If Clarkson & JJB are fit to play who would you omit from side that beat Hull

I'd leave out Smith or Donald (1 for the wing) with Delaney/Senior in Centre

Also omit Kirke and/or Diskin depending on Ali's fitness

To be honest, I'd keep Donald in the team.

Played well against Hull and was more than solid considering he hadn't featured in the last couple(?) of games.

Whether that means dropping Smith or keeping Senior in SR I'm not sure though.

Diskin won't be dropped.

Smith is poor in the centre, did nothing at Cas or Hull
Senior must play there if we are ok for 2nd rowers
Couldn't believe Ablett was put there instead of Senior when Smith went off

Webb
Donald
Smith
Delaney
Hall
McGuire
Burrow
Leulaui
Buderus
Bailey
Jones-Buchanan
Ablett
Sinfield

Diskin
Lauititi
Eastwood
Senior

is JJB fit? he still had a pot/cast on his foot on saturday

any side you want...still gonna lose

Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! i love it best when people totally write us off!

i dont like it when leeds are written off. we are favourites for sunday after finishing top and leeds injury issues in the forwards, but you still have a decent pack and are always dangerous in the halves. we also have alot of youngsters who are yet to experience playoff football, will they cope not only with the pressure but the expectation of the wigan fans. this game is going to be alot closer than many think. maybe a just a couple of points either way. sunday will not be another CC final. leeds will turn up and wigan will have to play very very well to beat you !!!!

Webb
Donald
Senior
Delaney
Hall
McGuire
Burrow
Leulaui
Buderus
Bailey
Clarkson if fit - if not Kirke
Ablett
Sinfield

Diskin
Lauititi
Eastwood
Smith

Of course he wont play this way cos he never has a back on the bench (unless he has senior there but he would be classing him as a 2nd row if he did)

Difficult to pick a side at this time of the year without knowing the full extent of player fitness.

If Leeds win it will be close. Otherwise I fear a re-run of the CC final scoreline.

Pick from the following:


The squad in full is:


1 Brent Webb
2 Scott Donald
3 Brett Delaney
4 Keith Senior
5 Ryan Hall
6 Danny McGuire
7 Rob Burrow
8 Kylie Leuluai
9 Danny Buderus
12 Ali Lauitiiti
13 Kevin Sinfield
14 Matt Diskin
15 Greg Eastwood
16 Ryan Bailey
17 Ian Kirke
18 Carl Ablett
20 Jay Pitts
24 Luke Ambler
28 Lee Smith

I think Leeds will roll out the same 17 as last week.

I'd be tempted to bring Ambler and Pitts in for Smith and Ali this week.

I don't like saying that about Smith as he is one of my favourites, but I would just rather load ourselves with forwards, and I thought Donald had a good game last week.

Ambler and Pitts seem to have gone down the pecking order, so can't see them getting a game now we are in the play-offs.

Ali has to be in for me. He has the ability to break down teams, we will need some flare to create enough scoring chances to out score Wigan.

Hull have a big pack and Leeds more than held their own last week. So I hope we can repeat the effort and improve to get the win. So with the injury disruptions as it is, I think Leeds needs as many constants as possible now. So the same 17 would be a big help IMO.

Is Lauitiiti worth taking into the game if you're only going to get 20 minutes out of him before he breaks down again?