Luckily its Tony Smith who picks the team and not you. Or are you professing to know than he does.

Surprised about Burgess in third spot.
Would back Johnstone any time in a foot race with Burgess
Naiqama? they must have the wrong reading
What about Bevan French? Would give most of them a yard and still beat them

Burgess is rapid my money would be on him over 100m

Would say field is quicker than French ( just )

Even coaches get things wrong

Fans have opinion take fans out of sport they're is no sport as "convid" proved

What a terrible post, might as well stop the forum if we can't disagree with what the coaches do.

Fans not allowed to have an opinion now?

Of course fans can have an opinion but you do seem to be-little posters and come across as a touch arrogant as in I’m right and your wrong.My take on Mackintosh is at beginning of season he was terrible but a spell in reserves,he came back stronger and confident.You mention the Sts game…yes Ritson nearly got him but it wasn’t through diving early,watch mackintosh’s feet,he does the classic wingers step and that’s what causes Ritson to miss,also you haven’t mentioned the Truman try…would our other wingers who you want to try have done what he did to get the ball back in play.End of the day..he was marked as a scapegoat in his 1st season,again in his 2nd season and no doubt this season.I now await a belittling and sarcastic response to this post.

I guess all this Pre Season chat is irrelevant, as we are merging with Salford anyway, and playing out of West Yorkshire

Hopefully mcintosh will be similar to Griffin

As griffins first season with us wasn't great and then came good after

As mcintosh did well towards the end of season to be fair

This will be Mcintosh's third season but I agree after he came back from being dropped he improved a lot.

McIntosh is a confidence player, he's also our best winger...if he's not in the team we look very weak on the wings.

I'd love you to show me where I've belittled the poster, I had a debate with Hull2456 (or whatever his number is), he doesn't seem bothered, no name calling, just asked him to name any slower wingers in SL, which as yet no one is done.

Just because his form improved from his form which was awful doesn't mean he is good enough to help us kick on.

Would Mcintosh get in any side that finished above us?

Im not sure what you want, do you want me to mention everything positive he did last season, I'd say the positives where probably still less than the negatives over the season.

I want us to improve and think it's worth the risk of trying Tindall, Martin or Mitch over Mcintosh as feel all of these have more potential than Mcintosh.

Also I've never said I'm right and have been wrong many many times, what I do try and do us back up my points with either facts examples or ask people a question to back up their argument (such as name worst or slower wingers than Mcintosh)

I think there are a few players who if fit will be in 17 for the Rovers game, I don't think that will or should apply to Mcintosh, these are the players who I expect to be in the 17, the rest is up fir grabs

Walker
?
Sutcliffe
Calos/Scott
?
Hoy
Brown
Ese'ese
Houghton
Sao
Okunbor
Ashworth
?

Pele
?
Scott/Carlos
?

If we're honest, if we want to climb up the table then Mcintosh should be one of the players to make way.

I like him, he's a tryer but I don't think he excells at anything.

If fit, I think we'll line up:

Walker
Tindall
Sutcliffe
Carlos
Mcintosh

Hoy
Brown

Ese'ese
Houghton
Sao
Okunbur
Scott
Cator

Pele
Ashworth
Lane
Smith

When Truman is back, Brown goes to 9 with Houghton/Balmforth and Smith fighting it out for a bench spot.

Maybe it's just me, the backline looks pretty blunt in terms of linbreaks. The front row is improved but the back row needs some work, Okunbur needs to hit the ground running.