1. Zak Hardaker
3. Kallum Watkins
6. Danny McGuire
7. Rob Burrow
8. Keith Galloway
9. Beau Falloon
10. Adam Cuthbertson
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan
12. Carl Ablett
14. Liam Sutcliffe
15. Brett Delaney
16. Brad Singleton
17. Mitch Garbutt
19. Mitch Achurch
20. Anthony Mullally
22. Ash Handley
23. Ashton Golding
24. Jordan Baldwinson
25. Jordan Lilley

I've got Sutcliffe in my high flying fantasy team, and have a sneaky feeling he might not make the 17.

What do we think McDermott might go with?

Option A: Ablett for Moon, leaving a wing spot between Sutcliffe and Golding.

Option B: Hardaker for Moon, and Golding in at full back. This would mean a 2nd row missing out.

Option C: ?

What do you guys think? I'm guessing McDermott hasn't seen or objected to Achurch's interview as he's made the 19.

I think he'll go McGuire and Burrow in the halves again, Golding full back, Zak wing, Ablett centre. Singo, Delaney, JJB back row. Sutty out, and Lilley on the bench in case he decides to bin Falloon halfway through the game again.

I think he will put Sutcliffe to centre, as he seems to want to play him anywhere. Put the Golding on the wing, with Zak at fullback. Anyone who saw the disaster last season at Salford with Golding at fullback, and the need fore the switch that happened will understand.

And unfortunately I think he will stick with the McGuire Burrow partnership, instead of trying the much better Lilley with McGuire.

I'm think and hope he goes with

Hardaker
Golding
Watkins
Ablett
Handley
Mcguire
Lilley
Galloway
Falloon
Cuthbertson
JJB
Delaney
Sutcliffe

Subs
Burrow
Singleton
Garbutt
Mullally

1. Zak Hardaker
3. Kallum Watkins
6. Danny McGuire
7. Rob Burrow
8. Keith Galloway
9. Beau Falloon
10. Adam Cuthbertson
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan
12. Carl Ablett
14. Liam Sutcliffe
15. Brett Delaney
16. Brad Singleton
17. Mitch Garbutt
19. Mitch Achurch
20. Anthony Mullally
22. Ash Handley
23. Ashton Golding
24. Jordan Baldwinson
25. Jordan Lilley

I'd go with the following:-

1. Zak Hardaker
2. Ash Golding
3. Kallum Watkins
4. Carl Ablett
5. Ash Handley

6. Danny McGuire
7. Jordan Lilley

8. Brad Singleton
9. Beau Falloon
10. Adam Cuthbertson
11. Jamie Jones-Buchanan
12. Brett Delaney
13. Liam Sutcliffe

14. Rob Burrow
15. Anthony Mullally
16. Mitch Achurch
17. Jordan Baldwinson

I'm with TVOC on one of the other threads.

Salford is a guaranteed 2 points for Leeds whichever side they select.

17 Mitch Achurch's or 17 Ian Kirke's would beat Salford.

Laying it down early I see.

Just going along with the evidence.

Id go:
1. Golding
2. Hardaker
3. Watkins
4. Ablett
5. Handley
6. Sutcliffe
7. McGuire
8. Galloway
9. Falloon
10. Cuthbertson
11. Delaney
12. JJB
13. Singleton

14. Burrow
15. Garbutt
16. Mullally
17. Achurch

Baldwinson has to get a run out for me, it's not like other people's form is good enough to keep him out at the minute.

Agree he should get a shot but if he makes the 17 will probably spend the game warming the bench up.

Half should be liley and mags but we will probably have burrow there, sutty I would drop completely but will probably be in the back line somewhere.

Agree on all counts.

A long time since I felt like this, but I am fast losing interest in the team and its exploits for this season. I am begining again to moor look forward to building my next Airfix 1/72 scale model aeroplane (might have a crack at the Vulcan I have stashed away)

Scary that either Delaney or JJB is probably going to have to play as an edge second rower rather than in the middle unit where their lack of mobility is less exposed. A left hand side of say Delaney, Ablett, McGuire and Handley hardly fills you with confidence defensively.

Given ablett appears to be playing whilst injured and Delaney is a hard man held together with tape, they may get done a bit for pace. Salford appear to be playing a pretty controlled get through the sets type of game, I think it will be hard yakka in defence

Robert Lui is still out injured.

He makes Salford tick.

Relax everyone.

19 wins out of 19 for Leeds away to Salford during the SL-era.

Methinks thou doest tempt the law of averages.

7/5 on a Salford win.leeds are odds on.

We looked pretty good in (small) patches last week, especially in the 2nd half and the players have now had 8 days to shake off any niggling, minor injuries picked up over Easter.

We'll be ok.

Leeds by 30+

You're gonna need a bigger umbrella.

There were some glimpses all be it fleeting last week. They should beat Salford surely?

Anyone know what type of squad you'll be sending over for the nines game (5:30KO) before the main event.

Salford still without Hauraki and Vidot, plus Johnson, Caton-Brown, Lui and skipper Lee. I'm surprised Justin Carney is in the squad to after his injury at Wakefield. It's certainly not going to be a classic...

Agree

Golding, despite his nightmare last season, should play fullback and move Zak into the centres.
I agree though Burrow and McGuire in the halves is a definite no no.
Burrow has gone now and at best is a bench player - please Mac don't start with the old guard - look to the future it has to be Sutcliffe and McGuire for me.

Which small patches? I must have missed them and I didn't visit the toilets. We were garbage from start to finish.

I agree. I don't think there was anything we did last week, that if we did for 80 minutes would beat anyone in this league. Not sure what was been watched. We need much better than anything produced last week.