rlIt looks like Tom Armstrong fills in for Shenton at centre.rl

Unless Armstrong is the back on the bench. Anyway, I hope Meli will bring his A game to shore up the other edge!

Glad to see Scott Moore back in the side. We need his feistiness. And hopefully Josh Perry will actually put in a performance for us because we need him to.

In fact, hopefully the whole bloody team will put in a performance this week, as opposed to just Jon Wilkin (with our halves and Makinson doing their best).

Heavens to betsy we cannot have Armstrong in the centres, we'd get mullered.

1. Paul Wellens,
22. Jamie Foster,
7. Kyle Eastmond,
5. Francis Meli,
28. Thomas Makinson.
25. Lee Gaskell,
20. Jonny Lomax,
8. Josh Perry,
9. James Roby (pictured),
10. James Graham,
4. Sia Soliola,
13. Chris Flannery,
12. Jon Wilkin,

14. Scott Moore,
15. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook,
11. Tony Puletua,
21. Shaun Magennis,

That's the way to go I feel.

Wire side looks pretty mean, probably:

Hodgson
Williams
Atkins
Bridge
King
Briers
Myler
Morley
Monaghan
Carvell
Westwood
Harrison
Grix

Solomona
Higham
Cooper
Wood

We can beat them, but it will need a huge effort.

I've been banging on about us needing forwards for next season, but looking at that lineup, and the squad numbers, it's blatantly obvious we need to sign a couple of backs as well.

All adds up to my theory about us being 3 or 4 senior players short of a full picnic.

i go with this team 1 wellens 2 makinson 3 sia 4 meli 5 foster 6 gaskell 7 lomax 8 tony p 9 roby 10 graham 11 wilkin 12 flannery13 moore 14 magennis 15 lms 16 perry 17 eastmond

1. Paul Wellens
28. Thomas Makinson
7. Kyle Eastmond
5. Francis Meli
22. Jamie Foster

25. Lee Gaskell
20. Jonny Lomax

8. Josh Pery
9. James Roby
10. Jamess Graham
4. Sia Soliola
11. Tony Puletua

14. Scott Moore
13. Chris Flannery
15. LMS
24. Tom Armstrong

That's how I think Royce will go judging by his team selections so far. Although personally I'd rather have Magennis in for Armstrong as Moore can cover the backs. TP to the bench, Wilkin at Loose and Flannery to start at Second Row and playing a defensive role on Eastmond's side.

Wellens
Makinson
Soliola (did okay for Exiles in Centres)
Meli
Foster
Gaskell
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Graham
Wilkin
Flannery
Puletua

Moore
LMS
Magennis
Eastmond

It's not a bad idea actually, it was Bridge who he was marked up against in the origin match and it would be the same against Warrington. Soliola certainly had the measure of him last time around.

Flannery is playing centre this week

change
Tony P to the back row and flanders to the bench.
Magennis to drop out in place of Armstrong, a specialist back replacement.

i think this week we need to have two starting props and two props on the bench and sia or flannery in the centre cause if we go with makinson gaskell and eastmond on the right edge we will get murdered we need someone who can defend in the centres and eastmond not the answer

Good point.

If that's true they will break 100. Flannery is so flat footed when defending at centre and with Soliola also prone to being stepped it wouldn't work.

Come on you Saints!!