Elliot Wallis dropped for Shaw. Wallis has looked the real deal in the games he's played, and strong i defence. don't see why dropping Wallis is a good idea

Don't worry

He’s shown some promise and I definitely look forward to seeing more of him in the future. However, he was hardly error-free vs Wigan and is probably a little lucky we won despite that or he might be on the end of comments about his naivety or lack of concentration.

Can see Dagger being dropped for Hughes too.

Hughes? At the risk of being whoosed have I missed something?

No you missed nothing. I meant Smith. He'll start and Lee to the halves. We have a better chance with Dagger playing but he's playing a long game with the young players.
Hope I'm wrong Friday and Dagger misses the next 2.

Thought Smith looked very young in the minute he played Ok if they are good enough they are old enough but not convinced a youth hooker is what we need?

As MR said Wallis made a couple of blunders that could of been costly he will be a good player in time but we have more experienced wingers available

Sheens was luke warm in praise of Dagger after the Wigan game.

I expect Lee at half back and Smith at 9. Dagger to sit this one out.

I still don’t understand the idea of the Lee/Atkin swap. Sure, it may develop Atkin as a player long term as is the justification used by sheens but surely what the move actually suggests is that 1 or both of the players are not good enough in the role they were signed up to play.
Now, seeing as Atkin got called up for the knights on the back of his performances at 7 I think it’s logical to assume that Lee isn’t offering what sheens wants from a hooker.
But then if that’s the case why start him there and Atkin in the bench vs the pies?
As the thread title states ....... baffling

In his post match interview last time Tim Sheens said he saw Atkin,s long term position as a hooker as he gives much needed pace especially with Lunt out. lee gives experience & organisation but lacks the quick blast of speed. As for Wallace he is only 18(I think) as such I assume he requires handling carefully & not overplayed & burnt out, that call is best left to the most experienced coach in super league.

One theory (don’t know how much truth there is in it) is that Atkin plays a bit too much off the cuff at half back, with Sheens feeling the returns on his decisions don’t compensate for the loss of structure. He was maybe given a freer hand at Swinton as their stand-out player and with less time to prep. But I think/guess Sheens feels we need to be a more cohesive team and not ‘try to solve problems individually’ as he’s said a few times.

Dagger deserves to play imo

Whoever plays we must match their PTB speed.Still a good side if let get on a roll. Would be nice to see back to back wins and a repeat of atmosphere from last week. Can't call this one

Has the atkin/lee swap been that much of a failure?

Atkin looks really good from dummy half I think, quick/nippy and is very direct with decent enough distribution.

As a first receiver I think Lee has done ok. His assists are pretty high and generally his kicking game is decent, especially long kicking game. He has kicked 3/4 40/20's this year hasn't he. His assist for Vaivai last week was pretty good as well.

With how we play with quinlan as a 3rd pivot it's not necessarily a bad thing having Lee at half back and some more speed around the ruck. IMO we are only gaining attributes here and not losing much.