Gidley and Sandow available next week, but do we want or need them?

In my opinion they haven't been really 'on' as a pair since game 7 and Gidley has underwhelmed me since then especially. We needed him in the last few big games (Challenge Cup and last week) and his game management and goal kicking let us down (his goal kicking has been an issue for me all year, but in fairness we have an issue with that across the board). Then we have Dec Patton who's game management and kicking tonight have been superb. I mostly rely on radio coverage and have only seen Sky games this year, but Patton has not put a foot wrong as far as I can see.

If I were TS I would play Sandow with Patton.



Oh, and wingers on the wing please Tony .

Really difficult choice.

Everything was miles more balanced tonight
vs Saints I'd go

Russell
Lineham
Evans
Atkins
Penny
Ratchford
Sandow
Hill
Clark
Sims
Wilde (deserves a mention)
Hughes
Westerman

Gidley
hooker
prop1
prop2

If tonight's pair have come through unscathed, then they start for me.

Let's take off our "big names, so they must start" glasses.
Sandow has done little since his injury Wigan.
Gidley, for me, is another example of the Emporer's new clothes, for the last couple of months. Everyone's saying how good he is, and how he manages games. Well, I'm a bit underdone, by him.

Tonight's pair have done well. They should not be dropped l, for the sake of "name" players

I agree, Lefty

is bailey back?

Ratchford and Sandow for me...ONLY if Sandow is 100%

You're right about Sandow. I feel like I've hardly seen him play since Wigan where he was injured. I guess I'm reluctant to immediately just say "play Ratch in the halves" because for all the great performances he puts in there's a bad one to go with it (probably a little harsh). You're probably right about playing them based on current form, though.

I'd have ratchford and sandow and definitely have russell at fullback and keep lineham on!

If you compared the performance from the halves tonight with Gidley last week and you didn't know who was who, who looked like an experienced international who knew how to close a game out?

Quite frankly that's why Gidley was brought over in big money and he got off very lightly last week. Huge call to make, as is what happens on the wings.

Idear accommodate them both.
Sandow and Ratchet in the halves.
Gidleigh to fb.
Russell back to left wing and alas Penny drops out.
Kev made some errors that could have been costly. One wasn't entirely his fault, a poor offload from Atkns made him look bad.
Enough of a bolloc to drop him.
Can't drop Tom Lineham.

Penny's second drop was a blatant knock out by the Hull player. He went directly for the ball and it should have been a knock on against Hull.

If Dwyer is not fit have Gidley as reserve hooker on the bench.

Gidley is unfit due to hamstring problem. No brainer for me.....he doesnt play. Against Saints we will have to be 100% physically and mentally.

At the end of last nights game when the players were on the pitch I was watching Gidley intently and he was deffo limping.