St Helens do not like visiting BV.
Just get in to them from the off and show some guts.
Miller must have a very good game if selected along with Lino.
Some positive attitude if not a win to take in to the next round

Batchelor is a very good replacement at second row and play Crowther at 13.
Could Miller play fullback and Brad Walker play at 6?

I think that's a good idea. Certainly don't lose with Batch and maybe gain.

Miller covered Max at the weekend when he got injured. Quite capable. Walker will improve defence.The more I think about it the more I lie it.

I’d still prefer Batch at Centre with Tanginoa coming back into the second row.
Arona to 13 where he’s at his best and play 4 genuine props, Crowther off the bench with Bowes

Miller (not a bad shout, maybe get something from him cos he ain’t working out as a 6)
Taufua
Batch
Hall
Murphy
Walker
Lino
Fifita
Hood
Whitbread
Tanginoa
Ashurst
Arona

Bowes, Crowther, Battye, Bowden

Poching got out coached by someone who is more of a novice than him, I dread to think what Woolfe is going to do to him.

I look at that team and wonder why we can't get a win anywhere surely we should be competitive at the lower end of the table.

Has Arona played 13 at all over the last 2 years?

I noticed that Hall and Taufua swapped places for a period in the HKR match, wondered if they were doing it to orders, or just covering for each other.Think Kersh went well in Cas second team match, could he come into the reckoning.Perhaps Murphy and Hall on left,Taufua and Kershaw on right.Also wondering if Evans has any FB experience.Just throwing up possible combinations for discussion.

No mention of Gaskill in anyones team choices

I'd rather have Batch in the pack. His work rate is immense.
And Croft is starting to get into it.
The try on his side was actually after he came off and was a missed tackle from Batch.

Tanginoa either prop or bench SR for me.

I love the way people want a bit of tinkering to the 'team,' like put him to loose, him off the bench etc,etc, like it makes any difference to us winning or losing?! They are all much of a muchness, that's the whole point of why we are in this mess. Out of about 25-30 players, at their very best, we have (had) about 4 or 5 very good players, the rest are just average, with some of them Championship standard. The table doesn't lie, yes we have had injuries to the better players at various times, but Hull, Salford, Leeds, HKR have had worse runs of injuries this season. Having said all that, we have had about 7 or 8 games where we have been in front, level, or just 1 score behind at half-time, and won none of them, that's without the 5 we have actually won!! Most of the 2nd half performances have been pretty dire.

Given the Shaul signing it looks like we're stuck with Miller in the halves again as he's always selected regardless of form.

It would be nice to see Walker and Bowes have an extended run in the team and I'd like to see more of Evans who IMO was unfortunate to be omitted.

I still laugh at the people who suggested Gaskell could play loose!

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