I know Frank would be better outwide, but how can we have him starting there when Minichiello and Manu are both playing fantastically?

They are..... but we have a World Class, strike player playing out of position....

Correct me, if I'm wrong was either Mini or Sika interchanged??

Got to agree he has been mediocre so far, not helped of course by only playing a couple of games in a row before getting another different injury. He should be made to earn his place for Wembley, we've been down the 'pick players on reputation' route before and got burnt.

He needs telling to run lines at the defence. He's trying to play as if he's a 6 sometimes? I've never seen him play like that in NRL. He's gotta be injured for me

I wouldn't have played Thompson last night he's not effective enough against the big teams like Wigan. Bowden would have been the better option imo. Don't think he was injured, just a tactical change.

Sorry but I think Thompson is just as effective in any scenario, he took the ball up with pace and tackles well too, as ever I'll get shot down in flames but personally I'd have Thompson over Washbrook, the former's work rate is just so much higher.
If Pritchard doesn't improve over the next few weeks LR really needs to think long and hard over the 17 because on a hot day with forwards blowing out their arris on a fairly big pitch (it's bigger than ours) we can't afford to carry a passenger and thus far Pritchard has been a passenger more often than not.
For what he is taking out of our cap and will take more next year (backloaded contract hence the need to reduce others salaries) he is nowhere near VfM

It would allow Both Mini and Manu to be interchanged appropriately.Both played last night without interchange when Pritchard and Thompson were on the bench

created the offload for michaels' try, like others said, need him on the edge

agree, Pritchard imo isn't spending enough time on the pitch, maybe am expecting to much but am not seeing the blockbusting runs hes noted for, esp near the line I thought he might at least run onto a crash ball once or twice, bit on the fence atm regarding frank,

I agree he would be more effective player a bit wider, and I can also understand why people might have expected more tackle busts etc. But the notion that he's not pulling his weight and it's having a detrimental effect on others is absolute rubbish.

He has the best average gain in the team apart from Shaul, and he averages more carries and metres per game than any of our forwards. In fact I beleive he's the best second row in the comp for each of these stats (I think he might be behind Dave Taylor if you class him as a second row). He doesn't do a massive amount in defence, but that's not his game, and his tackle success is actually very good (third best in the team by my reckoning behind Hadley and Watts).

He's perhaps not played the type of game we were expecting, but I'm more than happy with his contribution.

Washy's inside defence on our right was absolutely top drawer. He's been superb this year at the unnoticed stuff this year but it's slightly more subtle so you've probably missed it as a result.

I haven't missed anything, Washy does alright but I prefer the pace of Thompson and what he offers when we have a large pack that is gassed. Washbrook was missing a heck of a lot of tackles earlier in the season (I haven't looked since) and using him the way we do he is neither fish nor fowl. I'd rather we went with a proper hooker interchange the way Radford uses him.

You have your opinion I have mine, I'd have Hadley in front of him as well the way we play and I'd have Washbrook (well) in front of Pritchard currently.

Dean Hadley is an excellent player and is having a really good season. As with others not selected like noggers and Jordan Abdull he's unlucky not to play. Seems to me like we're trying to get some match fitness back into Frank.

My young son realises that Washy has been high quality in everything he's done this year and his versatility means he's an ideal bench choice. I agree with him.

Correct. Exactly how I see it. Only not made 100 metres in a game about 4 times.
We don't use him correctly though. We could do to fix that up.

Don't worry. Sneyd and Houghton was crap according to many not even 200 days ago on here lol