I spoke to Lunt a few weeks back and said I hoped he was here next year. He said something along the lines of 'thanks, but don't tell me...tell Gary.'

Having said that I would have thought the ball is in Anderson's court.

That would be my choice.

I thought he was very good in the first 15 mins last Friday. His tackling was solid early on and really put himself about.

It's a no-brainer. That's why it probably won't happen. Depends which player is picking the team this week.

True ! but for me it more than that.

He took our pack down the pitch in an organised way that set a platform for us to be dominant for much of the first half and prevented Wigan for gaining any sort of attack until after the break.

No chance. Not in a GF that is going to be intense, close, and reliant on good defence. Clarkson has looked very strong coming on lately, infact the coach is leaving it far too long to bring him on.

Would be mad to drop that extra strong forward for this game.

Spot on for me, Gotch.

How was the Vulcan by the way ? A proper front rower......not like these pansy Tornadoes who [ucould[/u also play at being wingers (I believe the last F1's have been retired ?)

It's a tough call....but don't think we can afford to think just defence against Warrington. Briers will cause us too many problems in unlocking our defence and causing panic with his kicks. Warrington will not be held to just two tries.

We need as many creative players as possible to complement the heavy grunt. Ward should figure (his defence is good enough). Maybe include Clarkson at Kirke's expense ?

Given his performance over the last few weeks, your personal crusade against Kirke is getting close to delusional.

FWIW Kirke has a better average gain this year than Clarkson and gets in more offloads, as well as giving away less penalties, missing less tackles and making less errors.
Clarkson works very hard in defence, but all other indicators point to Kirke being a better option.

You just don't seem to understand what 3 championship-winning coaches do...that Ian Kirke is a steady and integral part of a successful Rhinos team.

A McGuire at 75% is better than no McGuire at all!!

There's a reason the last 2 years we have struggled in attack when Maggsy hasn't been around. As much as we'd miss Sinfied for his organising, we equally miss McGuire for what he creates. Hi can break any team down and we are a poor attacking team when he isnt on the pitch. With Fridays defence and McGuire back Id go into the game with no worries. Thats not saying I expect to win btw, thats just saying we are equals.