Remember when he smashed Joel Clinton at Odsal jeez that was a hit.

no problem with scrutes starting. just feel that out of 4 props we have he has most impact coming off the bench. would start with hargreaves and lynch.

I agree, I have changed my mind bring Scrutes on after 20 mins against a tired pack and let him tare them to bits.

Although I see where you're coming from, I don't agree. When we first signed Scruton, he was coming off the bench, and seemed to be fairly average. As soon as he was starting instead, his game seemed to up 500% and he became excellent.

I do get what you mean as it's akin to when we used to bring Fielden & Baloo off the bench, but it seems to me from past experience that Scrutes is far better on from the start.

Do you think mate? I can see Scutes offering more if a g up off the bench than Hargreaves would?

You would think so, but when Scrutes first signed, he came off the bench and wasn't particularly great. As soon as he was moved into a starting berth, he came into his own.

that was my thinking. both scrutes and hargreaves are capable of starting but think scrutes would have a bigger impact off the bench than hargreves. Think kopczak is purely a bench interchange player at this stage.

What we want from a starting 13 + bench is Power Pace and Creativity and also the flexibility to change within the 13 during a game or off the bench. I'm sure that's what MP is looking to build on, it's a new team new systems and very much the unfinished article, my only concerns still, are that lack of creativity on the gain line and not covering the gaps in defence properly! I would expect to see a marked improvement game by game starting on Sunday, so by Easter we should have a good solid outfit with more plusses to come!

Sibbit played well against Halifax imo. On the basis that coaches always seem to pick (and keep on picking) an unexpected player I just have a feeling that he might be Potter's.

I agree. A couple of weeks ago I picked what I thought would be the 17 for the Leeds game and I had Sibbit on the bench.

I think we spoke about this before and Sibbit is as solid as they come! Good yards, strong defence! Don't have to be a world beater!

So after last nights game do we think that there will be any of the young kids in the bench for this game for Potter to have another look at? Maybe Burgess, Southernwood, Olbison, Crossley maybe Finnighan?

What's are peoples thoughts, I can't see us sticking to a 4 man bench

At this moment in time i am more worried about the frost. If this game is off we will be going into MM with most/all of our 17 having played 1 warm up game at best and in some cases none and others playing about 20 mins against Dewsbury

I know, it's really frosty this morning! Hope that it rises tomorrow a little! We need a strong first team outing before MM

The usual practice, IIRC is to play the final friendly like a league game with just the four subs and normal interchanges. It is a friendly though, so I guess they can agree to whatever they want and obviously I don't know what Potter's take on it is.