Although we're still weak in the halves, I feel we've a much more robust squad, partly because our youngsters are all a year older.

So against Wakey we're expecting Dawson to come into the centre, Richards for Walmsley, Greenwood for LMS and probably Flash for Sia?

We finished strongly enough! And we should have spent preseason working out a plan for this eventuality. I still think we (should) be looking to continue our form.

I'd rather Walsh missed the next 5 games, then the last 5 games...

yup!

Disaster!

Not scaremongering at all. I only post facts

Fair enough, I'll hold my hands up and admit I misjudged your post. Apologies.

Or it was a good guess on your part?icon_wink.gif

Ill leave that for you to judge

So we look to be missing Turner, Walsh, Percival, walmsley, Sia, Beaumont and LMS.

Sia is 50/50 to play but can't see it.


Time for the fringe players to show what they can offer

The good news is that wellens won't be tying up a bench spot this weekicon_wink.gif

Might be a good time to give Dougie Charnock a run.

Can't see what Wilkin playing at 7 provides other than treading water.

That's pretty arrogant. That team beating Wakefield would be a cracking result. Wakefield beat Catalans 56-14, we beat them 40-22 the following week. They are not the easy beats they used to be, and even then we often found it hard there.

Sammut and Godinet are better than our halves, Scruton and Tautai are more than capable of causing problems and their backrow of Lauititi, Kirmond, Ryan and Washbrook are no mugs either.

Funny though, despite all the players missing, Wellens still wouldn't get in that team on merit.

So it's arrogant to think there's enough talent in that team to think we should beat Wakefield, but an ex international STILL isn't talented enough to make the squad? Contrary much?

Edit: the team I posted is hardly lacking in experience, and my half back pairing is the same one that beat Wakefield at Wakefield last year. We should have the quality still to win. Wakefield have had a decent run of results, and recruited well and should see them comfortably safe, and potentially more. But we should still have enough to see the game through. It would be arrogant to say we are definitely gonna win, but I didn't do that. (I'm not even gonna start on the "they beat Catalans by more so must be better than us" warped logic)

We don't become the worst team in the league because were missing a few players. Even if we lose, it's not season over.

Brown seems to be talking about Dawson.

So I wonder if Dawson will come in for turner and Wheeler move to 7?