I was told it last night when with a player so its off the topic my head.

Lomax
Ade
Turner
Jones
Meli
Hohaia
Wilkin
Lms
Roby
Laffranchi
Sia
Manu
Flanaghan

TP
Greenwood
Walker
Clough

Good to see TP on the bench to give us some impact. I'm surprised Walker's included ahead of Walmsley though.

Maybe saints not happy with what happened last week

Not as strong a team as it could have been with Warmsley and Jones on the bench and Percival in the centres.

Pitty really! I'm a bit less confident now. I thought our pack was beginning to looked more solid with such a big bench, I like the starting with LMS, as it means we should not have Sia and TP both off at the same time.

At least we have kept Lomax at FB.

I'm disappointed that Percival's not playing, don't think he deserves to be dropped at all.

Hmmmm a boring and pedestrian team.
At least with Percival and Walmsley theres a chance of a bit of exitement.
Looks like the new boss is the same as the old boss.

Switching sides though?

With Atkins and Bridge?

Great. Our most exciting player last week and he's dropped.

I think it's right of Brown not to play Percival this week, I certainly don't consider him 'dropped'. Bringing kids through has to be done carefully, throwing him in against Leeds and then Warrington could be too much. Take him out the spotlight and drop him in again in a couple of weeks against Wakefield/Salford. No disrespect to those two but it would be easier to bring him through against the lower teams when the sky cameras aren't watching.

Giving a kid too much pressure too early can adversely effect them both on and off the pitch. Smart move by Brown for me.

Think its the right decision by Brown the occasional appearance is fine, let him have the taste of superleague without all the week in week out pressures.
He will get plenty of opportunities when the injuries pile up, its a big step up to superleague it needs to be handled the right way.

Yep, completely agree.

Jones played continuously from his debut last season and it did him no harm. The same has been the case for other players. While some players will respond better to being dipped in and out, others will just be held back by it. Percival played against the current champions and on the losing side. It doesn't get any tougher than that.

I think that's not justified. Last year we had the same line up for most games, at least this year he is prepared to shake it up a bit.

Percival could be back next week, lets remember he's only a teenager and it maybe that his body can only take a full pro game every couple of weeks to start with. No point getting him injured and have to play with less potential strike players come the important end of the season.

Brown has seen what he can do, unfortunatley this league is about the last 2 - 3 months not the first 2 to 3 months.

Percival is a different player to Jones. Jones was a natural freak who was fully developed at 17, Percival isn't. Yes he performed admirably against Leeds but it's just stupid to put so much pressure on a kid so early into his career. A one off game against Leeds is much different to facing Leeds and Warrington back to back.