I think we should have expected an out of sorts display yesterday, The friendlies have consisted of mostly new or reserve players & the Huddersfield game was the first run out for most of the first team.

I haven’t forgotten how to ride a bike but I’m considerably slower and a lot more cautious.

What it proves is it was good enough to win. It doesn’t mean he couldn’t have picked a better team. I have been a big fan of Stef but was disappointed he didn’t give Leyland the start.

The team have had months of preseason to prepare and we had the choice of what team to pick in the friendlies and the Challenge Cup game.

We were dog dirt in that first half, save for a bit of excellence from Lindop, and were lucky we were not playing a better side.

Leyland was fit, least injury was not cited as the reason for absence.

Nah Sam dropped a bollock there with that selection. Why sign a back up half and play him in all the preseason if you are not going to play him when your first choice half is out? What happened to "next man up" ?

Are we really going to see Ratch at halfback vs Wigan in Vegas?

I think the Leyland non-selection has been one of the biggest selection shocks, for so many, for some time. Why did we sign him? He'd looked so lively in the early games. He is likely to get his chance but he must be gutted.

Sam's selections have been refreshingly bold thus far, so yes, this one raised eyebrows all round, I think (except for Abe!). Leyland knew he was in a fight with Hayes for a starting spot, but he probably didn't expect to be behind Stef in the pecking order. It will be interesting to see if Sam sticks with Stef. As Wires71 suggests, taking on Wigan with Stef in the halves would be a big gamble, even by Las Vegas standards!

Even legends like Sam make mistakes, but as alluded to earlier, we did win after all. It's a different argument if we lost/lose with this selection.

My guess is Sam is just more confident with Ratch in there, I would imagine defensively he's a better option as well.

That said I expected - and hoped - we would see Leyland in these first 5 games to compare vs Hayes, I thought Leyland took the line on more and his kicking from hand was much better than we've seen from a Wire player in a couple of years.

As I said earlier, he has no pace, no kicking game and offers no creativity. At least Leyland can take the line on and has a half decent running game.

His team also finished the season bottom of the league.