He as been out for half a season ,I am right in thinking we signed  him as cover for Gale in case he could not make it through the season .Think Mr Powell as made some great calls on signings ,but  may have not  got this one right .Could make the difference between top 8 and top 6 .

I think Powell will possibly go with the below?

Rourke 
Walmsley 
Scott
Pratt
Johnstone 
Jowitt
Lino
McMeekan 
Hood
Hamlin-Uale
Nikotemo
Griffin
Pitts


Subs.
Atoni
Rodwell
Cozza
Smith

This is exhausting as I?ve typed this out already and the stupid page refreshed and I lost it all. 

I?m not sure why your hyper focused on Walmsley out of what I wrote and seem to have an issue if someone sees something in him. 


As I explained it?s more about Max and it?s my thoughts that he?s far too valuable not to be at full back. It?s less about Walmsley or what I see in him. 


Jowitt is not a 6. He is a full back that can fill in and do a solid job at 6.


We are playing him out of position to accommodate Rourke and I personally am not okay with that as I don?t think that is the best option. 


Walmsley is just the best choice after Max at 6 without disrupting Pitts etc. 


Championship or not Walmsley has far more assists on his record than Rourke and he has showcased the hands more. This is not Walmsley vs Rourke though. 


My choice would be to bring in a 6 on loan or permanent for this run of important games which imo will be massive in determining our trajectory. 


Win 3/3 and we will be sat in the top 4 in SL but 0/3 or 1/3 and the optimism will start to wane a little. 


Either that?s not possible or the coaches don?t think it?s needed. 


That?s fine and we will see over these next 3 games if the coaches get it right. Which I really hope they do. 




That?s just my thoughts on what I think would be best. Ultimately though I?ll be supporting the team whether it?s Walmsley, Rourke or 
Rodwell at full back, 6 or whatever.

Tbf to Powell, Trueman got brought over and he got evaluated by our medical team before we bought him and he said at the time that he didn't think that his injury that had kept him out was gonna be a problem, and tbf it hasn't. He got a back strain or something along that line, and that's kept him out of the last few games. Ateotd, no matter how good someone's injury record is or isn't, these things can happen. Hopefully, he isn't far off because this run of games could be big for us. After all, you can see the reason why Powell brought him in: he's a top-class half, as shown against Leeds, Wire and Hudds, and British ones are like gold dust at the moment.

It was just sods law that when Russell got a chance to play half, he gets an even longer term injury and our 4th half Lawford is still recovering from last seasons injury.

That doesn't make it any clearer Trojan but I don't have a problem. I just don't understand why you see Walmsley as the best option for 6.
You may be right. I'm not saying you are wrong.


But I don't see a winger who has never played 6 in his life as the next best option.
And more so, see playing one player in a position he doesn't always play but has experience out of position than 2 players out of position with one having never played in a pretty key role.


It's not that it can't happen. Ben Cockayne did it for a while.

I can see where Trojan is coming from.Max is a matchwinner at FB- we really have missed him.
That means Jay pitts again at SO not ideal but at least he probably has more experience there than Walmsley. 
I'll leave that poser to the coach!

Think our cover for full back as been very good ,20 minutes laps in cup game does not make him a bad player .

I totally agree ! Roarke is a very good fb but Max has the edge in attack for me. In fact  I don't think there is a better fb in SL at creating chances for others  - and that includes Welsby who to me is more of an individualist.

Like you big fan of Max ,just let us leave it a while before we say he is one of the best English full back in S L. ,spent last year in Championships ,were he was outstanding .Looked good till he got injured.He as been missed .but not as much as other important position in the team

Just my opinion of course.People forget he didn't just spring up in the championship- he was an excellent fb in SL for a few years
Again, just my opinion , but Max at FB would have lessened the lack of a Recognised SO.