Tansey has to come straight back into full back, Cas have 2 very clever halves, and will exploit a potential weak area with whiting at full back. He had a decent game, but got lucky a couple of times, where he didnt meet the ball on the full, and won the foot face to the ball before the attackers got to him. He also got clobberd a few time when he joined the line, where as Tansey has a little more pace and is more of an attacking option from full back.

Very unlucky on Whiting, but Tansey is our best option at full back by some distance, and this is a results business, so you have to pick the team most capable of getting a result. Unsure on what to do with whiting, Hall had a good game at centre and took his try very very well, Turner was good in the halves so may keep his spot. Houghton offers cover for berro at 9. So it may be one that whiting has to sit out.

I guess the only other way to look at it is to put Tansey on the bench (at odds with what I have already suggested), and let him cover 1, 6 and 9 as required, and leave the rest as is from last week.

He was named motm, but in my eyes there were a good 5 or 6 players better than him.

Depends how much weight the coaching team put on Sky's MOM choice.

My guess would be not much.

I'm a fan of Whiting, but I didn't think he was our MOM.

Two questions for me:

Why give Moa a two year contract and not use him?
Why keep Houghton on the bench, Agar states Berrigan can do 80 minutes, so let him do it, give the bench spot to someone else to stake a claim.

For this week it will be horne/tansey at 6 and 7 but for wigan back to tansey at 1 , horne/longy 6 and 7 in my opinion

NSS post if ever there was one.

I do and I think he was voted MOM in the thread on here (not that that counts for anything either). Whether you think he was MOM or not, he played too well to be dropped and has done for the majority of the season and pre-season.

To drop Whiting now for a player who lost his place in the side for disciplinary reasons sends out entirely the wrong message - both to Whiting and Tansey.

Have to agree, it's Whiting's place to lose.

Whats NSS ?

No 'it Sherlcok!

Haha Il give you that but maybe not so obvious for everyone !!!!

For me Tansey should be back as fullback and whiting on bench in place of Houghton . Don't beleive it sends out the wrong message especially as Whiting himself has admitted he is not quick enough for full back. As a coach you have to pick your strongest squad and that means Tansey as full back , its the same as next week Long will come straight in at 7 even if we win at Cas and turner (or whoever is covering ) will be dropped from that position its the same scenario.Tansey has served his punishment and prior to that he was one of our best players.

Long was out because he was injured, not because he was being disciplined. It's not a disciplinary measure if you know you're guaranteed your place back - it's simply a week off. And it provides no incentive for a player to perform well in the absence of another if they know they'll be out of the side the following week.

I tend to agree. I was merely pointing out that being voted MOM by Sky does not necessarily guarantee a place in the side for the next game. The coaching team will have studied video of the match and analysed performances in detail. They will also have a plan for the next game. Both of these will carry more weight than anything decided by Dumb and Dumber IMO.