Clark and Roby are too similar, they only thrive on quick ptb's which we won't be getting too much of. Mcilorum has to start for me to soften their forwards up then it's either Clark or Roby off the bench.

We've also spent far too many years playing people out of position so Tomkins should play full back.

How anyone can pick Briscoe or Makinson over Charnley is beyond me, look how many tries Josh has scored compared to the games played. Last year everyone wanted Briscoe in because he only didn't score much because Hull were rubbish, what's the excuse this year?

Tomkins
Charnley
Watkins
Shenton
Hall

Widdop
Smith

Graham
Mcilorum
Cooper
Farrell
Westwood
O'Loughlin

Clark
Cooper
G Burgess
Ferres

This is the one that makes me laugh. People (although normally only Wigan fans) thinking McIllorum should play just because he is our most aggressive hooker. He might have aggression but everything else is distinctly average. Clark and Roby are much better players.
Anybody who think McIllorum would worry the Aussie because he is aggressive is just kidding themselves. The Aussies would more than likely relish the fact that a young pommy thinks they can take them on, and McIllorum would get worse than he can give. That's if he's on the field long enough before getting sent off.

Not bad, needs a few more Cas players in though. Couldn't you shoehorn a couple more in?

I'd also add that Roby isn't the same type of player he was in 2007, it just goes to show how little people actually notice during the 80 minutes they watch. Robes is an excellent all round hooker and his game against the Aussies last year proved it. His play selection was excellent in that game, his distribution is slick, he's got a good kicking game, he's creative, he makes over 40 tackles every week AND he's a threat from dummy half if there's a quick play the ball.
Obviously though, since he's never broken anyone's jaw and Saints haven't won a trophy lately, he's nowhere near as good as Mickey Mac.

We're all a bit biased in favour of our own players, but this is on another level. Nice one.

When is the last time you watched that game?

Two tries in about 8 minutes were scored down Shenton's side just before he got injured. The flood of points had already started, and yes, it continued after he went off.

If Shenton plays this year, he'll also have Konrad Hurrell to worry about now.

Could there be a case made to put Ablett there, purely to avoid any of our other centres getting trampled to death by Inglis and Hurrell?

Not if your half backs are defending the centre channel, which is oft the case.

While Tompkins and Widdopp look good on paper, I'd really worry about kicking (short and long).

For that reason I'd have Smith in the team.

Did your P get stuck?

I fail to see how I've been anymore biased than anyone else.

People don't like Mcilorum fine, I do.

Maybe some people like other players over Faz, I don't. Other than that I don't see any bias.