So what are we going to see a correct forward thinking team list or another scratching our head choice of players.

However unlikely it seems we still have an outside chance of getting 3rd



Future is in our hands win the next 2 and we have 3/4/5 depending on other results, Salford lose 2 with large PD in each game an it blows the race open again, Fax will be on form for their game vs wakey so could do us another huge favour there.

Clare
Williams
Purtell
Nielsen (need a huge game from him)
Caro
Mullaney
Seijka (if no gas)
Sidlow
O'brien
Clough
Olbison
Pitts
Addy

Crossley
Mellor
Blythe
Walshaw

We know seijka will get a game so might as well play him where he should be, he wasn't terrible for his cameo last week.

I think now is the time to play the spine of the team as was envisaged for this season i.e 1,6,7,9,13

Assuming all fitness things being sorted, Mullany at FB, Gaskell at Stand Off, Siejka at Scrum Half, O' Brien at Hooker obviously and Addy at 13. The shirt numbers tell us the thinking on these positions.

No more faffing around playing people out of position. If James Clare is deemed a better winger than Omari Cari, then play him on the wing - otherwise he doesn't play. If Purtell is our first choice centre, then he plays at Centre and so on.

Biggest issue will be with Gaskell, if he's put I think we revert to my above team if he plays then as you are Paul with yours.

Or will Jimmy be stubborn and play walker, if he does he is out the door afaic.

is ferguson definely injured then?

It would be marvellous if we could turn up with a full team and play like we mean it,
If we loose so be it, but please no more of the $h1t served up for the last two weeks.

No word, but thats hardly surprising, if he is 100% him instead of Walshaw but otherwise id leave Walshaw lets see what he can do.

Well, if you play like you have been doing recently, and so do we, then our pitch at LSV should get a handsome application of fertiliser on Saturday!

Lets not write off Fax quite yet, if they do us and themselves a favour by beating Wakey, they could go into the last game needing to beat us to play in the SL playoff game. And at the moment they could quite possibly beat us again.

Well, as so many people predicted, its come down to a battle for 5th - and all of the Championship clubs can still theoretically grab that 5th slot (or higher, but its probably not gonna happen!)

The next two weeks will show whether we are the best of the Championship clubs, and if we are then we'll get 5th (at least) and will be in that one-off game.

If we can't beat Leigh and Halifax then we certainly won't deserve to be in the game. In fact we'll have gone through the season without having beaten Leigh in 3 attempts and 1-2 win/loss ratio against Halifax. If that happens we will deservedly be in the Championship next year!

I'm all for playing players in their actual positions for his one, if possible. Siejka has come under heavy criticism this season, but he is, after all, a half-back, and potentially our only fit and available one come Saturday. Not really any point in putting him on the bench and playing a centre at 7.

I agree with that, though we have actually beaten Halifax twice already; Odsal and Blackpool, so if we lose the ratio would be 2/2.

If Siejka or Gaskell are fit then Mullaney has to play fullback. After the last 2 games I can't believe people are wanting inexperience at the back again for a big game like this.

Referee: R Silverwood
Reserve: C Leatherbarrow
Touch Judge: C Sharrad
Touch Judge: R Thompson
Video Referee: B Thaler
Video Referee: P Brooke
Match Commissioner: G Kershaw
Time Keeper: F Hawley

Strong ref for a change, I expect this to alter and Cobb appointed like the Widnes match.

Not entertaining the fact we dont have Mullaney at FB just if Gaskell isnt fit then we revert back to the Salford squad we had, no Chev, no Purtell at 6, play them in their correct positions for once, and keep Seijka calm if he gets sinbinned again TWICE im gonna kill him

Well you'd like to think that, should Silverwood pull out again, then Leatherbarrow is a decent enough reserve ref to step up. He's probably just as experienced as Cobb!

Didnt we have Leathbarrow for Salford?, I thought he did quite well

Baggy be first:
Oh no, Not Silverwood. He hates us.

everyone hates Leigh and i bet he hates Leigh more ha ha at the moment even Leigh fans hate Leigh

This. Being a half back (and not really one who can cover for any other position like Addy for example) you either play him from the start or don't play him at all IMO. Otherwise he is a waste of a bench spot.

I'm not a fan of HS, I think all season he's been a bit of a passenger. He's not really done anything massively wrong (other than getting binned twice in the same game) but he's not really done anything full stop, and this has made him look really poor. Against KR he did actually take the line on at one point (that I can remember) and found himself over the try line, albeit held up. He needs to do more of this. If it doesn't work it doesn't work, but at least he's doing something.

Like Bullcharge said, we have to start playing people in their actual positions when possible though.

HS hasn't done much wrong this season because he has hardly played. Now is the time to put him in. He did actually do some "half back" things last week on a few occasions which caught some of the players out. Play him or get rid - and that should have applied to many others.
If all thee are fit - Mullaney, Gaskell and Seijka then play them all and lets see what they can do.

