captain watkins.

Let's see Walker start at 1 and see what he can do. We need Sutcliffe at centre.

Would love to see Walker start.

Walker really felt the impact of some tackles by Fev, the big Saints forwards could really hurt him.

but he did ok v shudds. give him a go. got to start sometime.

I tipped leeds but I'm fancying saints more and more. hope I'm wrong

You would think from respective results that Leeds should win. But I have said all along Leeds are where they are because of others failings rather than their own quality. Also said Saints would finish above us. I did always expect Saints to beat us anyway, and we will hit the slump that shows a truer reflection of where we are. Hopefully not, but if does happen the test is how quicly it can be fixed.

Still think you rate Saints far above what they actually are, which is a pretty dull and one dimensional side compared to what they were. They have one away victory since september last year and that was in Catalans. Saints also missing their best back in percival this week. We really should still fancy chances here, even with a few out, playing at home against an bang average team imo.

Yeah Saints haven't done as well under the new coach as maybe expected. A W3-L2 record (all wins at home all losses away), couldn't beat Cas when Cas rested several starters and Saints didn't have to play the Monday and 2 home wins squeezed out at the death.

Actually, I think it is more a case of Leeds not in a true position, rather than rating Saints better than they are. I think they are a better side than us, and that's about as good as it gets for Saints. If I was one of their fans I wouldn't get giddy over that. Hopefully though Leeds will get their own act in order, and put on a display that can make that Saints away form you mentioned continue.

Saying that Printer nor could we beat a Cas team that was shot due to the heat only 5 days before in a cup game when we had a relatively easy game and 2 days more rest time.

That's a very fair point. That said, if we control the ball like we did last friday against any SL team let alone Cas i would expect us to lose. Halve the silly, often unforced errors we made last week and that alone should give us every chance of a result tonight.

looks like it will be similar conditions too.

You have to agree the chances on a Saints win have gone up considerably if we have lost Mags, JJB, Golding, Ferris and Burrow and with others carrying injuries.

And how would that compare to Saints first few months of the campaign for injuries? considering they are written off because of it. Injuries are there for all teams at certain times. Like I said, Leeds are where they are because of the failings of others, and have had the luck with injuries others haven't so far.

True but that highlights that Saints can't really be thought of as anything really better than us if they couldn't win with an extra week and more key players missing for Cas.

I agree. Good luck to him he has talent but I'm not comfortable with it at this early stage in his career. should not need to happen at a club like Leeds

Walker
Briscoe Watkins Sutcliffe Hall
Moon McGuire
Galloway Parcell Singleton
Ablett Ward
Cuthbertson

Ormondroyd Garbutt Mullally Handley

Interesting to see Watkins listed as captain, would've thought it'd go to one of the 2nd rowers.

McGuire??

both match day squads

Thats the right call for me

i can see plenty of tonight's starting side making plenty of minutes of game time

how many minutes will handley and ormandroyd get?

Our outside backs will tear apart an edge defence of Swift, Smith and Makinson. So naturally I expect us to play centrally all game

when do we get it wide early??? we haven't for years. and that's criminal with our backs

In the warm up here, it is different to normal, and really running some wide sets. Would be good if repeat in game.