Wellens, Turner, Soliola, Meli, Hohaia, LMS, Wilkin, Laffranchi, Flanagan, Clough, Jones, Makinson, Greenwood, Ashe, Walmsley, Swift, Tilley, Howarth, Percival

how longs manu out for?

Makinson
Swift
Turner
Percival
Meli
Hohaia
Wilkin
LMS
Howarth
Laffranchi
Soliola
Flanagan
Wellens

Walmsley
Jones
Clough
Greenwood

I'd like to see Tilley in there again, but I think he'll miss out this week.

So who is out?
From there I see Gardner, Lomax, Perry, Roby and Manu, any more?
A lot of young lads in the squad and I'd guess they'll have to face some kind of backlash from HKR.
You don't seem to win many at their place either.

Wellens,
Makinson,
Turner,
Percival
Meli,
Wilkin,
Swift,
LMS,
Hohaia,
Laffranchi,
Jones,
Soliola,
Flanagan,

Clough,
Walmsley,
Greenwood
Howarth,


For me it's the most balanced side from the 19.

I'm shocked you would still play Wellens at 1.

Puletua and Wheeler as well.

Gardner told Radio Merseyside that he should be playing on Sunday.

What a brilliant idea. Why on earth would you want to have a different 1, 6, 7 and 9? We need to start having some consistency in the main positions. For me, its the same as last week except Hohaia at SO instead of Wello.

Yes, he is on the BBC web site saying

He also said that he would have to take one of those "head tests". Don't know exactly how it all works but presumably he has failed it.

1 wellens
2 makinson
3 turner
4 Percival
5 meli
6 hohaia
7 Wilkin
8 laffranchi
9 howarth
10 Lms
11 Flanagan
12 Jones
13 sia

14 Tilley
15 greenwood
16 wamleys
17 clough

Wellens is that good you picked him twice?

Why on earth are people still picking Wellens at fullback? What is wrong with you? Why have you not been listening to me? I thought I had completed that mission and could move on, but it seems a few stragglers haven't evolved and are stuck in 2005.

Would you rather he plays on the wing?

If Hohaia is back in the team on Sunday then I can't see Wello playing anywhere other than fullback, with Makinson on the wing to cover Gardner's spot.

I'd much rather he didn't play at all. I don't see what's different to last week.

1 - Makinson
2 - Swift/Turner
3 - Turner
4 - Jones/Percival
5 - Meli
6 - Hohaia
7 - Wilkin

Why on earth would the slug play anywhere other than loose forward?

I'd go with:

21. Tommy Makinson
26. Adam Swift
3. Jordan Turner
30. Mark Percival
5. Francis Meli
6. Lance Hohaia
12. Jon Wilkin
14. Anthony Laffranchi
35. Stuart Howarth
25. Alex Walmsley
4. Sia Soliola
15. Mark Flanagan
1. Paul Wellens

10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
16. Paul Clough
19. Josh Jones
24. Joe Greenwood

I expect Brown will play Wello at full back, and Makinson on the wing though, which is a bad move IMO - especially with Dobson's long kicking game.

Big game for us this - huge vocal effort needed.

Two fullbacks eh. It's a very bold move, but it just might work you know. I wonder if anyone has tried that before.

My team would be

1. Makinson
2. Swift
3. Turner
4. Percival
5. Meli
6. Hohiah
7. Wilkin
8. Laffranchi
9. Howarth
10. LMS
11. Sia
12. Jones
13. Flanagan

14. Walmsley
15. Clough
16. Greenwood
17. Wellens

you may be right, but it's folly IMO.
Swift has proved himself capable in the back 3 (some reckon he's got more potential than Tom) and he could also use jones in the centre t push Turner or Percy onto the wing. All better ideas IMO.

Dobson's back for KR, Burns suspended.

It's plain for all sane people to see that the ship has well and truly sailed as far as Wellens at full back is concerned.

There is absolutely no logic behind him going back there. It would be a massive step backwards. We have ample cover in the backline with Makinson, Swift, Turner, Percival and Meli. Wellens is behind all those players now in an attacking sense. If Nathan Brown has the ambition and bravery that I think he has, then Wellens will play in the pack tomorrow. And that's only because Manu and TP are missing,otherwise he'd be running on with the kicking tee. Sad but true.

I have to agree, I wouldn't go as far as running on with the tee, but his time in the backs should be well and truly over.

The team is -

Makinson
Swift
Turner
Percival
Meli
Wello
Wilkin
Lms
Howarth
Clough
Flanaghan
Sia
Jones

Hohaia
Walmsley
Greenwood
Laffranchi

J H Christ