After last weeks debacle at Warrington, let’s hope we see a better game this week. I think we might see a few changes in the squad but dependent on the injuries they have we shall see.

Walker
Briscoe
Watkins
Hurrell
Handley
Tui
Myler
Crosby/Oledzski
Dwyer
Singleton
Merrin
Ward
C.Smith

Crosby/Oledzski
Cuthbertson
Jjb
Parcell

Pretty much my choice there Mark with maybe Donaldson for JJB.

Wigan 46-12 Leeds

Not sure we will see any changes barring injuries or returnees.
Hopefully we gave learned some lessons from last week and will see improvement thats what natters at thus syage we get better week on week. With them in the WCC the week after it may work in our favour.

This is what I would like to see against Wigan. And, with the WCC next week we really need to take advantage of the fact Wigan might have one eye on this.

I think we need to proceed with our strongest potential team for now but others below, i.e, Peteru, McLelland and some not mentioned will be knocking on the door at some point.

FB Walker
W Briscoe
C Watkins
C Hurrell
W Handley
SO Lolohea
SH Myler
P Cuthbertson
H Parcell
P Singleton
SR Merrin
SR Donaldson
LF Ward

S Dwyer
S Oledzki
S Smith
S Ferres

Sutcliffe (Not sure where he fits in now)
Crosby (Is he fit?)
Peteru (Should get a chance but others preferred)
JJB (Has been ill)

McLelland (Will be biding his time to see how Tui/Myler get on)

Thaler reffing this one yet again. Ah well, theres always the Salford game

It's funny, because if I had to choose a ref from the current lot, I'd have Thaler every time. Probably not a ringing endorsement of Thaler still though.

Thaler has gone downhill somewhat the last two seasons.
Regards L Sutcliffe he was one of our better players again Wire and should feature against the Pies

Agree re Sutcliffe, Ferres out Smith in

Hopefully Crosby returns, Merrin should not be in as a prop

If they are all fit I'd go like this:

Walker
T Briscoe
Watkins
Hurrell
Handley
Lolohea
Myler
Crosby
Parcell
Singleton
Merrin
Ward
Smith

Oledski
Cuthbertson
Dwyer
Ferres

However, I'd expect we don't see Crosby and that Sutcliffe stays in at second row.

Is Peteru definitely out then?

We can’t afford to go 0/2 with a game against a red hot Saints side just around the corner. This one is a must win game.

This isn't even close to a must win game, we have a new coach and a host of new players who will take 6-8 weeks to gel and start producing on a consistent basis.

Newsflash - we are very unlikely to win anything this year.

Agree with this tbh, except i'd go with Luke Briscoe instead of Handley. Handley looks too light, at least Luke is stronger.

Dont talk so stupid a must win game .just support your team and back them if we lose we lose the win will come , dont jump on the wagon of some of these so called supporters who think they no better than the leeds coaching staff, i would do this i would do that ,this players crap that players better etc etc ..theres a saying if a coach was to listen to a spectator he would soon be sat with them.
Our song is marching on together lets do that win lose or draw and stop this settee coaching ....we are specktators not proffesional coaches .we have had plenty of good times with this wonderful club and clubs can only wish to have won what we have won ,we will come good and compete again .
As i say marching on together is our song ...........

He’s on the wind up, don’t take him seriously

I'm surprised he keeps remembering which alias to use on which forum

It’ll be a lot tighter then the Wire game IMO because we’re still feeling our way with a new coach and the loss of a couple of key players. We looked disjointed at Saints and I don’t expect that to change in one week.

One score in it for me and it could go either way.

The way we were looking on Saturday, if there's one score in it it will be 2-0 to somebody...

I am not confident at all. Wigan looked close-ish to Saints through most of their game, whereas Leeds were exhibiting the same problems which got them in so much trouble for the second half of last year.
Missed tackles, lost energy battle, little-no go forward, giving the ball to individuals to "do something" (Hurrell now), poor line speed in defence, losing the ruck, individual errors.
I wouldn't be so bothered if I thought is was just form that was the issue, or just coaching, but I think our problems are structural - and really not helped by losing our only go-forward prop in Garbutt without replacement.
Give us two big, aggressive props who can make impact going forward and in defence, and then I could complain about scratchy halves and wing, but we can't even judge them properly because the side is playing compacted all the time.
All is not lost of course and things are generally going in the right direction, but I'd like to see us at least get close to Wigan and look something like. Hope I'm wrong.

I'm probably in the minority but i dont think things are as bad as is made out by the fans, on this board in particular.
No doubt that we are light in the front row and this has been talked to death but we were almost 12 points up in the first 5 minutes at Warrington. Knock on given when Walker went over, replays conclusively show came off Wire. Had we been 6 up when Hurrel was held up and wire went down to 12 then it's possible the game could of taken a different direction. I still think Warrington would of come off at full time as winners but the scoreline wouldnt of looked as bad and we would have had more positives to dwell on. Give the team time and my prediction is we will finish high mid-table, this in my eyes will be asuccesful season. Yes we are 2-3 years behind where we should be but we are where we are

Smith and JJB out,

Peteru and Newman into the 19 along with the same 17 from the Wire game.