I agree 100% about Sutton, but we both know because he’s playing over there he’ll be in the side.

Whitehead a centre? Only in the same way Ellis or Westerman were.
He's an outstanding second row.

I wouldn't play Sutton at 13 but as a middle forward his stats are better than most in every game.

I like Westerman a lot but his form for us won't get him in the England team.

Edit: I see why you responded on Whitehead now. Correct he's not a 13.i misunderstood what you were saying.

That's just not true, I`m not sure where you get that from. Elliot always has been a second rower for as long as I can remember right from been in the academy, he debuted as a Second rower in the Bradford first team and made, his 7 appearances in his debut season were all at SR, he played the full 2010 season at SR, he filled in 3 or 4 game in 2011 at centre and that`s about it.

Have you actually seen sutton play recently.....one of stand outs for raiders

Yes but IMHO he's not better than Westerman is at the moment. Is there nothing about Trinty you like or support?

I thought he played a lot more games at centre than that, but if you say so then fine. It's no big deal regarding the main point, he's not an LF in the truest sense, though he would probably make a good fist of it, I do rate him highly.

Personally i think Wane's back 3 will be Farrell, Whitehead and Bateman at loose, but i wouldn't rule out Sutton or the excellent Morgan Knowles.

The one thing that might count in Westy's favour is his ball playing skills and that was a tactic that Wane used a lot at Wigan with O'Loughlin.

Morgan Knowles is a good shout, as is McMeeken in the form he's in right now and as a wildcard Ethan Harvard, who Wane will be well aware of thru his pie knowledge

Not to be too pessimistic or put a downer on the thread but it’s irrelevant who we play there, don’t think we have any chance of matching the Aussies, the gap for me over the last 2/3 years has just got even wider between us. A lot of NRL teams would beat our national team not taking into account their national side.

Knowles yes, McMeeken having a good season but no, not at that level.

McMeeken every day of the week for me, the complete back rower

One decent half-season? A bit to go yet.

Penalty machine, overrated and massively inconsistent, turns up when he fancies it and throws silly offloads to the floor every opportunity he gets, never really got the hype myself.

If he was anywhere near the England squad I would be surprised.

I agree. I edited my post to say that I hadn't understood when I first read your post as you were following on from another.