Surely you're not trying to make excuses for a game against some mid table Yorkshire rubbing rags ? Have a bit of faith in your systems for goodness sake, you'll be getting banned from RedVee with an attitude like that

I'm looking forward to YG coming on here and telling us how they won with more than 5 out

(Watch them win now )

Tried to get a bet on myself but it’s been removed at the minute.

I fully understand why he’s done it. I don’t say this to get any sort of reaction from Saints fans but Woolf doesn’t have a guaranteed Covid card he can play this year, so he’s had to be upfront and honest about giving the players a refresh. As a big international fan, I just hope this isn’t a sign of what is to come in June when the England game is planned.

Imagine the uproar if Wigan did that

Give over. We've earned the right to do this. Its the reason why teams have squads. Clearly a number of players are injured or carrying bad enough knocks to risk further injury if they played on Friday.

If this game impacted on promotion or relgation then I would maybe agree. Unless there is a 100 point swing we'll still be on top on Monday morning.

If Peet chose to do the same then fair play. No-one has had the turnaround we have and again on the back of Catalan A in the Cup.

Think it’s time they give him a proper go at loose forward instead of throwing him on for 10/15 mins when it’s too late to get into the game or trying to make do with him at hooker. A good, quick ball player is what we’ve lacked for a while. His tackling isn’t really a problem either.

I agree regarding Shorrocks but, barring injury or resting, you can't move Smithies from there as it stands. He's playing too well. If Smithies is rested then Shorrocks all the way. I suspect Isa will get the nod before that happening though unfortunately.

Back to the team, if Marshall is fit then he needs to be in, I'd still run with French on the wing for the moment to get him fully match fit (then Peet's got a decision to make) and some combination of Halsall/Hardaker/Thornley in the centres, no reason whatsoever to put a 2nd rower in there if two of those three are available.
I'm also in the let's see what O'Neil can do with a run of games camp

Absolutely no way should we be taking our foot off the gas after the good win on Monday. Play your best team and go for the win (a big win as well ideally). Talk of Saints playing 3 games in 7 days is irrelevant, we have just played 3 games in 8 days.

If they win fair play, if they get beat then the Good Friday win was essentially for nothing.

Sorry to be pedantic but you’ll have played 3 in 9.

You play Sunday