I wonder how come, as technically salford had more big game experience, so you'd expect them to handle it better.

It's actually a positive that we still won, despite that second half.....
We can improve.
1) Walker coming back in
2) Myler playing too well to be dropped, is give him a few games in the halves with Gale.
3) Cam Smith needs to come back in for big minutes. Was great pre injury.

100% agree we lost a middle fwd Briscoe also went off & then went behind to a Team who rarely lose when they take lead of a game late on.
Also they played with zero pressure , our lads regrouped got stuck in & took the deserved win it wasnt terrible or pathetic it was finals RL & our kads deserve all the acolades.

qoute It's actually a positive that we still won, despite that second half.....
We can improve.
1) Walker coming back in
2) Myler playing too well to be dropped, is give him a few games in the halves with Gale.
3) Cam Smith needs to come back in for big minutes. Was great pre injury. qoute

I hate to say this but I`ve pretty much disagreed with practically all your posts and assumptionsthis year.
Now that doesn`t make you wrong but find it funny this seems to be the case.
With Myler back in the halves it pretty much puts us back where we were before.Disjointed and no link between the forwards and the backs.
Myler`s best position is FB and Walker and Myler can share that role until the end of the season for me.
Smith`s last couple of games imo was poor although prior to that was reasonably good.

But each to their own that`s what this site is all about

I don't want Myler anywhere near the half's unless its totally necessary

Yeah I'm not a fan of putting Myler back in at HB either. For me we have 2 sides running alternately for the remainder of the season pretty much, and Walker is FB in one side and Myler the other. I want players playing IN position where we can, and if Myler was only going to play half at Leeds I'd have let him go, personally.

There is an argument to bring in Holroyd, Smith and Walker against Saints - in the hope those boys are a) fresh and b) want to prove a point. It also tells them that they very much are in "the plan", which they may need to be signalled now I don't know. The Saints game is a big one for me: win it and we might have a tilt at the grand final, lose it and it looks very difficult. It's almost like an early eliminator (for us!).

As I've said before though, the problem with swapping Myler and Walker is they're just very different players, and the rest of the team has to adapt.

I do see what people are saying about the tactics of throwing Saints and focusing on the more "winnable" games.

The other side of this is that Saints have had 2 weeks so are fresh yes - but that weekly intensity can sometimes be a benefit. We've seen this in Grand Finals before...

would walker be better at hb or broadbent , not a fan of mclelland or dropping myler just to give walker a game

Why not just leave Robert Lui there. If injuries than Mclelland should be next in line. I feel for Mclelland as he has never really had a chance to play with a dominant pack. He showed at Featherstone that he has quality.

sorry meant to put if lui not fit , i'd go full strength while a chance of top 4

sorry meant to put if lui not fit , i'd go full strength while a chance of top 4

If Lui isn't fit then as I post above it should be Mclelland. If he wasn't fit also then I presume it would be Myler. Walker I don't think hands the hands for 6. Broadbent probably does but I doubt he would be in before Mclelland and Myler.

Walker
L Briscoe L Sutcliffe Hurrell Handley
Lui McLelland
Seumanufagai Leeming Oledzki
Martin Mellor
Smith

Dwyer Holroyd Walters Mustapha

Rest Myler, Briscoe, Gale, Prior, Donaldson.