As it stands I would have
Shaul
Michaels
Logan
Fonua
Talanoa
Pryce
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Minichello
Pritchard
Manu

Ellis
Feka
Thompson
Abdull

My 17

Shaul
Fonua
Tuimavave
Logan
Talanoa
Pryce
Sneyd
Ellis
Houghton
Watts
Mini
Pritchard
Abdull

Taylor
Bowden/Green
Sika
Thompson

If we need a bit more grunt up front Manu can some on for Abdull.

I'd love to see us sign a proper back up hooker, maybe Pita Godinet since he's just left wakey. Release Michaels, then sign a British outside back?

Can't see it happening though....

No Tuimavave??????

It's not really a shock, nobody really knows how good/bad he is, as he has played nearly all his rugby at reserve grade level, plus the fact we are trying to play him in a position that he isn't use too, should mean that it comes as no shock to anyone if he isn't in any fans 17.

He could turn out to be great or a disaster.

Fans 17 maybe but can you see the club bringing him in and not playing him???

No one has said that.

Personally I see him getting the nod at centre. If Radford wants him to play there, and his squad number suggests he does, then I'd expect him to do enough in preseason to get picked ahead of Michaels and Yeaman.

This is a fans 17.

Totally agree but logical thought process has to take into account probable 17.
My concern is Pryce. personally I think his legs have gone. His main attribute was his step and go, through the gap he created in the 3/4's. He no longer appears to have it. Distribution has never been an attribute. 6 will probably go to Abdull. I think the backs will be Shaul, Binman, Fonua, Tuimavave and Micheals.

If we don't sign a back up hooker then I can see Washbrook starting at 13 for the first 25 mins (before unleashing manu) and then coming back on for the last 20 mins at no.9 to try and stop Houghton burning out too soon. I'll take a punt on:
Shaul
Fonua
Tuimavave
Logan
Talaton
Pryce
Snyed
Taylor
Houghton
Watts
Pritchard
Mini
Washbrook

Ellis
Green
Mand
Abdull

Talanoa not the unknown prodigy that is Talaton!

I wouldn't be unhappy with this team, do we really want Washbrook as an interchange hooker, just protect Danny more by not having him have to make ridiculous amounts of tackles every game, we have a pack that should be in a position to take some of the workload he's been asked to do the last two seasons to a level that doesn't need an interchange.
sorry but Talanoa loses out to Micheals on the wing for me and I'd still prefer Ellis in the 2nd row, Mini at loose. Balance prop interchange of green/watts & Taylor/Bowden, with an extraordinary backrow of Pritchard/Eliis/Mini that should have the potential to do massive amounts of damage and with Manu & Thompson to really pull teams apart toward the end of the halves.
Think Fonua is going to be the next fans favourite if he plays like he can...

IF we can get the attacking structure right in the final 20 and keep our discipline we have a team that can and actually should really go places, top 4 is very achievable and anything less should be seen as failure, if not with this squad then it'll never happen (under Radford)

Shaul
Fonua
Tuimavave
Logan
Michaels
Abdull
Sneyd
Green
Houghton
Watts
Ellis
Pritchard
Mini

Taylor
Bowden
Manu
Thompson

Good post. I chose my backs in an earlier post but shied away from the forwards because of the plethora of talent we'll have, don't know where to start. Here goes, Ellis at prop, starting with Watts, spelled by Taylor and either of Green or my choice, Bowden. Mini and Pritchard plus Manu at 13. think Washy will spell Houghton and Thompson to back up at prop or second row, the mind boggles. Green really needs to step up and I think Bowden grew as the season went on last year but so did Hadley and there's no room on the bench for him

There you go again bulling us up, getting really exciting when Dobbins think we're as good as 2006, you Bantersaurus Rex you.