Grix has torn an adductor will be out for a month.

Surely got to be a reaction from the Giants, Anderson made it very clear how he felt about being too soft. If Broughy out in a strange way it may bring a bit more flow to our game - we haven't got the star man to go to so more reliant on an all round team effort, and Bailey looks more than capable.
Start is important -if Cas get a couple of tries early it could be a long night!

Ok so let's have an early shot at the squad! Let's assume grix, brough, Lunt, Murphy are all out which is quite a possibility!

Fb Conor
Wing Jerry
Leroy
Wardle
Wing Broughton
Halves bailey
Halves wood
2nd row Patrick
Hooker robbo
2nd row ferres
Prop koppy
Prop kafusi
Loose Lawrence

Bench
Eorl int prop
Mullay int prop
Taai int 2nd row/loose
Fuey anywhere needed!

if it was up to me i would go with

connor
jerry
leroy
wardle
broughton
bailey
wood/robbo
johnson
robbo/wood
ta'ai
ferres
chan
lawrence

patrick
crabtree
mullally
faiumu

Fuey is out. Leeming and Miller in the squad, maybe Leeming on the bench!?

I think I would play connor, Miller and leeming - we have nothing to lose and atleast if we get beaten the sky team will be able to wax lyrical about how many youngsters we have had to play and how we werent expected to win.

The one i find strange is Lunt. It says he has a calf strain so surely he should be back by now. Makes me wonder of there is more to his abscence than the club are letting on.

Probably not. Talking to one of the players about it on Saturday it just sounds like every time he makes progress it's regressing- he's pushing it too hard probably!

Lunt was with his youngster at the game last Saturday. If he'd fallen out then would he have been present?

I'd do a 'Wigan/St Helens' & play all 3 youngsters. After all, no-one expects us to win [apart from me!!], so we've nothing to lose.

regarding lunt everytime they think they have got to the bottom of the injury it flares up again so they dont know where they are with him at the moment.

so for this match our main pivot players are all out! Brough , Grix , Lunt ...throw in Faiumu and Murphy and its not looking goo at all !

team could go with...

Connor
Mcgillvary
Cudjoe
Wardle
Broughton

Robinson
Wood
Kopczak
Leeming
Johnson
Ferres
Lawrence
Taai

bench -
Bailey
Crabtree
Patrick
Chan

wood and robbo at half back with bailey to come in for wood who will switch to hooker to give leeming a rest

still a good bench!

id like to see kaufusi return or even mullally... maybe infront of johnson as a starting prop

Squad named :

2. Jermaine McGillvary
3. Leroy Cudjoe
4. Joe Wardle
7. Luke Robinson
8. Eorl Crabtree
10. Craig Kopczak
11. Brett Ferres
13. Chris Bailey
14. Michael Lawrence
15. Larne Patrick
17. Ukuma Ta’ai
18. Kyle Wood
19. Jodie Broughton
20. Antonio Kaufusi
21. Anthony Mullally
23. Josh Johnson
27. Jake Connor
28. Kruise Leeming
29. Jack Miller

I'd go with

Connor
McGillvary
Cudjoe
Wardle
Broughton

Bailey
Wood/Miller

Kopczak
Robinson/Wood
Kaufusi

Ferres
Ta'ai
Lawrence

Bench:
Crabtree
Patrick
Leeming
Mullally

no chan in the squad, surprised by that, looks like miller will be playing maybe then

Just watched Widnes v Cas and was impressed by James Ellis. I fear we wil struggle if Salford game is anything to go by.

I'd have a guess that Miller and one of Kafusi/Mullally will miss out. Would be nice to see a pack with both these 2 and Johnson, might not necessarily have maximum power but the enthusiasm would certainly be there. If you were PA you would just have to say, here's your chance, make me pick you next week!!

I'd play leeming, miller and Connor to give them a chance- play both mullally and kaufusi to give them a chance to prove their point and leave kopczak and Johnson out- kopczak because he was back to his lazy self, Johnson not because he's done anything wrong but because he's a young lad playing his first multi game stint at high level and should be rested.

Whatever happens at least two of the four youngsters will have to play.