at the moment:

i'd keep G Horne as cheap cover

i'd give Cusack one more year on current form

Burnett is a good prospect

the rest have it all to prove, and in Motu Tony's case we'd need to see how his knee copes on his return.

and whilst Thorman wasn't a bad move when we needed to replace Dykes at short notice, i hope the club finally take the cheque book to Australia and get us a top class half back, year after year we fail to address the problem.

Fair enough. I don't want to take any chances v Salford. Realistically we're not going to win the league title, so I'd put all my eggs in the Challenge Cup basket.

Im sure Salford will be thinking the same.

Why arent we??

Id go the other way and feck the cup run off

Leeds or Saints out of the cup tomorrow along with Bradford or Catalans plus Harlequins.

Beat Salford tomorrow and a favourable 5th round draw and we could be 2 games away from a return to Wembley and another big pay day.

Be unlikely to finish 1 or 2 and even with the new play-off arrangements it's difficult to see anyone winning outside of those spots. Win tomorrow and we're 3 games from Wembley with one of Saints/Leeds out. Just a personal preference, but Wembley is a much better occasion than the GF IMO. Although as Gwilym said about Rovers last night, now they've beaten Celtic they've got a clear run to the final.

I agree!!

We have 4 props, who havent had a lot of game time, this would be a perfect opportunity for the likes of Moa,Maloney King and Thackray to get match hardened.

IMHO - Cusack and Dowes should be rested tomorrow.

Does Agar think, both Cusack and Dowes can play 3 games in 8 days??

Also Berrigan looks as if he's carrying an injury, a chance for Lee and Houghton to rotate.

IF, the coach feels its a risk to play Moa,Maloney King ,Thackray ,Whiting and Washbrook at home against Salford.

When is it a good time ,to give these players a game?
- against St Helens at Knowsley Road???

Agree Thacks & Maloney who knows..I have no doubt the coaching team have their reasons and at the moment I have my faith in them..if things get worse thens the time to ask questions.But I am happy so far with what we have achieved so far rightly or wrongly.

For me resting our props seems the sensible thing to do.
There must be a reason that the coaching staff have decided not to do this Imo.
Is it down to the players themselves, could it be that our two main props are in the form of their lives and no one wants them to lose form through inactivity, who knows?

I know this. If Agar had left them out today and we ended up getting beat, people would be asking why we didn't play our form players.

Me too, there is still a long way to go and agar should be judged on the full season not the 1st 7 games, yes we are having a little wobble but i've seen enough in the first part of the season to suggest we will be top 4. Agar got his tactics wrong against quins and didn't tactically adapt to the conditions(which we probably won't face again this year).
I am a little worried about our prop rotation but i'm willing to give agar benefit of doubt for the time being. Although the players themselves should be telling agar if they need more of a rest during games!

Yup.

I count myself as pretty firmly in the 'Agar-sceptic' camp, but this is not the game to be resting players. Our only realistic chance of silverware this season is the CC, and underestimating Salford could end that chance at the first hurdle.

He's got himself in something of a corner with his odd bench selections and lack of prop rotation in the last 7 games, but this is not the game to try and fix that problem. We need to just be focused on winning and nothing else.