as a coach, Agar will be looking at where is best chance of a win will come from and a home game against us is more likely than some of their other games, so I suppose it makes sense to get him back in as I don't think Dowes and co will pose much of a threat to Clinton/Vella and Lovegrove the way they have been playing, but a fully fit O'Meley is likely to cause some problems.

Definatley.Not worth risking if he aggrivates it and misses the rest of the season

shouldn't play unless fully fit same goes for any player in most circumstances and as such would give horne a runout in the U20's if possible to prove his fitness and give him so gametime.

ATEOTD it is a derby but much more important to have our better players fit for the playoffs if we want any chance of progressing through them at all.

i would line up as below for the derby.

Tansey
Calderwood
Turner
Yeaman
Briscoe
Washbrook
Whiting
Radford
Houghton
Dowes
Manu
Tickle
Fitz

Subs

Lauaki (play as a prop)
Moa (if not fully fit cusack)
Burnett (rotate the backrow and don't expect Manu, Tickle & Fitz to do the full 80!)
Nicklas

We have to start playing reserves in their respective positions when we have injuries instead of switching players constantly around ie Nicklas on the bench

so where would you bring nicklas on as

to ease him into the game i would give fitz a break around 20-25 minute mark, shift Washbrook to LF so we have an extra pivot on the field so he is not expected to run the show but assist our other 'playmakers'.

Then dependant on how well nicklas is going ie if he is struggling put Washbrook back in the halves and put fitz back to LF or if he is going well simply switch Washbrook for Fitz around 60-65 minute mark.

this would hopefully give nicklas much needed experience and allow us to rotate fitz and not burn him out

There is a major flaw in your reasoning already

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Apparently o'meley and moa both involved in full training, does anyone reckon there's a sneaky chance both may play?

You'd think, wouldn't you? FC's chances with no half backs are minimal anyway and derbies are usually intense in the forwards, so why risk our best player if he's not really fit? Barking mad.

Don't need to tell me that, tell the person who is hell bent on playing players out of position.

Big hame not going to be considered due to his temprement?

Where have you heard that?

Zod

Just something a Hull fan mentioned to me, I hope he plays