Looks good to me. I think we'd get so much more out of Laffranchi if we played him in the back row. This would also mean a bit more game time for Walmsley, who has well and truly earned it.

Is swift full time now

I'd start Clough over Walmsley, keep him for impact from the bench, particularly now TP is back.

Spell TP with Walmsley and Clough with LMS - we should keep one of Walmsley and TP on the pich at all times to offer something in attack IMO.

I do wonder if Laffranchi would be put at Loose, if we had a full set of props out there. But with Perry gone, will that ever happen???

Can't see why not.

Our forwards could be: TP/Clough/LMS/Walmsley and then put Laffranchi either at second row or loose.

Aye wingers with pace and a step are sooooo overrated.

Nope. That's not what I said at all. That is so far from what I said as to be on another linguistic planet.

Try again.

Not to mention the ability to catch a bomb it would seem. So far this season Gardner has failed to catch one, if memory serves. Swift has already succeeded him in his ability in this regard.

I read in a piece written by Nigel Wiskar, linked on Twitter, that Hohaia is due to play at 9 for us this weekend.

If that is true, who on earth is playing at 6?

Wellens.

This makes me sad.

Very, very sad.

I haven't been told the team, so this is purely a guess...but I cannot see anyone else playing there out of the squad named.

Browm might see the option.......Howarth was a scrum half, so if selected could play there with Wilkin moving over to 6.

Why not Howarth at 6. 6 does not really do anything for us so would there be much difference???

I think we're stuck with Wellens at 6 for the foreseeable future. Brown doesn't seem to think there's a problem with him playing there.

Lance is at stand off tomorrow.

Better than Wellens, but not brilliant.

Can I play Hooker then and role the years back 23 years

According to a poster on redvee the team is as follows:

Makinson, Gardner, Turner, Jones, Meli, Hohaia, Wilkin, LMS, Howarth, Laffranchi, Soliola, Puletua, Wellens.
Subs: Clough, Walmsley, Greenwood, Percival

I can't see Percival being on the bench, don't see much point having an outside back on the bench.

Percival is on the bench.

Makinson
Ade
Turner
Jones
Meli
Hohaia
Wilkin
Laffranchi
Howarth
Lms
Sia
TP
Wello

Walmsley
Clough
Percival
Greenwood

Maybe Brown is going to do swapsies between Jones and Percival, shunting Jones into second row for a spell? No idea why he would do that but I just thought I'd have a wild stab at it.

I'm sure you are right, but in a team with quite a few flaws already, I've not been impressed with Howarth's lack of class and contribution since he arrived.

Still can't agree or understand with that swap/loan deal with Gaskell going when the alternative is Wello/Hohaia & Wilkin at the halves

Eden, Hall, Welham, Salter, D. Hodgson, Burns, Dobson, Paea, J.Hodgson, Walker, Lovegrove, Paterson, Griffin.
Subs: Mika, Beaumont, Carlile, Green

As Pete said for us: Makinson, Gardner, Turner, Jones, Meli, Hohaia, Wilkin, LMS, Howarth, Laffranchi, Soliola, Puletua, Wellens
Subs: Greenwood, Walmsley, Percival and Clough.
Saints FB/Twitter has Howarth at 6, Wellens at 7, Hohaia at 9 and Wilkin at 13 though