Watson
Watkins, Ablett, Moon, Hall
Sinfield, McGuire
Leuluai, McShane, Peacock
Jones-Buchanan, Delaney
Clarkson

Burrow, Ward, Bailey, Moore

Well the Hudersfield ltill still be around next week,god forbid if we have to put up with the Wigan crew as well.Come on Leeds turn up

The only change I can see for Wigan is Goulding in at 3 with Hughes going to the bench replacing Burke. Other than that as last Friday.

S Tomkins.
Charnley, Goulding, Thornley, Richards,
Green, Smith,
Dudson, McIlorum, Flower,
Tuson, Farrell,
O'Loughlin.
Taylor, Crosby, Hughes, L Tomkins.

I'll be here win or lose.

Really looking forward to the game. First game of the season for me, finally found a family member stupid enough to agree to babysit for me. Hopefully we can perform better than we did against hudds.

Yes you will

Your one of the lucky ones if you missed the Hudds game mate. The only consolation we have is that Leeds HAVE to play better than they did last week because it would be impossible for them to play any worse.

Nobody hopes more than me for Watson to be playing on Friday. People have their doubts because of his lack of confidence on Boxing Day but once he gets some game time watch him go. Wouldn't surprise me if people started saying put Zachary on the wing when he's back.
You have seen what happened to Eden, Watson is similar and better IMO.

Watkins was awful so was Ablett and Vickery. Get Ablett back in the pack as he isn't fast or passing at centre. Watkins positional play is awful and he looks lost. Nothing to lose by playing Watson at FB.
The only doubt I have is if they put Watson on the wing against Pat Richards. Maybe Watkins should be there.

I'm more concerned if Paul McShane plays again to be honest.

Waste of a sub. Rather go big on the bench.

It's quite funny to see the support of some towards the idea of Watson starting at FB, after ridicule from same said individuals towards my [iearlier[/i support of the "ridiculous" notion.



[uIF[/u the confidence had been shown in the lad sooner (instead of persisting with the inexperienced Watkins to FB and promoting an unknown antipodean to the wing) , he might by now already have been an established first teamer instead of a potential debutante against a confident Wigan team.

...or you could argue some fans' knees are jerking big time, since the fallible Watkins/Ablett/Vickery did OK against the Storm and Sts?

I don't buy fatigue arguments at this stage of the season. We've played 6 games, not twenty (and most of our forwards have missed at least one game already). Full-time pros ought to be able to back up at this stage of the season.

I have more sympathy for players being knackered during games due to BM's odd rotation policy - but even then I would have thought the likes of Peacock and Leuluai would have some input into those decisions as well.

I'd go with Tvocs selection this week.

Yes, Watkins on the wing could be a good shout for this particular game. You'd fear for what someone with the height and experience of Richards could do to Vickery, but equally you'd relish what someone with the pace of Watkins could do to Richards.

I would also go for the Watkins/Ablett right hand side for this one.Yes,bringing An untested rookie fullback in against Wigan is a risk,but IMO it is worth it just to shore up that right side which will be heavily targeted if we persist with Vickery.

Have a good feeling about this game though.The lads surely will be keen to gain some revenge for the tonking we got last year and on the back of last weeks result should be fired up.

If I remember Ryan Hall's debut he was peppered with high balls & never dropped one, I thought then he had an exceptional temperament. I've no idea about the kids you are proposing but they they can't be much more suspect in defence than the Watkins I have seen the last few games.

Fight fire with fire. Ask the same questions of them and see how they deal with it. I would be asking Sinfield to hoist some huge numbers up for Tomkins to see how he manages them on this occasion. Remember the CC semi? Tomkins is quality and with this style of tactic if you don't drive him into the ground as soon as his feet are planted, a few seconds later he could be racing away down the field. But I'd test his nerve and sow some seeds of our own.

Can't think the karma for an inexperienced fullback will be good after what we did to theirs in the play-off SF..?

I hope our Holy Trinity will dominate their half-baked halves, but fear more black ops from McD to ensure we win the future fixtures that count...

Don't think BMD will tinker much. I expect the same backline, coaches tend not to panic after one poor performance and BMD will probably have the Saints game in his head rather than Hudds.
Watkins still at FB and Ablett still at centre, Vickery on wing. We can't take the risk of putting Ablett back in the pack as it's just guaranteeing that one of the outside backs will pick up a serious injury in the game and he'll end up at centre anyway.

Pack is probably a different proposition. I'd have all the beef we can muster, Wigan are young, big and strong and we won't want them getting over the top of us. This would be an ideal situation to have Bailey at loose if he was available. If we can get in their faces up front then the inexperienced halves will be exposed. Pressure on their kickers is crucial. Start with McShane and bring Burrow on later (hopefully we won't be out of the game by then). I'd also spell Peacock reasonably early - maybe after 15/20 mins and then bring him back for the last 10 mins of the first half. That way he gets 10-15 mins rest first half and then 10 mins at half time. I'd want him and Kylie on at the 55 min mark when Leeds win a lot of games.

Wigan may revenge on the mind too, considering we ended their run in both competitions.

No love lost between the sides, I hope we can have a full on blown battle similar to the Saints games circa 2009. We're due some value on season tickets!

Bails was also avaialble but wasn't selected last week. He had kicking t duties (duties which Griff completed before bombing down M62 to Salford!). I'd have Bails on the bench to offer some form of impact (as we've lacked it). Let him get snarling on the touchline and introduce him to some half backs

The tactic of hoisting high kicks on Tomkins only worked in the CCSF last year because Leeds had field position to make it work.

If they're spending most of the game trying to bring the ball away from their own line (or continually turning it over early in the tackle count) they'll not have that available to them as an option.

Do Sky's 3D cameras really necessitate losing 1,500 off the South Stand capacity?

Still, gives the club a nice opportunity to "push" advance tickets which means they have your money whether you turn up or not.

Vickery keeps his place in the 19:

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Silverwood will be the referee.

Withe 19 man squad we've named id go with.
Watkins
Vickery
Ablett
Moon
Hall
Sinfield
Mcguire
Jp
Mcshane
Moore
Jjb
Delaney
Bailey

Burrow
Achurch
Kylie
Ward