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No Shenton, Jones or Wilkin. Soliola returns.
Wheeler to centre, i suppose.
Meli to the other centre with Swift coming onto the wing? Soliola straight in at centre? Perhaps shuffle Lance about and bring in Gaskell at #6?

whats up with Shenton?

Is that a picture of Swift scoring on that link? A sign perhaps...

I reckon it'll be

1. Paul Wellens,
5. Francis Meli,
13. Chris Flannery
17. Gary Wheeler
21. Tommy Makinson
6. Lance Hohaia
7. Jonny Lomax
8. Josh Perry
9. James Roby
14. Anthony Laffranchi
4. Sia Soliola
15. Mark Flanagan
11. Tony Puletua

Subs
10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
16. Paul Clough
19. Andy Dixon
20. Lee Gaskell

Flanders at centre? Probably an accurate prediction of our current safety first approach.

I'd much rather see them push Meli in one (I consider his best position centre) and give Swift a run on the wing.
Cas are really struggling at the moment. I know we lost last week, but we should go about things with at least a little confidence, shouldn't we?

If I was picking

1. Paul Wellens, 21. Tommy Makinson, 5. Francis Meli,17. Gary Wheeler 34. Adam Swift. 6. Lance Hohaia, 7. Jonny Lomax,
8. Josh Perry, 9. James Roby, 10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook,14. Anthony Laffranchi, 4. Sia Soliola, 13. Chris Flannery

Subs: 11. Tony Puletua, , 16. Paul Clough, 15. Mark Flanagan,. 19 Andy Dixon,

I'd be tempted to drop Gaskell in but I would not do it with no experienced pivot at either 1, 7 or 13.

If we had an experience pivot at 13 like Leeds had with Sinfield all those years ago when Burrows and Maguire started, you can afford to blood 2 young halfbacks, but at the moment it's an either/or situation where we can have one experienced pivot but no kicking game or creative play, or inexperience with a kicking game but lack of game control.

Either way is a gamble so not one I would take. The obvious choice would be to play Lance at FB and Gaskell and Lomax at half that way you get both, but can't ever see that happening.

I would go

1 wellens
2 makinson
3 flannery
4 wheeler
5 meli
6 lance
7 lomax
8 Perry
9 roby
10 laffranchi
11 sia
12 flangan
13 gaskell

14 tony p
15 Dixon
16 lms
17 clough

But I ca

he's a bit rubbish

It's a choice I think they will make, rather than one I would make. I'd personally go with:

Lomax
Swift
Meli
Wheeler
Makinson
Gaskell
Hohaia

I know we are losing the experience of Wellens with that choice, but with no Wilkin, a combination of Hohaia/Lomax gives us no kicking game at all, rather than just an erratic and poor one. Wellens to loose perhaps?

How about:

6. Lance Hohaia
21. Tommy Makinson
1. Paul Wellens
17. Gary Wheeler
5. Francis Meli

7. Jonny Lomax
20. Lee Gaskell

8. Josh Perry
9. James Roby
14. Anthony Laffranchi
4. Sia Soliola
13. Chris Flannery
15. Mark Flanagan

10. LMS
11. Tony Puletua
16. Paul Clough
19. Andrew Dixon

I'd buy that, but shove Puletua up front and beef up the back row with Franki alongside Sia.

Wellens
Makinson
Soliola
Wheeler
Meli
Hohaia
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Laffranchi
Dixon
Flannery
Puletua

Bench

Gaskell
Flanagan
Clough
McCarthy-Scarsbrook