Essential we get on a roll and hopefully win the first two games.

The third match - a home game against Saints - is live on Sky. The players MUST show up for this game and showcase ourselves to the wider viewing public.

Do we have any decent goal kickers amongst them? We have struggled in that area for a long time. Genuine question, as I simply don't know who the kickers are.

Isn't Jake Mullaney in the frame for kicking duties?

It seems some disagree with the notion of not playing Chase.I think it would prevent the Wakefield followers from having a reason to be vociferous from minute one to minute eighty and also give an opportunity to Theo to demonstrate the full range of his skills to his national coach,Agar.
I am not too 'up' on incidents involving Chase in games against Wakefield but as there promises to be a large,expectant and excitable crowd for the first time at Barton I wouldn't mind seeing how the less experienced players perform in front of a large crowd.
There is an entire squad of players who need to perfect partnerships and need to gel.

I am hopeful of bigger attendances and bigger games later in the year,by which time the strongest starting line-up will be established.

“Rugby League is a simple game, played by simple people, Rugby Union is a complex game played by w@nkers”
~ Laurie Daley

Seems to me Red-Devils_Paw wants to overcomplicate things - keep it simple, put out our best side, win matches?

So let me get this straight, you think we should leave out Chase as he was instrumental in Cas wins against Wakey? Well that makes sense.

I'm just off to advise Liverpool to leave Suarez out for the return fixture against Norwich on account of his habit of scoring hat-tricks of world class goals against them. I'll let you know how I get on.

No.As I understand it Chase has been the target for baiting by the Wakefield fans.Whether or not we batter them from minute 1 to minute 80 their followers will attempt to 'bait' him throughout.

rlMirror,Mirror on the wall...rl

He played for Cas of course he's going to get stick from the Wakefield fans, it's part of being a professional player. I really don't understand your point. The whole team is going to stick from everyone this season, we are now the most hated club in the league because people are jealous. Shall we just rest our best players every game to protect them from abuse? You are talking nonsense.

So don't play him as he may get abuse from opposition supporters? Kinell, we won't be able to put a team out next year if that's the case.

You really are cracking up.

Chase gets stick off every Club he plays against. He even gets stick off England fans for playing for England. He gets stick off Aussies and Kiwis for playing for England.

He's a big boy and he can handle it.

Doesn't make much sense in leaving him out.

Red Devils PAW, put that spade away, the hole is getting deeper. Daft posts are one thing, trying to justify them with even dafter posts is just plain stupid. We need to play our best team available in all games.

I agree with most on here we need to put out our strongest 13 every week. Too many times in SL I see teams missing key players almost feeling sorry for themselves and underperforming. Lets go out there get at them and see where we go....

I understand that he does get stick and he can deal with it.
However,this thread is making it appear as though without him appearing in the starting 13 the side is weaker;a great motivator to opposition coaches and players.
If,as it was when we hosted his former club on the opening fixture of 2012,the ground is frozen and he sustains an injury what better boost could there be for the future opponents.
With a big home crowd willing him to play well his frustration will have to be kept in check.I seem to recall some discipline issues when playing against Wakefield - perhaps their followers could enlighten us ?
Will the other squad members be under-cooked if called upon at short notice,if not given game time during the early part of the campaign ?
It may be that we are also putting undue pressure on him as he has experienced the disappointment of the World Cup campaign;moved home to be closer to Salford and may want to impress too much too early.

I have no doubt he will be in the starting line-up;but maintain the belief that a winning start could be obtained without him.

But as everyone keeps saying - why risk it?

Got to think the only player who will be rested from time to time will be Morley due to his age and increasing injury scares.

I fail to see any point in not playing Chase as he offers that X factor, sure I can see him maybe getting inter changed with Theo every now and again if things aren't clicking but him and Smith will be first names on the sheet every week for me.