With no Dwyer i think Ratch will stay at hooker.
Johnson for Russell straight swap or Gids to 1 and Patton at 6

Don't think we should mess with the halves.
Not necessary given the other personnel we have

Shout out to Jack Hughes who again got through a ton of work in attack and defence. Daryl Clark was also immense today. Him, Ratchford and Russell from dummy half were brilliant. And while I'm on, well done George King - another strong performance. Just trying to focus on the less obvious superstars for a bit!

I thought Penny was brilliant.. took some great high ball. His game has improved so much.

Penny tackles well above his weight and always seems to wrap up the ball too

....at long last, the Penny haters are no where to be seen.
I've loved the lad from the day he took the mickey at Leeds in 2006. Sheer excitement.
I've had to bite my bottom lip when I'm stood next to a hater, spitting beer out of his mouth when Penny's knocked on/missed a tackle (you'd think he's the only Wire player ever to have done such things).
His defence has improved. His catching is as good as any full-back in SL. He still has his greatest weapon, speed. He scores brilliant tries. I've NEVER got the hate for him. Still, as we all know, some people HAVE to have a scapegoat. Wouldn't be the same without 'em.

Keep on improving, Kevin.

The biggest improvement in Penny for me is his ability to clear his line and make yardage. His leg drive and body position is really good and I can't remember the last time he got pushed backwards. He has always been great under the high ball and I've also got a sneaky feeling he could play in the halves at a push

Someone mentioned it elsewhere about Jon Clarke's contribution. Well today I thought it really showed. Widnes were puffing like good 'uns with around 20mins to go, whereas we looked like we could have done another 40, a testament to good conditioning. Also for what it's worth, I thought Gidley just nipped Sandow for MoM in my opinion. Great all round performance apart from their tries which were a bit sloppy. Happy days

Do we know the extent of russells injury yet? I feel sorry for the lad, he always seems to get those niggly ankle injuries.

wow...I checked this garbage out in the pub after the match we all laughed and said has Eddie Hemmings sent it in .......

what a pile of ...

bang on Lefty.... one of his mid air catches today was as good as your likely to see....

As someone who has never played RL at any level other than in PE at school, I've nothing but admiration for the likes of Penny, Russell, Lineham etc who made those catches today. It would have frightened me to death.