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Don`t think so just yet Fungus - Smith surely in the 17 and we know no Goulding so many permutations.

if it aint broke doesnt need fixing
stick smith out on the wing leave ratchford where he is

Hmm

You must be joking...

it should be goulding out and littler in, then sibbit back on the bench, move parker back to second row and stapo starts!

and drop who

Keep the same team out except for goulding and bring smith back with ratchford moving to wing and put stapleton on the bench for jewitt as parker has been awsome filling in at prop

But why move Ratchford to the wing to allow Smith back in the halfs? If anything, push come to shove, put Littler out on the wing.

I'd go for

Wilshire
Henry
Talau
Turner
Littler
Ratchford
Myler
Cashmere
Alker
Stapo
Adamson
Parker
Swain

Paul
Leuleui
Sibbet
Jewitt

There's not even a debate to had here, as far as I'm concerned, Ratchford's been miles better than Smith at 6 and fully deserves to stay there. Littler in for Goulding and maybe put smith on the bench

I think Smith has done OK for us but Ratchford has been so good that it's hard to argue that he should be moved.

Having said that, if the only choices are between Littler, Ratchford and Smith on the wing then I'd go for Ratchford because he's the best winger out of the 3 of them. We could keep Littler on the bench and if it isn't working then bring him on to the wing, take Smith off and put Ratchford back to 6. I'm not really comfortable with either decision to move Ratchford or have Littler on the wing. Another conformation that we don't have enough three-quarters in the squad

One other thing, is it just me or has someone superimposed Jim Davidson's head on Stapleton's body in that picture on the main site???

littler his on the wing for goulding parker in back row sibbit on the bench that is how mcrae his going

Can't really see why the debate, surely over the past few weeks SM has proved he is more tactically astute than most of us gave him credit for. Having Ratchford any place in the starting 13 is the important thing, he had started to get the hang of wing play before Smith got injured and having a 3rd half on the pitch is a good thing.
I severely doubt defense will win this Friday as I have a gut feeling it will be a very high scoreing game so the more attcking options available the better..

FWIW I would suggest that Paul will be our key man if we are to get to the final as he is the one really big game player in our squad.

If it was up to me i would drop big phil for stapo as i think Jewitt has been in top form the last few games & deserves a place.

Isn`t it good to have so many options and different views.

Wilshire
Henry
Talau
Turner
Littler
Ratchford
Myler
Cashmere
Alker
Jewitt
Adamson
Parker
Swain

Smith(play him at hooker and interchange with alker)
Leuleui
Sibbet
Stapo

No no no. Wigan would have a field day with him on the wing.

I do. Our superb defence recently has been the main reason why we are winning and has been what has turned our season around. We will need more of the same to beat Wigan.

i would go for

1.wilshere
2.ratchford
3.turner
4.talau
5.henry
6.smith
7.myler
8.cashmere
9.alker
10.stapo
11.parker
12.adamson
13.swain

14.paul
15.sibbit
16.leuluai
17.jewitt

i would have kept ratchford at six if goulding was available but with what we have i think this is are strongest line up .

littler is not good enough or fastest enough for an outside back anymore !

he his on the wing though on friday

if this is true the only reason i can think of is to try and combat pat richards with the high ball ?

I take it red devil u dont like our stu littler then ??????


I dont know how long u have been watching salford, but Littler has been the back bone of this team for many a year, and when the so called big players have gone missing, littler has been there, with his angle runs scoring trys when nobody else looks intrested in playing never mind scoring, ok he may not be the best in the league, but he gives 100% every game and very rarely takes a backward step, and if u want one player to wind another player up give littler the job, ie, lesley vino a couple of seasons ago at salford.

Fridays game at tescos / bingo.com is just the game that littler will thrive on,

so littler in the ratchford and myler 6 & 7 talou poss moved out to the wing to cover richards as we have no big wingers,

so whichever wing richards plays on , put talou and littler oppisite him and nail him everytime he gets the ball.

whats mcgilvary been like in the reserves is he not gud enough to replace goulding?

Very good point that, i forgot about him TBH.