i thought you were a wire fan?

I thought he was a Chorley Borough fan

TAke Bowen's 2 gaffs out and I thought he cleared up quite a bit for you. He had a lot to do and we had you under a lot of pressure. I also wouldn't underestimate the ability for those high, spiral bombs to swerve and make a fool out of the catcher.

Forget the replacement hooker. Have a halfback on the bench. Give Smith or Williams a slot covering MM and put Hampshire in at stand off and leave Bowen long enough to see if he is in the mood. That way we can cover Hooker, scrum half, stand off and fullback and make changes accordingly. It is not that different to what we did last year and it took the pressure off as well as giving us an option. The problem is that we would have to make some forwards do a few minutes more.

I'd probably start Hampshire on the bench. If Bowen has another case of dropsy than Hampshire can go in at #1. If Bowen is going o.k as against Leeds and Hudds Hampshire can be brought on at #6 and either Smith or Williams to #9 to give McIlorum a break.

In a way that makes more sense than using a dedicated bench hooker in Powell and bringing McIlorum off for 30-40 mins. It's so obvious that our intensity drops significantly when Powell spells McIlorum I don't know why he keeps doing it. I don't like changing halves during a game though which is why I'd be reluctant to play Hampshire off the bench. McIlorum is more than capable of playing big minutes and IMO against the likes of Saints, Wire and Leeds he should be left on for the full 80.

I thought he was a t!t - Oh, hang on - He is.

I would start with Hampshire and Williams in the halves with Smith on the bench who in my eyes seems completely out of form, in his general play, defence and kicking (including goal kicking). Let Smith spell MM and if things are not going to plan he can come back into the halves, plus Hampshire cant kick any worse than Smith as been doing lately.

Sean Wane has also said he has no qualms about Logan playing against us this week whilst he is on loan at Salford.

That's ridiculous. We never learn our lessons.

Kev Brown could've sent us to relegation when he played against us whilst on loan years ago.

So we're being *nicer* to Salford, who are our competitors, than Workington, who aren't?

When they're all fit I'd like to see one of Burgess, Manfredi or Charnley tried at FB with the other two on their wings.

Going slightly off topic I think that's where Burgess could end up at the Roosters with Tupou and SKD on the wings.