Squad for monday

1 - Mathers

2- Fox
3 - Walshaw
4 - Ryan
5 - Riley

6 - Sykes
7 - Sammut

8 - Anderson
9 - McShane
10 - Raleigh
11 - Annakin
12 - Crowther
13 - Molloy

14 - Siejka
15 - Moore
16 - Smith
17 - Washbrook

Don't particularly like playing two slow (more like 2nd rowers in the centres) but believe both are better options than Briscoe....

Sykes I believe would be most affective playing stand off at the side of Sammut.....I personally thought the effort from Sykes yesterday was 2nd to none.....watched him very closely all game and he got through an immense amount of work and put his body on the line time after time......certainly gave me the impression he is one who is up for a bit of a fight....best years undoubtedly behind him but surely he makes the 17 and 6 is the best option I can see.....just play steady away like he used to when complimenting Tim Smith so well.......that leaves Siejka on the bench to either interchange with McShane at hooker.....or come on in the halves if it aint working....

Lets have a young, homegrown, hard working 2nd row pairing with Molloy (who was outstanding in his only outing so far this season) at loose forward.....

I don't think Washbrook has been anywhere near as bad as a few make out but dropping to the bench may just spark a reaction......Scruton would miss out for me after what was an unacceptable level of effort the other day.....sometimes hard to know whether to select and let him put things right.....on this one though I would leave it another game before giving him chance to redeem that performance....Raleigh surely has to come in against his former club and barring injuries the other 3 props surely deserve selection over Scruton? Although I can see Crowther missing out and all 5 props being selected....