With 1st game only a few week away - what would your 17 be. Mine would be
4. L. Smith
2. P. Fox
3. D. Collis
?? J. Keinhorst
5. R. Lyne
6. P. Sykes
7. P. Godinet
16. R. Moore
9. P. McShane
10. A. Raleigh
15. M. Ryan
12. D. Kirmond
13. D. Washbrook
Subs
14. M. Wildie
11. A. Lauitiiti
17. T. Tautai
23. D. Smith

No place for the dodgy no.1 IMO

bagging players already what about the positive effect he has on the side the way he links up and joins in the line makes the extra man no player is perfect but id say his positives far outweigh his negatives

Excellent post, not

They all start with a CLEAN SLATE, we can bag them after the game

Always thought you knew about players Desmond, changed my mind ,I'm not bagging already done it for a couple of seasons, how anyone can say more positives than negatives ,the man as no positives as he'll prove this season and highlighted at featherstone

Jesus H Christ - here we go again.

What's up can't face the truth bren, I've took some right stick on here from folk who are either blind ,or obviously don't know the roll of our number one,the blokes pinching money .as been since he came and from what I saw at feather stone he's got worse

YAWN

It's been done to death, over and over, on thread after thread; you're entitled to your view and you will doubtless spew it forth more and more often as the season gathers pace, whilst at the same time criticising the coach on other threads for damaging the confidence of players, all without a hint of irony or insight.

I won't be getting involved though - I've just painted the woodwork and I need to watch it dry.

So Mathers is considered to be a dodgy fullback yet the replacement is Lee Smith?!

Think the team may be without most of our imports on 16th and will be...

Mathers
Keinhorst
Collis
Lee Smith
L.Briscoe
Sykes
Wildie
Tautai
Mcshane
Raleigh
Kirmond
Walshaw
Trout

Lauitiiti
Dan Smith
Moore
Washbrook cover for Mcshane

How anyone can put yawn when for about a week all that's been on here have been talk of smoking segregation ,wonder what the weather will be like that's what I call boring ,the subject of Mr mathers is about our team and rugby which this forum is about and while ever folk on here defend his performances,I'll do my best to pick holes in em

said it last season and will say it again, for all his faults Mathers is the best full back option we have (and its not even close) so get behind him rather than waiting for him to fail. For every fault he has, Smith has the exact same ones and more; this was so obvious when Smith played fullback briefly last year

Don't rate smith either but if mathers is best fullback we've got god help us why ide like to know have we been left with him as our only option , anyway as I say he's gonna cost us dear this season or I'll come on here and admit I'm a poor judge

Start a Mathers thread if you want to concentrate on that.

I'm concerned about playing the overseas players that haven't even got off the plane yet. I'm not sure I'd just throw them in.
Though without them I fear we are in trouble at Salford.