I am slightly confused. From where I stood, Roberts came into the centre on plenty of occasions to collect the ball and make some much needed metres.

roberts has come back into the first team and hasn't been given a chance to settle into a position for me. at FB against hudds then on the wing / centres the next.

obviously charnely has had one below standard game but otherwise is showing lots of promise plus he offers a good conversion-kicking element to the team currently without our first two choice kickers in pat and deacon, yet i feel last night was a good option to leave him out. let him have a think and not expect the world and in time - he'll get his chance.

for me roberts is in the team now as he is fit and needs to challenge for a regular spot which madge is giving him a chance to do, but not when he's in and out of two or three positions every week.

plus, last year roberts was THE form player in SL before he got injured yet charnley has played a handfull of SL games and is about 8 years younger with less experience. the comparison at this point in time is a little bizarre but i agree why people will suggest charnley should get his chance after two below par performances from roberts since the hudds game but for me, he has to go for the right mix of experience and youth and at present is mixing it up well.

time is of the essence for both roberts and charnley so lets give them a chance and see what they show us.

He thinks that if he tackles he will injure himself

He was exceptionally poor. It's not his attacking prowess that is the key problem but his awful positional sense. He was at fault for at least two of Leeds' tries and was well out of position for one of the 'forward pass' tries.

Put him in at 1 or not at all.

sounds daft but he looks scared going into contact