I've had a funny feeling all this week..I reckon we are going to win...and by a 10 point margin..don't feint

Kick in the plums for Cunningham and Howarth if Hadley does end up playing at 9. Which is a crazy call.

After seeing him there at fev last season it would be a disaster

In a choice between Hadley & Thompson as a back up 9 on match day (if just to stop shuffling everyone else around in an emergency or to give Houghton a breather) I'd pick Thompson everyday of the week, he looked a real find the first day I saw him, he has being given a utility back tag by the club in the squad details so I've no idea what Radford's intentions are for him but he seems to have a decent amount of pace and very good stamina. Kind of a Whiting MKII.

But we have to make up our minds who is doing what and not shuffle around 3 people to accommodate 1 player.
The way the piece in the HDM was written it sounds as if Rankin is going to be interchange back/hooker on the bench going forward.

Horses for courses. Barring a injury Houghton will play 80. On a day like tommorrow carrying an extra forward would be what I'd do.
Radford only said he didn't want danny doing 80 every week all season

Hadley or anyone else wont play hooker tomorrow unless Houghton gets injured.

Cunningham will get his chance at some point

Howarth shouldn't be in any Super League starting 17.
Total waste of money

Why, how much are we paying him?

Doesn't matter how much we are paying Howarth.Anything is too much
Everything the Salford and Saints fans said of him are true.No pace to make runs from acting half,slow at the play the ball and his passing is terrible.He is not really a 9 but a utilty player.
I just don't understand the signing.If Radford thinks we are short of numbers at 9 then why leave both Howarth and Cunningham out of the 19 when if Danny Houghton needs to be rested we will probably be using Hadley at 9 tomorrow and maybe when Rankin is fit he will take the bench position and fit in at 9 which means Neither Cunningham or God forbid Howarth are unlikely to feature in First team games.

Why was he that bad at the wakey friendly? I didn't go but a mate of mine said out the 2 hookers howarth was better?

Maybe, but at 9 Howarth has to be infront of Hadley.

There both pretty terrible. We're fubar'd if Houghton gets injured.

agree 100%.

Here here

No Feka. Don't know if injured or just not picked.

Starting 13 is as expected. Bench is Whiting, Green, Bowden and Thompson.