With the news that Sibbit is injured, we are really down to the bare bones, and faced with picking players now that Potter has semi-openly said he doesnt want in the squad. and thats if Karl Pryce is regarded as fit!

Id go for

1 Kearney
2 Crookes
3 Lulia
4 platt
5 Ainscough
6 sammutt
7 jeffries
8 Scruton
9 Diskin
10 HArgreaves
11 bateman
12 whitehead
13 langley
14 Lestrange
15 Manase
16 BUrgess
17 Addy

with sykes and pryce missing out , everyone else injured!!!!!

seriously. how much of this is down to misfortune and how muchis down to mismanagemnet of the fitness and conditioning. If I had a team of people who had 28 cars to look after and maintain, and 10 of them broke dowwn within 5 weeks, I would be asking serious questions!

Joseph isn't injured(may be unavailable though). Walker due back this week, elima next, purtell week after. Hopefully we're seeing worst case now and players start coming back now.

Expect Joseph to play. Innocent until guilty.

Kearney
Crookes
Platt
Lulia
Pryce
Sammut
BJ
Scruton
Diskin
Hargreaves
Langley
Whitehead
Bateman

Manese
Burgess
Le'strange
Walker

Should be suspended pending completion of police enquiries. Leon and stu reardon were suspending when it first surfaced about them 2. Joseph is bloody useless anyway, would be better suited to the Pennine league. Whether guily or not hes brought embarrassment to the club and himself

How can he be an embarrassment if he hasn't even done anything if found not guilty?

we got any young lads that could step up?

Whaddya mean? They're [ia l l[/i fit! Though shame about Jarrod losing the Johnny Depp look, gutted.


That, or his blond look:



Fit, or what? Fantastic gesture losing the mullet, but bring it back, Jarrod

Not from what I've seen of the U20's. McAvoy and Hawthorne looked the closest to making the step up.

Both are currently injured.

Agreed. Switch Crookes to the right and put Pryce outside Lulia. I'd have Langley lock the scrum for his defence round the ruck area and try and get Bateman/Lulia up against Dobson/Hall on the left. That's not a bad side to say we've so many injuries, we've sent out far worse sides over the last few years.

Have to say, Potter wanted a bigger squad and some questioned the players he was signing, but i'm glad that we can still put out a team that can compete.

I remember when we were in the same position 3/4 years ago and we had to put 'unknowns' into the side.

Even if Scruton, Pryce/Ainscough come into the team, we still look pretty good on paper.

No, I don't think any of them are ready yet.

ainscough and platt seemed to be developing a reasonable partnership last year till ainscough got injured so I'd probably resume that and let crookes and lulia continue as a pairing. Players are just starting to develop links with players alongside them so less disruption the better IMO. Agree that we've put out much weaker teams over last few years. If we can scrap out results ugly with a team like this hopefully it will help build team as a wholes confidence backup and stand us in good stead when we start getting some of injured players back.

On the positive side of things it may breed a siege mentality. Us against the world and the rugby gods.

You sound like us last season!

Could be the chance to give a young gun or two an opportunity? You never know what talent might be discovered.

Because its been in the paper and everyone has seen it! Shouldn't have been printed unless he has been charged as what if he gets off then you can't turn back the clock he's still been in the paper for us all to hear about his private life

Typical.

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