Would it be unthinkable to have Micky Mac outside the starting team and struggling to find a way back in?

I think that's a little unfair on Sam and a bit revisionist. He didn't play until mid-May and it took him a while to get going but there were definitely some very good performances from him until he picked up another knock, and even his last game against Warrington he was excellent.

Competition is great though so hopefully Escare can keep his form going and it gives Wane some selection headaches in the future, same goes for Macca and Powell.

I've said in another thread I fully expect Sam to bang the door down this year and hit some form. I agree he had a good start but then he picked up a knock against Wakefield and his form went totally west and he had a run of poor form. Again I agree he then pulled a good performance out the bag in his final game against Wire before injury.

In regards to Escare though I stick by my comments that I feel he's generally been more impressive in the three full games I've seen him play (Catalans, Salford and Cronulla) then Sam was overall. It's obviously a very small sample size in comparison to the amount of games Sam played though and his form could go west as well.

All good options as you say which is exciting.

Going back to Powell I'd expect to see both him and MM when fit in the 17. We can't expect a hooker to play 80 mins every match throughout the season. With MM being able to play #13 it should be relatively easy to give them both decent minutes rotating them with SOL.

Another good problem to have but Joel Tomkins has already stated he's meant to be rotating with Lockers.

So many options!