Bowden adds some size to the bench but on the field will be as ineffective as ever.
No takers for his signature when the club offered him out so needs to put himself forward as its his last season with the club

Think BH will most likely bring Bowden back in to the 17 for his size but wonder who he'd replace, Brown possibly unless he goes with Fash, Brown, Bowden and Johnstone though he usually carries an outside back too that he rarely uses? Not sure what impact if any Bowden will have to be honest.

Can see the week after., Evans won't last long ..

Personally, I'd play Fash at 13,
Never misses a tackle, and never drops a ball
Regarding Shaul, his passing is appalling, I think the person serving beer on the concourse, caught his attempted pass .
The likes of Gentle, Radford and Hodgson should've improved this major weakness in his game.

We way we play i don't it matters who plays 13 out of the props, it looks like we have 5 props available this week, so two start, two on the bench at one at 13.

I'd probably go with Fash to because of the reasons you have stated and have Sao and Bowden on the bench with Satae and Brown starting.

Understand your point Dave. For me personally I’d move Mac to full back & Connor with Reynolds. Mitch on the wing. Salford’s back line are fast so we need to counter their pace.

Same

I’d go Connor, Swift, Carlos, Griffin, McIntosh, Reynolds, McNamara, Fash, Houghton, Satae, Sao, Lane, Lovodua and subs Bowden, Brown, Johnstone/Scott and Wynne
Can’t make my mind up between Johnstone and Scott but would prefer Scott to spell second row. Griffin could also go to second row and put Wynne in the centre, that way Lovodua could spell Houghton. Under the circumstances I think Houghton will do the 80.

I'd rather have Mitch instead of Scott.
Thought he was our best player against Saints in the limited time he was on.

Think the coach will move Connor into the halves and Griffin again will play second row.
Have a feeling he will go with Shaul again at fullback.If he doesnt then McIntosh is our best option with Mitch on the wing with Carlos and Wynne at centre.
If Shaul plays then i expect the bench to be Sao or Satae ,Bowden,Brown, and Mitch to get the nod in front of Scott for his defence and better pace.

From what we've seen so far under Hodgson I think he'll keep Connor at FB and go with McNamara in place of Gale.

After watching last nights Leeds V Catalans game it was interesting to hear both Wilkin & McGuire talk about the officiating and the yellow for Pearce saying if that is now a yellow then there will not be many games where players aren't given cards. I hope the RFL and Ganson are watching and listening before they continue to blight the game with poor decisions. Wilkin is a bit marmite for me but he actually spoke sense last night along with McGuire.

Could we hurry up and have an independent governing body with some intellect please and no affiliations.

We should have enough on paper but concerned Sneyd will just carve us up. We need to keep him out of it with territory and possession which with our discipline we just won’t.

Surprised Leeds are 0 for 3. Even more surprised Wilkin was talking sense about refereeing.

Is this the same Mark Sneyd most on here were desperate to get rid of a few months ago?

To be honest have they actually signed Sezer as he looks very anonymous for them and surprised so many had them as one of the leading contenders this season as they still have Agar as coach & they are just as devoid of ideas as we were when he was at the helm here.

Catalans were there for the taking and given a big advantage with Pearce being carded for and yet Leeds still didn't look like they'd score.

As for Sneyd if we aren't ready to push up quickly and close down space for Salfords play makers we will find it hard going. We need to really pick up our line speed and ptb and stop playing such dumb rugby with daft penalties and restarts.