Dawson on the wing it is then...

Same 17.

I think Brown will show some loyalty and choose the 17 from last week who got us to this final.
My prediction is that Luke Thompson will play a blinder.

It's a tricky one. Swift is more likely to be exposed by Wigan's threequarters, but overall he's clearly better than Dawson. One thing that he does well, despite being small, is making yards when carrying the ball in our own half, either from kicks or from dummy half on tackle 1 or 2. Getting our sets off to a good start is going to be massively important, and Dawson is completely useless in that respect. For me the benefits of picking Swift outweigh the drawbacks, and I'd be inclined to pick him ahead of Dawson, but it's a risk.

I'd play swift everytime, but who knows what trick Bonkers Brown is going to pull.

Good balanced post that. I, like most Saints fans, know that Swift has an abundance of potential (a lot of it already fulfilled), but he will be a huge target for Wigan out wide as he still can't pick the wide play in defence.

Our 19:

John Bateman, Matt Bowen, Joe Burgess, Josh Charnley, Tony Clubb, Dom Crosby, Liam Farrell, Ben Flower, Anthony Gelling, Blake Green, Jack Hughes, Michael McIlorum, Sean O'Loughlin, Eddy Pettybourne, Sam Powell, Dan Sarginson, Matty Smith, Scott Taylor, Joel Tomkins

Id expect the same 17 from the wire game

There is the risk of Swift being exposed in defense. However, with a larger pitch Swift will also have a lot more space to expose the Wigan wingers.

Personally if I was him, if you know your strengths and weaknesses I'd be wanting to give my opposite winger and centre plenty to think about, wear them out in defense.

Charnley isn't the best in defence either and neither is sargison.


I'd 100% play swift.

We have to pick swift. He's a danger with ball in hand and with the fact we've lost our two most attacking players in Walsh and Lomax so we need all the attack we can get. Matty has done well this year but he's not a patch on swift and I honestly believe swift would be playing in the play offs no matter what.

So for me, we have to pick swift as he's one of the very few who can beat a man In our backs.

I'd have Swift any day, but especially on Saturday. We are not the most fluent and creative team at the moment and he gives us that extra flair and speed.

The 19 sort of confirms that Wheeler is going or is he injured again?