19 man squad:

Danny Addy, Joe Arundel, Nathan Conroy, Matt Diskin, James Donaldson, Jamie Foster, Luke Gale, Lee Gaskell, Luke George, Adam Henry, Elliot Kear, Adam O'Brien, Tom Olbison, Alex Mellor, Jay Pitts, Adrian Purtell, Adam Sidlow, Chev Walker, Sam Wood.

No Nas, obviously Kafusi cannot play, so we oly have 1 prop - Sidlow.

Might be his last game for us as well, his loan deal must expire pretty soon.

Hmm. We're going for pace again I see. 7 players who are wing/centre/FB players in the 19man squad.

We may not have the biggest pack, but when you play centres at 2nd row, we should have the fastest pack...

Maybe the wide open spaces will suit our speedy pack!

I dont think its anything to do with going for pace,

these are the only 19 fit players we have so they all get named (as mentioned i believe after the saints game)

I know that! It's all because of our lack of props. 2nd row men have to cover prop, centres have to cover 2nd row.

Fortunately, we have a lot of centres

I was trying to find a hint of a silver lining as well

Unfortunately our passing is quite frankly pathetic. Worst passing side I have ever seen'

For me I would gonei with.

1. Kear
2. George
3. Henry
4. Arundel
5. Foster
6: Gaskell
7. Gale
8. Sidlow
9. Diskin
10. Walker
11. Olbison
12. Purtell
13. Donno (if 100% fit)

14. O'brien
15. Pitts (used as a prop)
16. Addy
17. Mellor

Wood and Conroy to miss out.

I do hope you've cut that sackcloth accordingly...

I'd go with:

Gaskell
Kear
Arundel
Henry
Foster
Addy
Gale
Sidlow
Disko
Walker
Purtell
Olbison
Donno

AoB
Pitts
Mellor
George

I don't think Gaskell at 6 works. Against Catalan in the cup match, there was no reason to switch LG and BK around but Franny did it anyway, which leads me to believe that he didn't think it was working either.
George is on the bench as cover for the backs and also as a 2nd rower (god help us!) only because of how he was utilised last week.

However we pick the team for Sunday, it's always a case of square pegs into round holes. We limp from one game to the next.

Think it will be Saints all over again unfortunately. We will be lucky to get nil.

As long as we show the same attitude we had against Cats and Wire rather than the one against the Saints I won't complain.
Surely we must be due some "magic" luck?

I might be mistaken, but I don't remember BK actually doing much while he played at 6.
Conversely, Gaskell created at least 3 tries while playing Fullback against Wire, and Addy set up the winning try while was at stand off!

I don't think Addy is a 6 for one second, but I would accept him playing there if it meant Gaskell could do what he does best, from his best position.