He was right to play Brand, that’s what he’s here for. Had we been attacking, they’d have been no issue.

Personally I would appoint Henderson caretaker coach, he did well with London. I would hope then to see Austin and Ratchford as halfbacks and Widdop at full back. This is obviously off topic but as all topics seem to end up in the same place this seems as good a place to post it as any.

Price Sacking Sweepstakes:

Who will make the major error that will cost SP his job.
If there is no winner by Monday, it’ll be carried over to the next game. The single error will be deciding factor.

Player (Poster) formline info odds

Ratchford (Morleys D) Falls often, knock on fumbles off his own knees a lot but by and large a solid performer 100/1

Lineham () brain farts and lots of them, likes a banter dig at Saints fans 7/2 j2fav

King () Wan King speciality in the air...with the balls 25/1

Brand (St Helens Wolf) playing centre and is too small 8/1

Austin (longbarn wire) Austin throws out his toys at SP 25/1

Widdop (superblue) playing 7 and ought to be FB 25/1

Hill (morriseyisawire) yellow/red card from a headshot specialist 3/1f

Clark D () rank outsider with no chance of falling foul don’t waste your money 5000/1

Cooper () Likes to throw the odd punch and earn 3 holidays a season. 7/2 j2fav

Currie () just a plodder these days 33/1

BMM () been lucky in running recently and one to take on the head 10/1

Clark J () 1st of Karl Fitz recycle signings. Not paying dividends 50/1


Burrell (Ratti) on too much ‘bloody’ money 33/1

Davis consistently solid performer above his weight but other preferred 200/1

Johnson () not likely to make the cut, shown up once this season and didn’t disgrace 1000/1

Philbin () top of the ground runner who caught the eye of selectors 100/1

Sita (RD) never plays 16 mins or more but knows how to use an elbow) 33/1

Mamo () our of sorts recently but could cause a shock with his low weight. 10/1

Patton () out of favour and running at in a player selling stakes Widnes 500/1

Walker () used only sparingly but plays above his weight. Others preferred. 250/1

Latu () Another of Karl F recycle signings, very little form at all over the last two years, but previously did have some interest from other stables, could be a shock on the cards if he makes the cut but others preferred until he gets a run out. 50/1

The mind boggles.

Completely agree with this post.

I can see logic. I wouldn’t want an asset testing that shoulder just yet.

just regarding B, does that not sound reminiscent of what patton was supposed to be doing last year?

Can I have Lineham for an air swing clearing a kick behind him resulting in a Cas try. Expecting good odds.

Don't remember that. What was (were) the reason(s)?

Blimey
Bottom of barrel.
Ban for lefty or what ... surely someone will take offence?

I should hope so, backsides should be kicked.

I see what you did there, amusing post!

Face Off?

Great movie. Travolta vs Cage.

They should be concentrating on the situation really though, rather than chatting about Netflix.

I’ve just been playing along...

I’ll give you my measured thoughts now...

I haven’t a feckin clue what happened at Leeds.,,,and it was so bad it cannot possibly be a reflection of our team.
So I am happy with erasing it from our current form.

This squad has the ability.... however,

It has constantly been distrusted since the Gelling issue.
I’m not saying It’s Gelling here...
I’m saying that preparation, that seemed so perfect in tandem with our ability, changed from that point...
Those contributing factors in no particular order are:

Gelling saga himself
Hill dismissal
Widdop introduction moving Ratchford from hb
Ashton drop and injury

Everything I listed and perhaps other were not a part of our preparation. Thus being, our whole preseason was based in the side that took to the field vs Pies and Saints.

Now all that preparation is peed up the wall, and we have over a course, rebuild that to fix the demise in team confidence.
Once confidence is fixed....we would have fixed preparation....we have never lost the ability. It’s always been there. This team has the ability to beat anyone in SL and easily....we all saw it in week 1 and 2.

So I think Price will be sacked....no because this team is too good, but patience will be stretched if we cannot sort out preparation to confidence before the team heads down the tunnel vs Cas.