That could be worth the entrance fee alone.

Some interestings stats in relation to this game. Cas made the most metres of all teams at the weekend whereas we made the least. However, Cas' 2 wingers and fullback made over 600 of their 1500 metres which would suggest Salford kicked it down their throat all night.

Milner/Clark made 133m whereas Diskin/L'Estrange made 135m.

Cas were playing Salford. - bottom 4 side.

We were playing Catalans - possible Grand Final contenders. And top 4 in league.

Massive difference. Plus Diskin/Stranger made more metres against a top 4 team than Milner/Clark did against bottom 4.

i would go with bk, ainy,purtell, lulia if fit walker if not, kear, sammut,gale, koppy, disco, joseph, whitehead, donno,langley, on bench would be scruton,heath, burgess and walker/pryce dependant on availability.

Is Whitehead definitely available?

Kearney (tempted to leave him out, but deserves another chance)
Crookes
Lulia
Purtell
Kear
Sammut
Gale
Kopzcak
Diskin
Hargreaves
Walker
Langley
Donno

L'Estrange
Burgess
Scruton/Joseph
Whitehead/Sibbit

yes his suspension is now over

Kearney
Kear
Lulia (if fit, otherwise Walker)
Purtell
Pryce (if fit, otherwise Ainscough)
Sammut
Gale
Kopzcak
L'Estrange
Scruton
Bateman (if fit, otherwise Addy)
Whitehead
Langley

Diskin
Donaldson
Joseph
Burgess

Kearney needs to become cemented in at FB

Kear and Pryce on the face of it look like 2 decent wingers, though Ainscough hasn't done much wrong and I wouldn't argue if he got a shot.
Purtell and Lulia will surely play centres all year whenever fit.

Sammut and Gale looks to me head and shoulders our best prospect of becoming a halfback combination. It may take time for them to gel and it wouldn't half help if they could play behind an actual pack, rather than powder puffs, but I wish Potter picks a combination and then sticks with it. All the best teams I have ever known have a definite and permanent starting halfback pairing.

Props - Kopczak is a shoo-in, Scruton is one of our few big lads, and we simply have to persist with him and get him up to speed. We absolutely should not drop him unless the task becomes impossible.

L'Estrange should start, and if he gets back to anything like, he will again be one of our top players and best attacking and organisational threats. Especially with Diskin on the bench to spell him.

Bateman and Whitehead looks a potential class young second row pairing. Doubt if Bateman can be fit but we live in hope.

I'd play Langley from the start as we may need some serious tackling and he provides that, and a bit of weight and muscle. I'd definitely start giving joseph a shot off the bench, the sort of visible enthusiasm he seems to have is in short supply for much of the game with us. Burgess and Donaldson, especially Burgess, contain true class, potentially, and as we are short of size, I hope to see Burgess fit enough to do reasonable length spells to share the workload. Him, Scruton, Kopczak and to some extent Langley should be able to win their share of collisions. It will make a helluva big difference us to have M'fuka and Elima available though.

Whats Crookes done wrong?

We have Thaler, who is imo the best SL referee.

Kearney
Kear
Purtell
Lulia (if fit, Pryce if not, Walker last resort)
Crookes
Sammut
Gale
Kopczak
Diskin
Hargreaves
Walker
Whitehead
Langley

Scruton
Joseph
Burgess
L'Estrange

I'd go with 5 props in an attempt to win the collision. Nothing against Donno but we need more size.

They should be used to it then.

Thaler is ok, Ganson is the best by a country mile though.

After last week, some Wire fans might disagree with you there.

Sykes
Pryce/Ainscough
Purtell
Lulia/Platt
kear
Kearney
Gale
Kopczak
L'estrange
Joseph
Hargreaves
Whitehead
Langley

Walker
Sammut
Scrutton
Diskin