Do you drop McIntosh and play Martin & Tindall? I don't think McIntosh has been too bad recently, actually played better as a centre than he has a winger

Mcintosh has been good in my opinion amd looked pretty strong carrying out of back field. Don't think he has deserved to be dropped personally.
I'd say at the moment Tindall has to wait for his chance.
Or really prove himself in training to get a spot.

Mcintosh too slow for a winger, wouldn't have scored either of the trys our wingers scored yesterday, but do agree he has played better at centre.

Actually agree looked better at centre.

Find all and keep Russell…Martin as back up this season with Macintosh in centres with Sutty as Carlos won’t be playing that much

Few rumours doing the rounds yesterday regards hoy and litten , was both at the game though apparently so maybe just rumours.

I asked someone who would know. Just selection choices. Nothing in the rumours, was rife in the pubs though

I'm sure Tindall will get his chance. As good as Martin has been so far we saw last year with Litten how too many games can adversely affect young players.

Conspiracy theories among the fan base? Surely not?!

I’m sure they wouldn’t have been at the game if the “alleged” rumours were true

That’s what I thought too. I hope we can keep them for longer than two weeks.

And yet he scored a breakaway against Saints and the speedster Ritson last season?

Mac IMO looked ok at centre.

Must of said this 10 times, Ritson came from the other side of the field, Kershaw is super quick, he would have caught him yesterday.

It feels like tough times ATM, but the one big hope I have is that we will finally bring some Academy players through. Hopefully they’ll already have a bond as well, as they’ve come through the system together. Bit like the Leeds side of old.
I do feel proud when I see someone like Lewis Martin come through and make an impression, after watching them play for the Academy and Reserves.
We’re not going to get anyone better than Tony Smith at this moment in time, so the calls for his head on social media is expected and laughable.
Just hope AP comes out at some point, tells us the covid loan is paid off, and we can start to hope again.

No chance, not a sniff

Yes he did but you don’t give Mc the credit where he did the classic wingers step and left ritson tackling grass….If your on about speed then..Martin same position against Wire and got chased down by Drinkwater but you don’t criticise that?

How do you know I didn't give him credit at yhe time.

It was a good step, but that doesn't stop the fact he isn't that quick and I believe he would have got caught by Kershaw yesterday.

I'd have to watch the Martin intercept from last week to see where Drinkwater started. Not all intercepts are the same.

For the alleged issue to have been fully tested, investigated and discipline handed out between Thursday's squad announcement and the game would have been quite a stretch.

For me Litten was left out as we dont need a backup full back on the bench. Hoy it feels like theres more to the story as leaving out a quota player who can cover 6 when our 1st choice 6 is out is an odd decision otherwise.

Could just be a case of keeping in house rather than washing your dirty washing in public?

Mcintosh headed towards the posts, therefore narrowing the angle for Ritson.

You clearly have a downer on him and mention him time and again.

You don’t know he wouldn’t have scored either try yesterday. Just your opinion, which is fair enough, but why keep mentioning him?

I think we all know your opinion.

Well this is a thread about who to keep and let go, so I'd saying discussing Mcintoshs merits is pretty valid.

The question was asked (not by me) if Mcintosh should gp back on the wing. Think you are overacting a bit here.

I think we can do better that's all, came with a good rep and was seen a bit of a coup, but overall he has been pretty average.

Agree he's very average (which is better than some in the team tbh!) and younger players such as Martin and Barron can do a similar job on likely less salary.

Thats exactly it, nothing against him personally, can't fault his effort, but think we can get better for cheaper.

Well we won't be seeing Litten again if the rumours are true, not sure if Hoy is the same - but had Litten confirmed. Oh dear.

See what comes out this week I guess