Leave him out and get him ready for the grand Final with Charnley, If he's not 100% fit don't risk him.

Been told today that the chances of Austin playing is 'unlikely'.

Been told today that the chances of Austin playing is 'unlikely'.

Ah but, which Grand Final are you talking about? 2020? 2021? It sre as hell ain't gonna be 2019.

Oh dear!
Put the kids in and see what they can do. Save our best players for the run in me thinks.

All the more reason that we should have played Riley Dean at Wigan, to have another look at him.

If Austin misses out then we HAVE to go with Ratchford in the halves. A combo of Patton and Dean would get pulled all over the place but Stef & Dean I could cope with.

Indeed.

More likely Price will bore us all to death with Livett and Patton in the halves.

Absolutely agree, thewlis to full back.

In view of the number of troops we are likely going to be missing, I think some creative, lateral, out of the box approach is all we are going to be left with.

For me this would entail forgetting about the need for halfbacks (they give us nothing anyway), and lump up with a couple of second rows at 6 and 7, and four bench forwards.

Possibly Livett And Currie.

The game plan being to roughly but legally, in the Pies way, batter them down the middle as hard and often as possible .

If Austin and Matty Smith can't play then I would happily go with the option of forwards playing half back roles. The only worry is we would only really have one in play kicker (Ratchford). I have not really seen Livett put boot to ball properly.
It sounds like the only option as I don't fancy Naquiama running at our left edge with Patton in there.

This topic is "good news", have I missed it?