Id just play him and send a £10k cheque to the RFL...tbh I wish we would. Every club that has won a GF have been salary cap cheats at some point.

So it looks as though the team to face Toronto will be the same as last week except Mamo drops out to be replaced by Ratchford and 'the hand of god' intervenes to put Ashton back at FB.
I am fine with that, Matty is an exciting player to watch, I just hope the crowd will be patient with him as he will undoubtedly make quite a few cock ups as he learns his trade.

He's played 13 before and was fine. You don't have to use a LF as another prop battering ram you know. An a sensible LF knows exactly how to float around the pitch where they don't have to get stuck in the middle for 80 minutes. Something A fullback knows instinctively.

+1

The downside is if the opposition have a "third prop" at loose then it puts more work on the rest of the pack when defending.

Do many teams play with a third pivot at loose? Doesent seem to happen much any more.

Hasn't made any so far against two top teams in tense local derbies, so he's in credit in my book. That's confidence for you, and something that seems to have been lacking in most of our young debutants.

I suppose we could count the pass when tackled against Saints as a mistake but it's that sort of cocky flair that will make a difference to our attack.

Perhaps the 3rd prop at loose is what is stifling the game. Maybe time to get back to the athletic ,running loose forward linking up with the backs to expand play & bring the spectacle back.

As for Matty Ashton ,my view is that playing on the wing would be a waste of his more important talents.

I would love to see that, remember Norton playing for Hull or Harry Pinner for Saints, Sculthorpe even.

The player in our ranks who fits the Sculthorpe mould the best is Ben currie, I'd love to see him there especially playing the game the way he was pre injury, his defence is sound too. We have a problem because at the minute we have ratchford, Austin, widdop and Ashton who ideally we need to fit in to the team in some capacity. It would suit a more dynamic structure in attack, but no way is Steve price the man to bring that in.

I'd probably play ratchford at 13 over centre, he needs his hands on the ball and won't see enough at centre, ratchford is probably the most creative player we have. If they're all fit I'd hope that Ashton, ratchford, Austin and widdop all play. Also ratchford for captain from now on.

Correct. Currie and Livett are both players would would be a perfect fit as a 13 at Warrington. One will never be back to where he was pre-injury and one we let go. If we want to accommodate both Ashton and Ratch, then Ratch at 13 is our best shout.

Hill
D. Clark
Cooper
Currie/Hughes (pick one or the other. both the same player at the minute for me, they both offer the same amount as each other.)
BMM
Ratch

Bench:

Philbin
J. Clark
Latu
Akualoa

I’d love to see Currie at loose, especially in a team that offloads and plays fast. He can run hard and fast, but also offload, play as a pivot and even get through a gap himself (hopefully more often if he can get some pace back)

I’d rather have big battering ram second rowers (might be harking back to yesteryear on this) running wide and over the top of halfbacks making some easier meters.

We've enough pivots...it's props we're short of.

If thats the case then how come we quite easily get ourselves downfield but are alarmingly blunt in the opposition 10?

Just a thought but how about
Ashton FB
Ratchford HB
Austin LF
Just a thought

Sometimes the balance of a team requires a very good player to miss out rather than being shoehorned in. This is what coaches get paid for.