Just listened to Smith interview with Gollum on Humberside, Evans has a slight knee issue....

Balmforth doesnt seem to have the engine yet for regular S/L but still think he should be on the bench and given 40 minutes.He is mobile so two mobile nines may make a difference to our attack.
We really have a problem at six with McNamara.The lad offers nothing but catch and pass and his kicking from hand is also poor.
For me Smith may as well utilise either Houghton,Dwyer or Balmforth at six and use them to run at the defence.They surely cant be as innefective as McNamara

Slight hand injury,slight knee issue the new in house media excuse for being dropped

Its all that bending down to pick up his hefty pay cheque

Had heard he's been playing through the pain with his knee, not that it excuses his poor form, but it is at least a reason

I will explain to you why.

Because one of your fans, the one that started this thread is on here 50 times a day telling us how we're rubbish and his team are great. So I thought I'd play along in his game of "My dad's bigger than your dad"

I enjoyed it, it brought back memories of when I was running around in the primary school playground as a child all those years ago.

I dont know why KR fans need to keep flogging this dead horse, we all know our situation.

For me it shows the mentality that they are more bothered about the club in 11th then 1st. Or maybe it hurts that despite the dross served up at FC people locally are more interested in the west side then east.

Right think it's time to put the negativity away (at least until the squad is announced ) and get behind the lads on Sunday.

Clifford back in squad for Barron I'd go
Litten
MacIntosh
Carlos
Sutcliffe
Swift
Macca
Clifford
Taylor
Houghton
Sao
Griffin
Savelio
Cator
Subs
Brown/Gardiner
Satae
Dwyer
Fash

I'd play Scott on the wing, how many chances cam Mcintosh get?

6 is a real area of weakness, McNamara is a better defender and Lovodua offers more in attack, neither are really good enough to play there.

Need to play really well to win, better than we have played all season

Think I’d roll the dice with either sutty or Carlos at 6. Both better in D than Joey & McIntosh. Even if we just use them as more of an off the cuff running threat.

I do think McIntosh gets blamed for every try, even when the blame lies with ball watching inside of him. You can’t deny he’s been poor.

For example Handleys try last week. It was on McNamara not shifting quick enough which meant everyone was ball watching inside of McIntosh. He then made the right decision and jammed in.

His execution of the jamming in was an awful tackle attempt and he probably should have stopped the try. For me the blame for that falls on the inside men.

However, if his execution is that poor when needed maybe we should give someone like Martin ago (I’ve always thought he looks better than Barron)

think he will play Houghton at 6

That would be no better than having McNamara at 6 and in all honesty worse as he just isn’t able to do the minutes anymore and his defence is no longer such a strongpoint. I’d rather play Scott at centre and out Sutcliffe to 6 as that would at least give us something different and a bit more creativity. .

As fans i agree we need something different to McNamara at 6 who is just catch and pass but dont think Smith will do anything different other than to either leave McNamara there or go the safe route and play Houghton there who at least may take on the line occasionally

I think this will be a tight game this one , We have to improve both defence & attack to stand any chance of getting a result . Hudds arnt ripping up any trees at the moment . 6- 10 points either way .