Hope Sammut doesnt get a ban. If he does, its got to be Addy though, not a fan of Heath at HB.

Again, I'm in agreement.


Addy showed some nice touches at 13 against HKR and he has a decent kicking game. Whilst Heath does have a great passing game and can run well from DH, he's not got the vision to play in the halves. I can see him making a cut out pass straight from the PTB, but not running in open play.

Maybe he might play Bateman there if Elima and Langley are fit. Although hopefully he can continue doing what hes doing on the flank?

Just posted same think on your Sykes thread.

I think one of Bateman or Addy should be at 13 then the other in the second row or at 6. Both have to play. Langley if fit obviously gets in the side for his work rate, but not sure if it should be at SR or 13.

Not convinced by Meli or Foster in defence. Not sure which side they are on, but I hope Lulia and Crookes try to expose this. Sooo excited by this partnership.

I'm anticpating a tonking on Saturday. We really are crap. You are looking a lot better (based on watching you against HKR). We hadn't adjusted to Jammer's loss and then Robes got himself injured and now Soliola has a bashed up face. In addition, we have a left partnership that can't defend to save their lives and halfbacks who panic at the first sign of winning a game. Lomax handed the ball to Hull five times. Five times!

Last year when we were struggling there was a reason: we had terrible injuries from early on, we were at Widnes, we had lost Cunningham, one halfback was injured and the other useless. This year though there are no excuses. We are just s h i t e!

So ... I can only see a big loss for us this weekend.

I hope you're wrong. I can't cope with another loss :/

We are the team with the least number of penalties awarded in our favour so I very much doubt he will be sending anyone to our rescue!

Besides, even if he did, Gaskell will kick into a Bradford player's hands* or Lomax may pass to your fastest player**. And then the whole Saints team will amble back to their defensive line, backs to the ball, while whoever happens to be playing in your no.7 spot this week taps the penalty and races off towards the line without a Saints player even noticing!**



* true scenario from the Hudds game two weeks ago
**true scenarios from the Hull game on Friday night

I assume that is fact Mick? I was aware that we seemed to behind in the penalty count in almost every game this year. It's something we'll need to improve on to have the best possible chance of a play off spot.

Team I Would Put Out - providing Purtell and Elima are fit:

1. Kearney
2. Crookes
3. Lulia
4. Purtell
5. Ainscough - (although lacks physical presence of he has pace, I can see Foster/Makinson run ning riot against Pryce)
6. Addy
7. Jeffries
8. Hargreaves
9. Diskin
10. Manuokafoa
11. Elima
12. Whitehead
13. Bateman

14. L'Estrange
15. Burgess
16. Joseph
17. Walker

To be fair Lomax played with an arm injury the whole of the second half. As soon as he got the ball he passed it on to prevent being tackled. He should never have played the second half Royce should have put Wheeler on.

Foster couldn't run rings round Douglas Bader.

While obviously I sympathise with Lomax carrying an injury, he should have at least passed to a Saints player. I think he could have managed to do that even with an arm injury!