they need to be at the required standard cant just play them regardless just because you have a gap.

You mean using our Academy?

It'll never catch on......

Did Joe Vickery get sent down? we could get him back for a few weeks.

Agreed. But you also need to play the player who is going to be most effective in that position. Is an out of position Golding necessarily a better option than a "lesser" player who understands and is used to playing the position?

If we were short of half-backs, nobody would be suggesting playing Carl Ablett there ahead of Jordan Lilley, despite Ablett clearly being the more talented player of the two.

I agree with this. I would rather have a lesser and younger kid who knows the position playing there than a better and older player who doesn't really have the understanding or attributes to play the role well. You then shoot yourself in the foot twice - losing the player you have moved in the position he is competent in, plus carrying someone in a position they don't really know best what to do.

If the wingers in the U-19s don't understand he requirements of being a winger, then best off putting someone else there who doesn't totally either, but is a better player overall.

If the U19 wingers are really switched on with their role understanding, but are a bit naïve and need more experience - get them in.

It used to totally peck my head in the football when situations like this arose; managers would usually play a midfielder or full back in defence, that was totally clueless rather than playing a young defender who although wet behind the ears, at least had a grasp of the requirements and subtleties of being a defender.

We'll be missing: Chase, Hauraki, J Griffin, Paterson, Lee, Locke, A Walne, J Walne. We have G Griffin out on loan at Wakefield and I don't think he can be recalled yet, so I expect young Matty Gee will make his super league debut.

1. Niall Evalds
2. Greg Johnson
3. Junior Sa'u
4. Mason Caton-Brown
6. Theo Fages
7. Michael Dobson
8. Adrian Morley
9. Liam Hood
10. Scott Taylor
11. Matty Gee
12. Jason Walton
13. Harrison Hansen

14. Lama Tasi
15. Darrell Griffin
16. Carl Forster
17. Maybe Locke?

forgot about Darrell Griffin. easily done i suppose.

Loads of FB's and centres make quite a few of there first senior appearances on the wing. It's not exactly like we'd be putting a prop on the wing by going with Golding there. Watkins, Hardaker, Lee Smith to name but a few who started off there mostly at the start.

1. Hardaker
27. Handley
3. Watkins
20. Keinhorst
28. (Ryan) Jones
18. Sutcliffe
6. McGuire
17. Cuthbertson
9. Aiton
10. Peaocck
12. Ablett
14. Ward
13. Sinfield

7. Burrow
16. Achurch
19. Singleton
22. Yates

Billy McDermott and Ryan Jones are the wingers in the U19s IIRC. From what I've seen both are WAY off SL standard at this time,

Spot on.
Golding on the wing, retaining Hardaker at fullback is the way to go as far as I'm concerned.
As has been said earlier many half backs & fullbacks have debuted on the wing.
Iestyn Harris for example & Hardaker himself.
The back three have to operate as a unit so all have to be able to deal with kicks & bringing the ball back.
With Hall & Briscoe missing we will be weaker but we just have to deal with it.

Jones is a brilliant player, wasted on the wing, but still young.

MCDermott is pants, never looked like he would make a decent level rugby player. Seems to be out of who you know.

Looks like both teams are missing a few. Just hope watkins and cuthbertson are quiet ha anyway hopefully will be a cracker between 2 in-form teams ☺

Keinhorst will almost certainly play, then just a question of where, depending on whether Moon is fit.

Certainly got the size, speed and hands to be a better centre than winger. Not sure what position he played most of his junior rugby at?

I'd go with least resistance and put Keinhorst on the wing outside Moon. He's got some speed, he'll do fine there.

If Moon's out, that shakes things up a bit, and I would be more tempted to bring Ablett into centre as a short term fix. Ending up with Handley, Golding/Jones and Keinhorst all in the 3/4 line looks a little under-experienced to me. Happy for them all to have game time, but maybe not all at once just yet!

Centre

has anybody got advice about parking at salford

Quote ="wadbrough52"has anybody got advice about parking at salford'" Yeh, park at Salford Roosters www.ecclesrugbyleague.co.uk/ It's £3 and you can actually exit the car park instead of having to wait for 12 hours. They also usually have the club house open so you can have a drink there before walking down to the ground.

Quote ="wadbrough52"has anybody got advice about parking at salford'" Yeh, park at Salford Roosters www.ecclesrugbyleague.co.uk/ It's £3 and you can actually exit the car park instead of having to wait for 12 hours. They also usually have the club house open so you can have a drink there before walking down to the ground.

many thanks

Worth taking a bag of dummies on Sunday?

After all, majority of Salford fans spat theirs out over Chase's ban this week

Pretty sure most Salford fans expected 8 games, so 7 is a winner for us! I'll be spitting mine out if we get anymore injuries/suspensions this week though.

Squad named as:
1 Zak Hardaker
3 Kallum Watkins
4 Joel Moon
6 Danny McGuire
7 Rob Burrow
9 Paul Aiton
10 Jamie Peacock
12 Carl Ablett
13 Kevin Sinfield
14 Stevie Ward
15 Brett Delaney
16 Mitch Achurch
17 Adam Cuthbertson
18 Liam Sutcliffe
19 Brad Singleton
22 Andy Yates
26 Ashton Golding
27 Ash Handley
28 George Milton

Looks like it is Golding on the wing then.

Competition between Achurch and Yates to see who lands the last bench spot.

Depends on if Delaney is 100% I'dlike to see both Yates looked like he can step up to this level but needs game time, and Achurch always looks better with a longer run in the side