I said when we signed Lolohea he was a lard a**e.And nothing has changed.To be fair he can kick goals and has a great pass in him,but god he needs to work hard to be of value

Lolohea was an overweight reserve grade fullback when he signed. Despite the evidence Leeds thought he'd make a starting stand off. I'd say we got exactly what we paid for.

Everyone’s been saying how Smith was out of place as SO. Why play him there again?

As it stands he is a better option than Lolohea.
I feel that whilst they played him at stand off last time he was asked to make far too many tackles which kind of nullified his skills in that position.
Long term he aint no stand off but is probably better than our other options.
I also said play Parcell there but that might be pushing it

The Problem is not Lolohea, its the halfs. He is frustrating as hell and simply not doing it, and he was the wrong choice to go with, but that is not the problem. Salford manage fine with Lui and he is no different a player to Lolohea. However, they have Hastings at the side so Lui can do what he does best rather than what you expect. We need to allow Lolohea the same, rather than the pressure of covering the other half role also. The pairing of Lolohea and Myler simply won't work, we need a general type to be at the side of Lolohea. Moving him to fullback is silly, that will just stump the progress of others if Walker is out. If we can't get it to work with Lolohea then he needs to go. So it is him or Myler.

Lolohea of a couple of years ago would be a much better prospect on the wing than Handley. Unfortunately Lolohea's body/fitness no longer seem to suit this position, but it could be a handy option for us given time?

Cuthbertson missing on Saturday. Ablett still not fit enough to play.

Do you think he will have turned up by Saturday though?

Walker
Briscoe Newman Hurrell Handley
Lolohea Myler
Peteru Parcell Oledzki
Ferres Sutcliffe
Merrin

Dwyer Holroyd / JJB / Smith / Donaldson / Singleton

Would be my guess.

We need a performance from the team after last Friday's disaster, not feeling confident about getting a victory if Cuthbertson is out and we have not injury returnees.

I hope we go with

Walker
Briscoe
Newman
Hurrell
Handley
Lolohea
Myler
Peteru
Dwyer
Oldezki
Ferres
Smith
Merrin

Subs
Parcell
Singleton
JJB
Holdroyd

I would like to see us go for this one.

Walker
Briscoe
Sutcliffe
Hurrell
Newman
Lolohea
Myler
Peteru
Parcell
Merrin
Ferres
Donaldson
Smith

Subs
Oledzki
Singleton
Dwyer
Ablett

So no one is giving McLelland a go despite our halves being pants?

I’m with the Brisbane one, he needs to have a run of 4 games and see how he goes whilst we get a stone off Tubby Lolohea.

Neither Ablett or Crosby have played this season, and both are missing again, with no return date mentioned.
Too much Salary cap is sitting in the stands was Sinfields quote last season, and Garbutt was shown the door for this reason by all accounts. Yet these 2 injury prone players were given 2 and 3 year? contracts.
Some very questionable decisions by the new director of rugby to say the least.

Catalans win by 20,

Furner gone by 9pm on Saturday