Only the coaching staff and players understand Wellos true value to the team as a player and captain. As a result the coaches will decide whether he plays or not when everyone is fit. Steven Gerrard no longer runs box to box scoring 30 yard screamers yet in a new role his value in the Liverpool team is immeasurable. I suggest that Wello operates in a similar way and supporters need to appreciate that. Not that he should be a passenger - 28 tackles at weekend shows that is not the case.

And again that's exactly my point. Play him in a dead rubber such as Castleford on Friday but to go with him in a knock out situation against a massive pack was a huge brain fart by Brown. LMS and Laffranchi where both fit from what i understand.

Lms had a knock.

Walker isn't as good as Cough, neither's Richards at this point.
Clough is pretty good, but he seems to have hit his level and stayed there and that standard has been viewed as below what we need. Its probably been decided that for what you lose giving a shirt to Walker, Richards or Thompson, you will gain in developing a potentially top class forward(s). Its a decent logic, although I always liked Clough.

Walker is a tackling machine, but his go forward is not as good, much like Boof. Its worth noting that he is 22 now, so a little bit older than the other "kids". He's certainly got the weight behind him - his legs are like tree trunks, so he needs to start giving us a bit more with ball in hand or he wont make the grade.

Fair points but you'd be surprised how many people *cough* Dad's Army 76*cough* think he actually played as a 7. Well

Apart from the whole thing being way off topic. LMS was injured and so one of Walker and Greenwood had to play. Also Amor was injured during the match, reducing his impact meaning there was more needed from the young lads.

The question about Laffranchi is one that can be asked, but that's 100% easy using hindsight. There is also the question about whether Walker and Greenwood earned their spot against Leeds. As you say the coaching staff know best and if they are saying players earn the spot until injured or until they lose it then it's no good putting players in the side based on a name alone.

Walker and Greenwood earned their call up from the Leeds game, as did Lance over Wheeler, As did Wellens. You can't unwrap all that saying they all play well against Leeds yet one should be kept one should be dropped. Given the performance I would had replaced Lance with Wheeler, but I would not have said it pre match as Lance earned the shirt from his previous performance.

There is a lot of duplicity on this thread using one theory to pick one player, but a different rule to drop another.