Nah in answer to both your questions i wouldn't have Ainsy or Koppy in the team or the bench, Koppy is injured if memory serves me correct and TBF Ainsy didn't exactly light up super league last year whereas Crookes got a 90M try yesterday so can't grumble about him.

Whilst I liked the look of Purtell on the wing in the NRL, I hadn't seen him play centre before Sunday. I think he deserves a few more games to settle into our team before claiming he cannot be one of the 1st choice centres at the club. It's not like we have a queue of top class centres ready to replace him either!!

I concur with the last bit in the piece www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480

I concur with the last bit in the piece www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480

Only problem with that Mick is that I'm not convinced that our other options are an improvement. Sammut can certainly change a game bit he's just as inconsistent as BJ. Whilst I still think Briggs is long term solution his performances aren't warranting giving him a chance at the moment I'm afraid.

Best case scenario (all but O Brien, Elima, Olbison, Manase are passed fit to play) I'd line up as follows:

Kearney
Kear
Purtell/Walker
Lulia
Ainscough/Pryce/Purtell
Sammut
Gale
Kopczak
L'Estrange
Scruton
Langley
Hargreaves
Donaldson

Diskin
Burgess
Joseph
Bateman/Sibbit

Worst case scenario in which half our team is missing, I don't even want to think about

Kearney
Purtell
Pryce
Lulia
Kear
Sammut
Gale
Koppy
L'estrange
Scruton
Walker
Langley
Bateman

Hargreaves
Burgess
Diskin
Sibbit