New season and all fit, Westwood and Wood would be first choice in the 17. No doubt.

But.

The players who have played in the past two to three weeks have not put a foot wrong and particularly Westwood might be just that bit off the pace that makes the difference.

I think Smith will pick them both though.

coops has been an absolute revelation this year... improving massively thought the year whilst playing a decent amount of time. ON form he is deffinatly ahead of harrison, and possibly wood even b4 the injury. He has been great in offence whilst his defence has increased 10 fold!
Him and Grix should deffinatly be in the 17!

I think Wood has been overrated by a fair few this year. There is more than one occasion this year when people have picked him out as having a big game and I've disagreed. He is more prone to errors than any of our other forwards. I like him, he's a good player but for me I would be thinking of moving coops ahead of him next year.

Certainly a good dilema to have. Cooper has improved massively, starting with his performance in the quarters. Harrison was destructive against Huddlesfield though, and I'm not quite sure Cooper is capable of doing such. Harrison of course is a better offloader, or certainly a more frequent one. I guess the question is whether we need that in the team, with so many others offloading at will. Harrison is prone to flying out of the line to make the big hit, as is Anderson, which can leave holes in the defence. Despite that I think I would just prefer Harrision at the moment, though it would be terribly harsh on Cooper.

Grix is a shoe in for the 17. In fact, I'd have him in any 17 at the moment. GB should be seriously looking at him. Grix can play in 6 of the 13 positions on the field. He's probably as quick as Joel, so maybe even the wing joking apart!

The problem is we need a hooker on the interchance. That means that we have to pick an inferior player, because of the position. Monoghan doesn't play the full 80. He puts in too much work for that to be the case. Clarke is unquestionably ahead of Higham at the moment. Higham is probably the better player, but his attributes do not fit into our style of play. He can't/won't pass, which makes us less effective in attack.

Finally the Bridge issue. Loose forward appears to be his ideal position, but he is an excellent centre, and that would mean having Joel and King on the wing. Again harsh on Riley, but I love the advantage of having two giants on the wing, both in attack and defence. Riley, is still vaguely vulnerable, and could be targeted. Without him, I don't see any opposition breaking us down.

Brett
J Monas
Bridge
Atkins
King
Lee
Richie
Moz
Monas
Carv
Louis
Benny
Grix

Harrison
Clarke
Solomona
Wood

Can't agree Bob.

His stats to Carvell compare pretty well

More metres in less games.
Same amount of offloads.
4 more errors.
Less pens.
Less missed tackles.

Woody for England!

This season? Or over the last two. If it is over a number of years, then I don't think stats mean much. Carvell has been fairly average the previous season. He has been outstanding this year.

This season.

After coming back from a broken leg last year Carvell was excellent imo. Woody has benefited more than most from the Tony Smith effect. Looks a totally different player from the years before, hits hard and developed an off load game to match anyone at the club.

I am surprised at them stats 85. Particularly the error one. I like Woody, as has been said his development in the past 2 years compared with what came before is remarkable. This season though, he hasnt quite hit top form for me. I panic if he takes the first drive from a kick off, he has flailed his arms at attackers a fair bit too. That isnt to say he doesnt do alot of good things, there is just always a cock-up in every game I've seen this year.