With current injuries and excluding any potential ones what would your selection be Vs Saints in Cardiff??

Mine Is:-

1. Sam
2. Daz
3. Gleeson
4. Carmont
5. Roberts (was originally Charnley when I forgot about Amos )
6. Finch
7. Deacon
8. Fielden
9. Tommy
10. Lima
11. Hoffman
12. Joel
13. Lockers

14. Faz 15. Tuson 16. Coley 17. McIlorum

Obviously this is with current squad and with the injured players not included, Madge might include the new youngster earlier than we expect into the team but as things stand that would be my selection

No Roberts? Or isn't he going to be fit?

Think Roberts will get the nod on the wing before Charnley. Also think Prescott or O'Carroll will make the bench also. In place of Tuson I would imagine. We'll see how things go with the Pre Season games first,

oh i forgot roberts would be fit in time so yh id switch charnley and roberts

Got to agree with Jeff that Prescott/O'Carroll will make the bench ahead of Tuson, I reckon it'll be Prescott, but obviously it all depends on how they perform in pre-season. Although in my opinion both need to step up now and show what they are capable of.

I think Prescott stepped up at the back end of last year and put in some really good performances. O'Carroll is going to have to go some to take his spot in the team.

for me next season the player who needs to step up and perform is micky because i cant see deacon lasting a full season so tommy isnt going to be hooker all season so micky needs step up and show he cn b the starter!! madge started him in GF so maybe he will start the season with Tommy at 7 and deacon on bench

Yeah, I think against Leeds he showed what he can do, just needs to be that bit more consistent for me, I reckon he can step up and cement his place. Competition between him and o'barrell can only be good for the team though!

Tomkins
Goulding
Gleeson
Carmont
Roberts
Deacon
Finch
Fielden
Leuluai
Coley
Hoffman
Tomkins
O'Loughlin

McIlorum
Lima
Farrell
Prescott

why dont you expect him to last the full season? hes only 31 years old

Because imo he wasn't fully fit in all the games he played last season, as shown by the fact he didn't kick for goal in the gf.

He will pick up injuries next year, as he is getting on, but to say he 'won't last the year' is a tad harsh. Most of the games he missed this year was due to selection more than him being injured.

Yeah, I took it to mean he won't play every game, which although I wish he could, I don't think he will. I watched the GF again yesterday, Deacon's kicking will have given the Saints nightmares.

He just has 'IT' he can read a game so well and the precision of his kicking game is phenomenal. if he can pass this on to Sam, Tommy & Joe Mellor then we will benefit.

This is such an impressive looking team - even without Pat.

The good thing is there is so much strength in depth to the squad, even more than last season. Even if there are a few injuries, as there inevitably will be, there are several other options who won't necessarily weaken the team.

Harrison Hansen may yet feature at Cardiff depending on the form and fitness of the others in this 17. Let's just hope all 3 imports hit the ground running - very confident they will under Madge and Waney.