As per Official Website....

Joe Mellor, Josh Charnley, Darrell Goulding, Anthony Gelling, Pat Richards, Brett Finch,Sam Powell, Jeff Lima, Logan Tomkins, Ben Flower, Harrison Hansen, Liam Farrell, Chris Tuson.

Bench: Eric Lauaki, Lee Mossop, Michael McIlorum, Tom Spencer, Jack Hughes, Matthew Russell, Gil Dudson.

Looks like we might be trying to continue the trend of halves at FB. Was hoping $hitty would partner Josh really. Never rated Goulding as a centre.

No me neither. I'd rather see Charnley centre and Goulding on wing if they went that way.

i like it....dont forget, its a pre season friendly..ive no doubt Wane wants to see how players perform in certain positions....have faith

That's actually a more exciting team then a full strength outfit would be because we know what guys like Tomkins and Leuluai can do whereas lads like Mellor, Powell and Logan Tomkins are a bit unknown.

I think it's very interesting to see those 3 starting the game. Is it possible it's a shoot out for one bench between those lads? I certainly think there's room for one of them if they have a stand out pre season.

that matthew russel is one to look out for hes always the stand out perfomer for the reserves, hes got speed that kid he will be giving tomkins a run for his money this year or next

Seeing that the bench only contains one back (Matty Russell),maybe Wayne is thinking along the following lines.
It gives him a chance to see how Mellor goes at fullback and to take a look at Finch and Powell in the halves
Then if things are going well at halftime it would give him the chance to have a look at Russell at fullback with Mellor at standoff so he could have a look at how he would go with Powell in the halves and give Finch a rest (he knows enough about Finch if things are going well).

On Radio Merseyside last night Wane said that Mellor was on the bench, so I would expect too see Russell starting at fullback.

Very pleased for Tom Spencer. I think he'll probably go out on dual reg but is certainly another one to keep a close watch on.

Whos Eric Lauaki?

Bilko has re named him Eric because he found it hard to spell Ellifantine (I am having the same trouble)

i simply refer to him as 'nut-case'

Been off the board for a while so I might have missed the point, but should we not be paying Hock to get rid of his ban?