Interesting! It has been well stated that Watkins plays on the right because that is his more 'natural' position.....but does anybody else remember Watkins' debut at Magic Weekend when he helped make Eric Anselle's length of field try? He played LC ...and Senior our recognised LC was actually moved to RC (very very unusual) to accomodate him. Why move Senior there - alien to him - if Watkins' 'natural' position is - and was then - RC?

Anyway have always wondered how a Watkins/Hall partnership would go.....but always thought it might be on the right !!

Either way, unless we improve on getting quick ball out there it's all largely academic

It's pretty obvious Achurch is taking the proverbial p*ss ....but then maybe he feels it is reciprocated.
Baldwinson was probably very excited at about been given his opportunity....only to fail to recognise McDermott's policy of often treating one of his subs as invisible and no better than selecting a wooden dummy to be 17th man.

This

Delaney was always the most cumbersome of centres even in his younger days debut season.....you might as well play Cuthbertson there for all the good that would do.

Yep he'll be frustrated but Singleton once had to tread that path and people were saying McDermott was ruining him, but he looks just fine now.

To be fair I think Baldwinson was going to get on for the last ten but Galloway did a JP and told the trainer to do one, not that ten minutes is adequate use of a bench spot anyway.

I can't help but wonder if Mac doesn't trust them he'd be better starting with the young lad with say Cuthbo on the bench. Early game errors are often less vital and he could always turn to one of his more favoured players off the bench.

In terms of injuries, it's only a major issue if both Moon and Handley are out, we can cover one or the other but not both. I'd like to see it be a next man up from the academy (young lad in headgear that played on the wing boxing day, or possibly that Cam Smith at centre?)

Loan signings as alluded to by Ma are likely to be slim pickings, maybe someone like Escare?

When Hudds lost Grix they mentioned on their board about maybe going for Escare but surely Catalans won't help out us or Hudds when we're going to be battling it out together to try and make the top 4. But then again I suppose Hudds were daft enough to loan us Lunt in 2012.

Must have missed something with Escare !! is he out of favour at Cats ??

Dropped for Gigot. He's the only name I could really come up with (maybe Kieron Dixon) who could fill a hole and is out of favour.

It's a shame young Golding is injured. Well it's a shame about all the injuries but you know what I mean.

Yeah, not getting picked and demoted from the number 1 shirt to number 21 this season.

Achurch eat your heart out ...do we know why?

(I did notice Bosc was wearing 18 instead of his number 6)

Hardaker
Kienhorst Watkins Walters Hall
Sutcliffe Lilley
Garbutt Burrow Cuthbertson
Ferres Delaney
Singleton

JJB Galloway Mullally Baldwinson/Falloon/Achurch

Ferres is a much better option in the centre's than Walters. Swap him there and start with JJB and the team doesn't look too terrible in the circumstances.

Didn't Keinhorst have a nightmare last time he played on the wing?

Watkins on the wing, Keinhorst and Ferres in the centres. Wingers-wise in the 19s, Ryan Jones isn't physically ready for SL yet and neither Tommy Brierley nor Billy McDermott are even close to being good enough or ever will be. So go with what you've got in the first team squad and juggle it around positionally.

Could even contemplate playing Achurch as a centre. Pop him on the left, might stop the ball getting to the ground via Ryan Hall's hands.

We have to play Jimmy K at centre. The idea of Walters or Achurch with Hall is giving me hives.