Agreed. If Tindall was by far the better player then he should be picked even if he is leaving. But he's not, he's an OK reserve winger. I see no point in picking him ahead of someone who will be here next season and would benefit from the experience.

I wouldn't say coming in cold, in atrocious conditions in a game where we were absolute pony is quite "F'd it" personally.
Hes going to have to have a solid game though to come into contention for a run in the side however.

Hooley was bought to be given the chance to move up a level , he needs more than one game to see how he goes .
Mylet to scrum half as that’s what he is , if not very reliable one .

The more I see of Tindall, the less I think he has what it takes to make it as a SL winger. He's just not athletic or big enough. I have no idea what his finishing skills are like because he is rarely in a position in which he looks like scoring. The try against Wigan was very much scored when the game was gone, although he took it well. We've let players go who have shown more in the first team, e.g. Broadbent - and look at how Briscoe is going at Leigh (no, I don't want him back).

Leeds need players who are capable of much more strike in the backs - solid is not good enough in this position if we want to get back to the top. Younger wingers ought to be making try scoring break throughs like Cummins, BJB, Hardaker, Calderwood, Hall etc. Handley was scoring regularly at the start of his career too, even though he was in several relegation faced teams.

Tindall's strike rate isn't just about finishing, its also about getting himself into positions where he can score, even if it means coming infield. All the best wingers have that hunger to score tries, and his record suggests he just doesn't. Roberts may not be as good as a genuine wing, but he can also play centre.

Smith signed both Hooley and Roberts - if they don't get picked when we're down to the bones you'd have to wonder what the point was? Personally I'd like nothing more than to see Hooley play and have a blinder, just because I think the stick he got from the KR game was really harsh on someone who wasn't match fit, played in a team that gave him no protection, and in horrible conditions. He had a mare, but so did a few others.

Handley will be playing full-back. The position he is likely to be playing in the longer term.

Nene, Roberts, Martin, and Olpherts will make up the rest of the back 5.

Hooley
Tindall Olpherts MacDonald Handley
Austin Myler
Oledzki O’Connor Walters
Martin McDonnell
Smith

Johnson Sangare Holroyd Bentley / Donaldson

Edgell Ruan Roberts

Tindall and Olpherts on the same side?!

Same team, same side, makes no difference.

Even with all the current injuries the squad still looks strong enough to hopefully win the next 3 games.
After that who knows…..Fingers crossed the fringe players take their chances and we make a quality mid season signing or two.

Hooley
Olpherts
McDonald
Martin
Handley
Austin
Myler
Oledski
O'Connor
Holroyd
McDonnell
Bentley
Smith

Johnson
Walters
Sangare
Donaldson

As long as Austin and Bentley are fit, that should be enough...

Think this is the squad I would go with too

Yeh, interested to see how Hooley would go in very different conditions.
One poor performance doesn't make him a bad player.

Yeah, unfairly written off by many already.

Same ground.

Massive performance needed today, we have injuries but the side we put out should be more than good enough, especially in the forwards.
Lose and play offs and pretty much a ling shot and season gone. Knives will be getting sharpened for smith if we lose this one to one on of the worse sides ever seen in Super league.

I'm not a smith fan but I wouldn't criticise him if we lost the right way.
if we are weak, sit back and invite pressure, with a weak side that would be really, really stupid, there would be criticism.
go after them, get on the front foot, clever kicking game.

Ha one of the worst sides super league ever seen, give over

Well lets put it this way, both Castleford sides that got relegated were better than this current side, think they are thankful, the current Wakey side is the worst side ever.

I’m sure Cas will raise it as usual. If no Austin I worry about our kicking game on a big pitch but hopefully we will be able to get over them

Side

HANDLEY FULLBACK
MACDONALD-WING
ROBERTS-CENTRE
MARTIN-CENTRE
OLPHERTS-WING
AUSTIN - STAND OFF
MYLER SCRUM HALF
OLEDZKI- PROP
O'CONNOR T-HOOKER
HOLROYD-PROP
MCDONNELL -SECOND ROW
DONALDSON -SECOND ROW
SMITH FORWARD
JOHNSON INTERCHANGE
BENTLEY INTERCHANGE
WALTERS INTERCHANGE
SANGARE INTERCHANGE

If Handley is our new fullback he will have to learn the finer arts of linking up plays accurate passing and the best cover tackler in the team and immovable under the highball a bit like Gary Spencer.

I will be more than happy if we can complete the game without any more injuries.

Well that didn't go well, Holroyds pulled out

Holroyd just injured in warm up. He's out