be looking to shut them out completely. If we can score a hatful, so much the better - but I'd love to see a flawless defensive performance to go into the next run of (much harder) games.



I'd sooner see 28-0 than 52-24

I'd expect Jarrod to be looking particularly hard to feature on the scoreboard....