What do we think.

Will BMD follow tradition and pick the same team in the hope they turn around a negative result, Or will he mix it up a bit.

He doesn't have many options to make wholesale changes but he can tweak it little, I would start Sir Kev at loose and give Singo a breather on the bench. His stats against the Wolves screamed of a tired player. The only other change I would make bring Yates back in for Mulhern, I rate Mulhern very highly but clearly BMD doesn't trust him yet.

Hopefully Kallum passes the head test if not we are in trouble, we may see Goulding on the wing but not at full back with Zak on the wing.

If Goulding or A N Other plays on the wing anvil head (Brough) will have a field day.

Can't think of anything else he can change really with a shorter turn round then normal.......

Wardy likely to be out. Injury made worse by keeping him on Friday night, when he injured the ankle.

Walters and Robbie Ward returned for Hunslet/U 19!s last week. JJB said he had a slight chance of making the Warrington game so possibly ready this week. Hall might have an outside chance of making it.

Halls got no chance, according to BMD he doesn't get the pot off till later this week.

If Ward is out JJB or Walters comes in, Watkins is the big worry for me we are running out of fit backs. Maybe Duckworth back duel reg from Hunslet......

Reckon Watkins will be ok, but if not.

Hardaker
Handley Ablett Moon Watkins/Golding
Sutcliffe McGuire
Cuthbertson Aiton Peacock
Delaney Achurch
Sinfield

Burrow JJB Singleton Yates/Mulhern

Think I would have Singleton in there somewhere !! (You must rate Achurch very highly?!)

Ablett back in the pack for me....and Golding on the wing will be a mistake. Watkins MUST play in his centre position and I would rather bring in a genuine winger (who plays wing for Hunslet?) or Keinhorst.
We also need another big pack for this game I think. If Stevie Ward is not fit then let's see how Achurch goes there instead of not-so-good rotation prop.


Hardaker
Keinhorst/A.n.other Watkins Moon Handley
Sutcliffe McGuire

Cuthbertson Sinfield Peacock
Achurch Ablett
Delaney/JJB (3rd prop)

Yates Mulhern Singleton Aiton/Burrow

I think I understand what you are saying but I don't agree. To say a Pro RL player only works for 80 mins a week is both unfair and naïve.

They train most days of the week and play a very tough physical sport at great speed, some of the collisions are like car accidents.

I'll be willing to bet that you feel quite a lot better the day after work then an RL player does.

Back on topic, Our entire pack looked a little jaded against the wire some more than others. I was just pointing out that Singo's stat's compared to the rest of the pack were below par. That said for a young prop he has been fantastic this year and maybe needs a few games off the bench to recover a little....

If you ask any of the full time lads that have moved up from part time status I'm sure they will tell you how good it is compared to digging a trench at the side of the road all week. The conditioning staff at Headingley want shooting if Singo is tired after having played his last game a week before. Training and rehab will be tapered to deliver optimum performance on match day, and a week to prepare should mean no player is physically tired come matchday. He may still have a nagging injury that he is struggling to shake off, and he may well ache a few days after a tough game, but to me tiredness is something a tennis player gets at Wimbledon when he has played 3 matches in 3 days in 90 degree heat on centre court, or an athlete who runs in the 10k one day and then goes out and competes in the 5k the following day. We are only a third of the way through the season, tired is something that a player playing parts of an 80 minute game should never be at this stage.

I would go with the following
Hardaker
Keinhorst
Watkins
Moon
Sutcliffe
McGuire
Cuthbertson
Aiton
Peacock
Delaney
Ward if fit or Walters
Ablett

Sinfield/Burrow
Singleton
Achurch
Mulhern

We need Watkins back to centre not wing.
Whilst Keinhorst is no Briscoe he is safe under the high ball and defends pretty well.
Ward probably needs a rest thanks to over using the lad.
Ablett is needed in the pack as we need to freshen it up a bit
If Walters is unfit then bring Yates in.

I am told Watkins isn't playing, due to needing a full 6 days from a concussion.

Mac said that he did it in 60th minute but with the game where it was he stayed on. The game was done with a pretty Warrington bow on it. So not quite sure what the benefit was to anyone. He should have come off and Mulhern should have been brought on for a proper stint.

If that is the case I would move Hardaker into the centres golding at Fb and Keinhorst and handley on the wings. Sinfield to start ablett into the pack

If Golding's ever going to make it as a fullback he should be able to play wing too. It's a much less demanding position, and if he is going to be a weak link you'd rather it was at 2 than 1.

Hardaker
Golding
Ablett
Moon
Handley
Sutcliffe
McGuire
Peacock
Aiton
Cuthbertson
Delaney
Achurch
Sinfield

Burrow
Singleton
Mulhern
JJB/Walters

If Golding's ever going to make it as a fullback he should be able to play wing too. It's a much less demanding position, and if he is going to be a weak link you'd rather it was at 2 than 1.

Hardaker
Golding
Ablett
Moon
Handley
Sutcliffe
McGuire
Peacock
Aiton
Cuthbertson
Delaney
Achurch
Sinfield

Burrow
Singleton
Mulhern
JJB/Walters