I think this sounds like a good idea - I don't think Saints away is a game where we are under much pressure to get a win so give some of the fringe players a run out.

How about a back division of:

Lee Smith
Reece Lynne
Danny Cowling
Dean Collis
Ben Cockayne
Richie Mathers
Bobbie Goulding Jr

Could it work?? Is it worth a try?

Get Walshaw back in the team as well

I would give Cowling a go he doesnt fear anything and he tries different things on the pitch he isnt a robot and will be a good player he wouldn't be doing any worse than Lee Smith to be honest.

If Timmy is injured give Goulding a run out... be good to see what he can do against Super League players.

Also, Reece Lyne or Lee Smith this week!?

Smith on the wing, Lyne at centre and Fox dropped

Suppose it depends whether Lyne is 100% yet. I would of thought if he had have been fully fit last sunday he'd have played then. If he is then i'd play him.

I would give Wildie first crack at replacing Tim Smith and leave Goulding to continue his development at Donny a while longer. Matty has more experience at this stage and the time has come to find out whether he is up to the task once and for all. If he plays well in the next two games theres always the option to leave him there alongside Smith and switch Sykes elsewhere. With Amor back available i'd bring him back in a rest Ali for a game, switching Trout to the second row.

If Smith is going to miss a couple of weeks, I dont think that we can afford to rest Ali.
Our best scoring opportunities at the weekend came through Smith, Collis and Ali, with the half chance that Cockayne could create something from nothing.
With Smith missing, Ali becomes more important.

Give other members of the squad more of a run such as Annakin (second row), Mellars (centre), Cowling (centre), Trout (second row) and Wildie (scrum half) against St. Helens.

I'd also play Fox against St. Helens and make sure Lynne is fit for a match that we have more chance of winning. Its a long season and we need to use our entire squad for certain games.

IMO Wildie has been very average in every game I've seen him play in, not good enough I'm afraid.

Agreed, back up hooker nothing more on performances so far.

This is the same Lyne you didn't rate at all! Now he's the bees knees, sure he's played well for three games but that doesn't make him the messiah - I'm not having a go at you specifically by the way - over hype this kid and he will crash and burn we do it all the time in the British game.

With Tim Smith out I cant see us winning at Saints more so after the way they played Warrington so I would go with giving Cowling,Walshaw,Wildie and Goulding a game.Wildie at 9 and Aiton on the bench play Wood at 7 with Goulding on the bench.Put Mellars and Walshaw in the second row and Cowling at Centre.Give some a rest and then be more ready and fresh for the 3 games after that.

Have to agree Wildie hasn't done nothing. If Goulding is like his dad and has plenty of confidence I would play him. Wildie will be no good at organising. This is why I like Cowling so much he tries different things and not scared his tackle against sts at home last year won us the game. The tackle got us the ball back. Wildie is a sheep I am affraid he just mergers with the pack.

Of course he's important but you are kind of missing my point. We have games against Leeds at home, then Cas away and Hull at home coming up over easter. Either side of those 3 is this weeks trip to saints and a trip to Wigan. We need to manage our resourses so that we maximise our chances of picking up the points in the most likely games and also our home games, its part of running with a fairly small squad both on number and quality. Even with a full strength team we would be fairly big second favourites away at Saints and Wigan so these are the games where some guys need to have a break to keep them fit and fresh for others. In an ideal world they'd play every game but it doesn't work like that . For instance Dean Collis has proved his quality when fit but he has missed a fair few games during his time with us, he needs to be managed correctly. Why not bring Cowling in for him? And Lauitiiti is the oldest player in the team. Remember we ran him into the ground last year playing him big minutes and what happened? He did a hamstring against Cas and we didn't see him for 6 weeks. With Amor back Trout could slot into the second row. It also gives the young lads hopw that they will get a chance throughout the season and as Annakin has proved, if you take that chance then you keep your place.

FWIW I think Agar will make as few changes as possible but for me its the perfect chance to see how a few others go and freshen up some of the senior guys.

without tim smith we are going to struggle to score points. i think it is pretty obvious that wood will replace tim, but i think that a half back partnership of wood and sykes will not work well (sykes looks good (generally) when playing alongside smith)

i would go for wood and wildie at half back as i think that could give us some more attacking options