If you could pick the team this week how would you have us lining up?

I'd go:

Lomax
Makinson
Shenton
Meli
Foster
Wheeler
Hohaia
LMS
Roby (if fit)
Clough
Soliola
Flanagan
Wilkin

TP
Laffranchi
Perry
Dixon

Lomax
Makinson
Shenton
Meli
Gardner
Wheeler
Gaskell

Puletua
Hohaia
Laffranchi
Soliola
Wilkin
Flanagan

LMS
Clough
Dixon
Perry

For me I would
1 wellens
2 makinson
3 shenton
4 meli
5 Gardner
6 gaskell
7 lomax
8 Perry
9 lance
10 laffranchi
11 Wilkin
12 sia
13 tony p

Subs
14 wheeler
15 flangan
16 clough
17 lms

What's happened to all these young Saints players?
8 Perry
9 lance
10 laffranchi
11 Wilkin
12 sia
13 tony p

Just move Meli into the back row in place of Wilkin and it's a full set.

There aint good enough you play your strongest seventeen I forgot Wigan haven't got no overseas players and is a all English man team you have just as many as us when you play your strongest seventeen

Eleven ex academy players yesterday, twelve last week.

Don't feed the troll.

Wow! we actually made it to three full posts, before he actually managed to derail the thread, this time!!

Sorry i'm fairly new to this, can someone explain who this "Rogues Gallery" is and why he just raids the saints forums looking for something to moan about and explain how Wigan are better blah blah blah. Congratulations on your Eleven ex-academy players, next time please voice whatever you have to say where someone cares.

Makinson
Ade
Shenton
Wellens
Meli
Wheeler
Lomax
TP
Lance
Sia
Dixon
Flanagan
Wilkin

Gaskell (Used in the first half)
Clough
Laffranchi
[iLMS/Perry do we not have someone better?[/i is Magenis injured?

Out of interest who would you bring off for Gaskell in the first half?

1. Lomax
2. Gardner
3. Shenton
4. Meli
5. Makinson
6. Wheeler
7. Gaskell
8. Perry (assuming he's fit)
9. Hohaia
10. Laffranchi
11. Wilkin
12. Soliola
13. Flanagan

14. Puletua
15. LMS
16. Clough/Dixon
17. Wellens

Ideally I'd like someone more versatile than Wellens on the bench, but he could come on at full back and then Lomax could provide cover for 1-7 and/or be spelled with Hohaia at 9.

Good question,
I dont know,

Maybe Gaskell and Wheeler would be a better option,
I just think Makinson would be the ideal choice at fullback, which leaves Lomax.

Its tough this year, I dont know what the best lineup is.
maybe Im trying to accomodate wellens when actually hes not in form and maybe doesnt warrant a place in the starting lineup

Im trying not to join the wellens bashing crew.

Seems Wheeler should be given a chance in the halves.

ok maybe.

Lomax
Makinson
Meli
Shenton
Ade
Wheeler
Gaskell
TP
Lance
Sia
Flanagan
Dixon
Wilkin

Laffranchi
Clough
LMS
Wellens

1 ) Makinson
2 ) Gardner
3 ) Wheeler
4 ) Shenton
5 ) Meli
6 ) Gaskell
7 ) Hohaia
8 ) Perry
9 ) Lomax
10) Laffranchi
11) Soliola
12) Dixon
13) Wilkin

14) LMS
15) Puletua
16) Clough
17) Wellens

Makinson
Gardner
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Gaskell
Lomax
TP
Hohaia
Laffranchi
Sia
Flanagan
Wilkin

Clough, LMS, Dixon, Wellens.

Stop effing around with rotation and stick with that 17 (obviously Robes comes back in when fit) in those positions and we won't go far wrong.

Actualy, looking at Webbo's team, picking Jonny at 9 and Lance at 7...although I wouldn't go for that on the teamsheet it certainly gives Lomax someone else who can share the burden of running the team with him. Wouoldn't mind seeing an on field interchange between them as it suits.

For me I'd go:

FB: Makinson
RW: Gardner
RC: Shenton
LC: Wheeler
LW: Foster
SO: Gaskell
SH: Lomax

PF: Perry
HK: Hohaia
PF: McCarthy-Scarsbrook
SR: Soliola
SR: Wilkin
LF: Flanagan

INT: Puletua
INT: Clough
INT: Dixon
INT: Lafranchi
This obviously all depends on Roby's fitness/injury

7. Jonny Lomax
2. Ade Gardner
3. Michael Shenton
5. Francis Meli
21. Tommy Makonson

17. Gary Wheeler
20. Lee Gaskell

8. Josh Perry
6. Lance Hohaia
10. LMS
12. Jon Wilkin
4. Sia Soliola
15. Mark Flanagan

11. Tony Puletua
14. Anthony Laffranchi
16. Paul Clough / 19. Andrew Dixon
1. Paul Wellens

If I was in charge it would be...

1. Ashe
2. Gardner
3. Shenton
4. Wheeler
5. Makinson
6. Gaskell
7. Lomax
8. Perry
9. Hohaia
10.LMS
11.Soliola
12.Wilkin
13.Clough

14. Dixon
15. LMS
16. Laffanchi
17. Meli

That's a decent side. No Puletua though?

1 - Makinson
2 - Foster
3 - Shenton
4 - Meli
5 - Gardner
6 - Gaskell
7 - Lomax
8 - LMS
9 - Hodgkinson
10 - Puletua
11 - Wilkin
12 - Soliola
13 - Laffranchi

14 - Flanagan
15 - Perry
16 - Clough
17 - Dixon

wont make a diffrence boys, lol going for 4 out of 4

Who's Hodgkinson? Can you justify dropping Wheeler again after his recent run of form ?

Makinson and Flanagan injured for weekend according to Saints on Twitter.

Happy, happy, Joy, joy


Hopefully foster will have regained some confidence after his display for the U20's
Hull havn't exactly come flying out of the blocks either so we should still have enough to win this