There's a novel idea have a full back a stand off and a scrum half in a rugby league team..

Imagine that. .

Probably best half all year was first half at leigh with all 3.

Confirmation if any was needed that Uncle Derek is an absolute loony: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... r-10074994 MEN Sport can reveal that no ground access is being granted to the Bulls owner Marc Green at Leigh Sports Village this weekend. "Leigh have taken a firm stand and could be fined for a breach of operational rules. This though does not bother the Centurions’ owner. He adds: ‘‘They can keep on fining me if they like. ‘‘Our chairman Mike Norris has already written to Bradford and told them there will be no access for Marc Green at our ground. ‘‘We can do this and to keep fining me is just like taking a bottle of water off a supermarket shelf. One goes and there is still a load left."

Confirmation if any was needed that Uncle Derek is an absolute loony: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... r-10074994 MEN Sport can reveal that no ground access is being granted to the Bulls owner Marc Green at Leigh Sports Village this weekend. "Leigh have taken a firm stand and could be fined for a breach of operational rules. This though does not bother the Centurions’ owner. He adds: ‘‘They can keep on fining me if they like. ‘‘Our chairman Mike Norris has already written to Bradford and told them there will be no access for Marc Green at our ground. ‘‘We can do this and to keep fining me is just like taking a bottle of water off a supermarket shelf. One goes and there is still a load left."

Quote ="Pumpetypump"Confirmation if any was needed that Uncle Derek is an absolute loony: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... r-10074994 MEN Sport can reveal that no ground access is being granted to the Bulls owner Marc Green at Leigh Sports Village this weekend. "Leigh have taken a firm stand and could be fined for a breach of operational rules. This though does not bother the Centurions’ owner. He adds: ‘‘They can keep on fining me if they like. ‘‘Our chairman Mike Norris has already written to Bradford and told them there will be no access for Marc Green at our ground. ‘‘We can do this and to keep fining me is just like taking a bottle of water off a supermarket shelf. One goes and there is still a load left."'" As it's a Saturday, he wouldn't be going anyway, would he?

Quote ="Pumpetypump"Confirmation if any was needed that Uncle Derek is an absolute loony: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... r-10074994 MEN Sport can reveal that no ground access is being granted to the Bulls owner Marc Green at Leigh Sports Village this weekend. "Leigh have taken a firm stand and could be fined for a breach of operational rules. This though does not bother the Centurions’ owner. He adds: ‘‘They can keep on fining me if they like. ‘‘Our chairman Mike Norris has already written to Bradford and told them there will be no access for Marc Green at our ground. ‘‘We can do this and to keep fining me is just like taking a bottle of water off a supermarket shelf. One goes and there is still a load left."'" As it's a Saturday, he wouldn't be going anyway, would he?

Quote ="Pumpetypump"Confirmation if any was needed that Uncle Derek is an absolute loony: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... r-10074994 MEN Sport can reveal that no ground access is being granted to the Bulls owner Marc Green at Leigh Sports Village this weekend. "Leigh have taken a firm stand and could be fined for a breach of operational rules. This though does not bother the Centurions’ owner. He adds: ‘‘They can keep on fining me if they like. ‘‘Our chairman Mike Norris has already written to Bradford and told them there will be no access for Marc Green at our ground. ‘‘We can do this and to keep fining me is just like taking a bottle of water off a supermarket shelf. One goes and there is still a load left."'" Wow, that is......quite the news article. I'm assuming it has been written by a 12 year old, but even looking past that there are some bizarre comments in there. Is that article suggesting that Leigh are thinking of deliberately breaching the salary cap next season? And what's all this about Bradford having 'strong ties with the governing body'?

Quote ="Pumpetypump"Confirmation if any was needed that Uncle Derek is an absolute loony: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... r-10074994 MEN Sport can reveal that no ground access is being granted to the Bulls owner Marc Green at Leigh Sports Village this weekend. "Leigh have taken a firm stand and could be fined for a breach of operational rules. This though does not bother the Centurions’ owner. He adds: ‘‘They can keep on fining me if they like. ‘‘Our chairman Mike Norris has already written to Bradford and told them there will be no access for Marc Green at our ground. ‘‘We can do this and to keep fining me is just like taking a bottle of water off a supermarket shelf. One goes and there is still a load left."'" Wow, that is......quite the news article. I'm assuming it has been written by a 12 year old, but even looking past that there are some bizarre comments in there. Is that article suggesting that Leigh are thinking of deliberately breaching the salary cap next season? And what's all this about Bradford having 'strong ties with the governing body'?

Honestly thought this bad blood had disappeared with the good tempered advert for the Championship we had at our place. I recall afterwards both coaches saying both teams deserve to go up.

Let it go Derek, you're acting like a child, mate.