Grix
Jerry
Cudjoe
Simpson
Dodgy

Brown
Brough

Mason
Robbo
Griff
Fa'alogo
Gilly
O'Donnell

Eorl
Lunt
Fuey
Larne/Horne/Ferguson/Molloy/Wardle- All on a rotation as none have had a proper run out yet

Only 1 poster has Kirkmond in his 17, l think he is a top player
shows just how hard it is

Exactly, ATEOTD it's 2 points doesn't matter if it's Wakey or Wire both games provide 2 points if you win. We should not be resting players, just rotation and keeping them all fighting for their place.

I think NB is doing a brill job rotating players and it's exiting to see who gets in the squad, my only worry is the centres and wingers as I think that them partnerships need time to gel and should only switch them due to performance issues or injurys. That said I completely trust in what NB does

I can see what your saying about the centres and wingers, although the time to 'gel' is i the run up to the business end of the season.

What he's doing is keeping them all fresh and piloting different combinations, so if needed he knows they are not coming in with no gametime under their belts and straight into a must win situation.

It's no good us playing our best combination all season to then lose one due to injury/suspension and no B plan when we're in the business end.

It's a very clever strategy NB is deploying, over a very long season, with 5 wins from 7 and 27 players rotated is smart.

i ahve no idea what the best 17 is yet particularly as some players have not had an opportunity to really show what they can do

thsi is my take on it

Definites in their position



.Grix
.Jerry
.Brown
. Brough
. Griff
. Robbo
. Mason
. Fuey
. Fa'logo
LOD
. Patrick
Crabtree
Gilmour


Definites not sure of position
Leroy
Bruno

probables
Hodgy
Lunt



still to prove
Simpson
Cording
kirmond
ferguson




Squad
raleigh
molloy
carlile

I don't know why so many people highly rate Patrick and Kirmond. Great going forward but always spotted on defence. The awesome try Patrick scored against Leeds last year was top rawer, but i've not seen anthing of note since. Is Kirmond quicker and safer than Hodgy? give him a few games back on the wing, too small for back rower for me.??

Horne??

Is squad 'better' than still to prove?

While i am not totally convinced Danny Kirmond is quite the same since his knee injury i think Larne Patrick is top quality. You mention his defence but i have never noticed a problem. According to the SL stats page he has yet to miss a tackle this season in four games. Last season he made 408 tackled in 21 games and only missed 15.

Id never trust opta stats, but thats all we have to go on, i'm just going from what i've seen.

come on..patrick is one of the brightest young prospects in the game!
he puts his body on the line with every run he does, powerful and takes some stopping.
as for the defence ive not noticed any problems with it at all.
maybe he is being watched more carefully by the opposition now after being somewhat an unknown last season.

as for kirmond...it has come to light that he missed 10 weeks contact work during pre season due to a nasty finger injury... no wonder he has been behind the other lads and not been able to get in the team.. until now that is. hes fast, powerful and can step off either foot, think he will get back to his best now 100% fit