In the new spirit of things teams ( and coaches) will not change ends at half time, just swop shirts...

Well Saturday afternoon at the Salford Community Stadium promises to be a top 6 defining match, I am sure Leeds will bring around 1,000 plus over for the game such is its importance. Tickets for Away Fans (North Stand) and Away Seating (W01) will be available from the Salford ticket office on match day. There is free parking at The Trafford Centre and a shuttle bus running every 15 mins to the ground from the bus station. Parking is also available at The Salford Community Stadium and at Salford Roosters Club House (This is Free), which is a 15 mins walk to the ground. For Parking and Travel Info please visit https://salfordreddevils.net/club-info/travel/ The Salford Fan Zone will be open from 1pm and provide Street Food, Drinks (Beers, etc), Music and entertainment. Weather depending there may also be kids activities available also. Will be a great match and atmosphere - A must win game for both teams.

Well Saturday afternoon at the Salford Community Stadium promises to be a top 6 defining match, I am sure Leeds will bring around 1,000 plus over for the game such is its importance. Tickets for Away Fans (North Stand) and Away Seating (W01) will be available from the Salford ticket office on match day. There is free parking at The Trafford Centre and a shuttle bus running every 15 mins to the ground from the bus station. Parking is also available at The Salford Community Stadium and at Salford Roosters Club House (This is Free), which is a 15 mins walk to the ground. For Parking and Travel Info please visit https://salfordreddevils.net/club-info/travel/ The Salford Fan Zone will be open from 1pm and provide Street Food, Drinks (Beers, etc), Music and entertainment. Weather depending there may also be kids activities available also. Will be a great match and atmosphere - A must win game for both teams.

Thanks Lancashire Red, can you still park at Barton Airfield? Cheers

Sometimes you can park at Barton Airport however they have been running a series of large summer gigs. I'd opt to park at the Stadium to be sure,or use Trafford Centre Shuttle Bus or park for free at Salford Roosters Club House.

How many Leeds fans do you think will travel?

Cheers. Hard to say how many we will bring, I would guess not very many. Still a lot of fans disillusioned, strange kick off time on a Saturday night and of course it’s on TV

Sangare and Goudemand return to the squad and Eseh recalled by Wigan.
1. Lachie Miller
3. Harry Newman
4. Paul Momirovski
5. Ash Handley
6. Brodie Croft
7. Matt Frawley
8. Mikolaj Oledzki
9. Andy Ackers
11. James Bentley
12. Rhyse Martin
13. Cameron Smith
14. Jarrod O'Connor
15. Sam Lisone
16. James McDonnell
17. Justin Sangare
18. Mickael Goudemand
21. Jack Sinfield
24. Luis Roberts
25. James Donaldson
29. Alfie Edgell
30. Tom Nicholson-Watton

I would go with
Miller
Edgell, Newman, Momorovski, Handley
Croft, Frawley
Oledzki, Ackers, Sangare
McDonnell, Martin
Smith

O`Connor
Lisone
Bentley
Goudemand/Donaldson

I might go TNW for this one for the final bench spot if we're selecting Bentley too, I really don't like the combination of Goudemand/Donaldson/Bentley/O'Connor in the same side together, way too light and samey.

Aah, the mysterious TNW ! I’ve seen these initials bandied around and decided to dig a little deeper to see who or what it actually is. Turns out it’s Tom Nicholson Walton who will be 22 in December and is part of the current Rhinos squad. Serious question, is he worth keeping if he can’t get into a team as poor as this ? You may have seen more of him than me, but at that age in such an underperforming team just what is holding him back ?

I think there has been to much faith shown in under performers in the first 1-19 specially under Smith, surely Arthur will now start looking deeper into the squad and seeing who's worse the jersey on performances not squad numbers.

with out question a must win game. lose and its no play offs realistically and we are also in danger of leigh over taking us for another 8th place finish.

Honestly I think we've already shot out bolt in missing out on the top 6 for this year, but hope springs eternal and if we can on a roll anything is still possible.

We don't really deserve top 6 yet, if we do make it we're going to have to play like a towards-the-top team for a couple of months.

Totally agree that Smith and to some extent Walker both picked under performing players and the likes of TNW and Littlewood didn`t get a look in.
Seems Arthur has decided Ruan needs game time something he could get with us but has been shipped out to Hull on loan.
If we lose on Saturday I do hope we let some of our younger lads get a game or two as now is the time to see what they are made of.

I reckon if we lose against Salford that's the main aim for the rest of the year - giving some of the younger forwards a genuine chance. I don't see much point in continuing to pick the likes of Donaldson ahead of TNW, Ruan, Littlewood, Hudson etc.

It seems to be a perennial problem that when things are going pear shaped coaches tend to revert to the same players who have failed over and over again. Call it "the Liam Sutcliffe problem." You couldn't really blame some of the younger players from thinking about looking elsewhere.

As an example, Jack Sinfield didn't get a chance when Frawley was playing garbage. Now Frawley's looking OK it would be a surprise if he gets another start this year unless Frawley gets injured. Sinfield's almost 20, and if I were him I'd be wanting some serious reassurance about getting a proper shot at first team next season. Harry Smith got his chance to play regularly at 20, Dodd a year younger. I know there are questions about his defence, but at some stage everyone needs to know if he's ever going to make the grade, and that will not happen if he plays 5 games a year.

Think he and Leeds are going to have to bite the bullet and send him out on loan to the Championship next year. Truth be told he's not siezed his limited opportunities in the way that Smith or Dodd (playing behind superior packs) managed to do. We need to know definitively by the end of next year, when Frawley's contract is up. Sentiment can't come into it.