I presume you are expecting some to be snapped up by SL clubs..........The one's that haven't had a shot at it maybe. Never say never.

I'd pick Addy at 13 every week. He's creative, good short kicking game and grabs a try.

Possibly at the end of the 2016 season.
McNally is a pretty decent players these days who is still young as are Brierley,Barlow and Armstrong.
Liam Kay is looking like a top winger and Tom Spencer is a big prop who should keep improving.
The one thing they all need tho is to remain fully professional.

I don't see why we would fear going to Leigh, we'll face tougher opposition than Leigh in that split. We got sucked away from the gameplan in that opening game, hopefully we will have learnt lessons from that game. We need key players fit, hopefully Ferguson, Blythe, Lauaki, Davies, Baille to add to the squad that came up short in our opening fixture.

Correct, but you shouldn't fear anyone. Our motto is, Respect everyone Fear no one.

I can't imagine which clubs will take the risk....... I think there was probably more chance during franchise era. I don't doubt they are worth a shot along with a few other Championship players but I think they would have to be exceptional. Maybe if quota system was further restricted. There are 2 less clubs in SL this year so a surplus of players with SL experience.

I agree. I’d have him on the bench to cover backrow, halfback and hooker. He’s great cover thanks to his versatility and would mean that if we lost one of our pivotal players during a game we’d have some insurance. As for starting 13 I agree about his physical presence.

To be fair to Danny, he showed a heavy 'physical presence' to take his first try - those defenders weren't messing about...or to quote Stevo, "playing tiddly-winks".

I still think 13 is up for grabs. Our pre-season options were meant to be Chev, Addy & Petersen. We've seen 2 of them so far and I would have Addy ahead of Chev at 13. Addy can be a lot more creative than the others. It depends what sort of mix is needed. If teams can start to pressurise Gaskell then that extra creativity could be significant.

The other option would seem to be 3x 2nd row men covering 2nd row & LF - Any mix of Walshaw, Pitts, Ferguson, Olbi, Walker. These days it all seems fairly interchangeable.

A different option would be I think Purts would make a great 13, but he's doing too good a job at centre at present to move him about. He's impressed me as captain as well over the last few games.

At the moment the only plays we've got apart simple drives are O'brien's scoot, or Siejka's pass to Gaskell. Unless we have a bit of something at the back of the scrum (which Siejka isn't going to give us, although I'm not knocking the lad) I think we're predicable and relatively easy to marshall. Ferguson and Walshaw need a pass on the edge. Where's it coming from?

Pitts has shown a good offload so far but I see what you mean.

My reservation is that Addy doesn't provide enough creativity to outweigh his lack of size taking the ball up or his shoulder grabbing defence.

I do think he's in front of Chev tho.

I'd probably have some of the Scholarship lads in front of Chev.

For a back rower, his defence is terrible. Drops off so many tackles.

I really like Pitts and wouldn't complain were he at 13 but I think Addy's carry is pretty decent and his workrate is excellent, tons of metres, carries tackles.

His defence has always been the main concern but I've given him the benefit of the doubt as he's played in some truly embarrassing teams, often with 1 and rarely, if ever with 4 props.

Except we've scored 278 points, only Leigh have scored more and no other team has reached the 200 mark. So despite hardly being the ultimate machine, we can't be that easy to predict/marshall

I do agree we could be a lot better, Siejka's light remains buried deep under his bushel. Maybe it's not much of a light. I'm praying it's just an oversized bushel.

Given that Harry is what he is ( and Lowes seems to like his defence) what would you do? A bit more craft and another option at 13, or a bit more size, physicality from Pitts/Ferguson?