The ginger quota is too low to expect anything less than a Wakefield win, why has Keal been dropped?

Keals not playing coz sandy prefers Linc, Keal is fully fit and hasn't let anyone down but Sandy is sticking with Linc in the hope he gets last years form back soon !
Out of order in my eyes but coach picks his team and lives or dies by results.

I see the love affair with keal is still going strong funnily enough dum dum is a big fan of him aswell and for the record I don't think he's done much wrong this season

Withers is shatpank, don't see the fuss.

Really aggravated by this, actually.

Withers is OOC at season end and doesn't his special dispensation expire with his contract? There is no way he will get a new contract if he's going to count on the quota, same as O'hara. Blood the players that are going to feature next season, in fact, play the players that are playing well!

Do agree with you about withers keal is the future and withers will be gone at the end of the season so can't understand sandercocks thinking on this one

It's cos he's an Aussie innit anyways can see us getting our asses kicked next weekend to

Carlile is really hard done to once again. The few remaining Sandercock disciples point to his development of young players. This decision shows me that James Green & Rich Beaumont are only getting games due to the absence of Ryan whatshisface & Tuimavave. They will be automatically dropped should either ever reappear.

Yes Ginge, cracking display from FC tonight.

Can see us losing the next 4 games and beyond that it doesn't matter.

I wouldn't say they'd be automatically dropped but I would certainly hope that when Ryan O'Hara and Evarn Tuimavave are fit then they'd be challenging Green and Beaumont and picking up the shirt for the weekend. Green is certainly a player for the future but he and Beaumont have to be behind two very experienced players. Half the problem this season and last is that we get a couple of players back from injury and they are replaced on the treatment table with a couple of other players. Not once this season have we come close to fielding our strongest squad.

I agree also that Carlisle hasn't done anything wrong and has been one of the more consistant performers. If Withers can regain some of last seasons form then I guess he'll be ahead of Carlisle at this current moment in time.
I've no doubt Carlisle will be the longer term prospect but we are in the here and now and if Withers fires then it will go along way to getting Rovers closer to the 2 points which I guess is what Sandercock is hoping for. We also only see what happens on the pitch, Withers could have trained the house down this week whilst Carlisle could also have a slight knock, We never really know.

Depressingly yer it was however theyre chairman didn't put a kibosh on the season by announcing half way thru that they didn't know wat next season wud bring just fear for us next weekend

Carlile is always raring to go and this has shown in his performances, his sponsor (whom is in contact with Keal on a regular basis) has said he (Keal) is fit and well.

One point I would pick up on, Easty. Withers, O'Hara and Tuimavave all need to play first team to regain match fitness, there is no option of playing in the 19s or out on dual reg, therefore, the logic says that Carlile, Green and Beaumont should be hard to budge from the first team. The coach is picking a player in Withers, who won't be with us next season and can't be match fit having had a spell injured, over a young prospect who hasn't put a foot wrong.

Thought we wanted young British players? Why drop them the moment 3 overseas players are available (not match fit), two of which over 30.

Experience?

I agree completely about Carlisle but I also think that a fully fit Withers adds to Rovers squad. Withers needs to get match fit and the only way he can do that with the ludicrous academy rules is to play in the 1st team. Maybe if we had a competition where Withers could get fit then Carlisle wouldn't have lost his spot. Still having three fit hookers is a bonus.

Tough game for rovers and wakey were pretty good against us last week but we defended like we did tonight and they had no answer. I think the bookies have this one right at scratch and it could go either way. Their wingers give them great momentum from kick returns. Depends on how tim smith plays IMO

Just glad Caro has been dropped in favour of Brown.

Suprised we simply haven't released the deadweights already (Withers, O'hara and Latus)