i'm inclined to agree with you maybe a bit rusty but i'm sure he will have been training his rocks off

Westwood will play IMO

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

Ben H
Solo
Coops
Clarkey

it wont take him long to be back to the westwood we love....best 2nd row in the league by a mile on his day.

We don't have the luxury of time mate, its play off rugby. Any player down on performance will be exposed & we will be out

If the rest of the team are performing as well as they have been I probably wouldnt. We are incredibly fortunate with injuries at the moment and not in a position where we need to risk anyone.

If the back towers weren't performing then maybe, but they are. Grix has been excellent and Louis always seems to perform on the big occasions.

Hodgson
J.Monas
Bridge
Atkins
King
Briers
Myler
Moz
M.Monas (should be man of steel)
Carvell
Anderson
Benny Westwood
Grix

Interchange:
Solomona
Clarke/Harrison
Blythe
Cooper

unlucky for riley and probably harrison but tall wingers give us the advantage and Blythe offers a better utlilty value

Blythe, Cooper and Clarke over Harrison? Give over. The rest I agree with.

I understand where you are coming from but blythe can play centre wing second row losse forward and ive seen him play prop for leigh
clarke is the questionable one in this team cooper has been outstanding all year
solomona could play hooker if required he has the passing skills

harrison for clarke is the only possible change i would make to this team

Glad to see Westwood involved hope he plays and comes through OK, from an England point of view. Hopefully see you at Old Trafford next week, Warrington deserve to be there this year.

You would play Solo at hooker?

Solomona could never play hooker. He would never be able to get to the play the balls in time..... Also reading a game and passing from hooker is completely different from doing it in general play.

Leeds squad is:

1 Brent Webb, 3 Brett Delaney, 5 Ryan Hall, 6 Danny Mcguire, 7 Rob Burrow, 8 Kylie Leuluai, 9 Danny Buderus, 10 Jamie Peacock, 11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan, 12 Carl Ablett, 13 Kevin Sinfield, 14 Ali Lauitiiti, 16 Ryan Bailey, 17 Ian Kirke, 20 Weller Hauraki, 21 Chris Clarkson, 22 Jay Pitts, 23 Ben Jones-Bishop, 27 Zak Hardaker

and will probably line up something like,

Webb
BJB
Delaney
Ablett
Hall
Sinfield
McGuire
Leuluai
Buderus
Peacock
Jones-Buchanan
Hauraki
Clarkson

Bailey
Kirke
Lauitiiti
Burrow

Hardaker and Pitts to miss out.

Sinfield in the halves, interesting.

Can't see Hardaker being left out

Really? How so?

Sinfield has been playing at 6 all season for Leeds.

Ablett's back and the only way Hardaker will keep his place is if Delaney gets moved back to the pack and he goes to the right. This would mean either dropping Hauraki or Lauitiiti though who are both in very good form at the moment. Hardaker is good, but defensively as a centre, he is not yet up to scratch. Ablett and Delaney are the safer choices against you lot.

Agree with that, he was very good at Hudds. Delaney in the pack with Ablett in at centre. Either Lauitiiti or Hauraki to miss out I would have thought.

No room for sentiment in SL, even more so at this stage of the season. Hardaker has done a job very well for Leeds, same as Riley has for Warrington but I suspect they may both be sat in the stands tomorrow.

Having said that I wouldn't be surprised if Benny Westwood misses out tomorrow. TS does make mistakes, one of his all time biggest being playing an unfit Senior in a cup final (v Hull). He's always struck me as the type of guy who learns from his mistakes.

Hodgson
J.Monaghan
King
Atkins
Riley
Briers
Myler
Morley
M.Monaghan
Carvell
Anderson
Grix
Bridge

Clarke
Harrison
Cooper
Westwood

Good Luck and all the best, we can't win it so hope you guys do

and me,cracking backline.. 2 in form hb and a cracking pack...would stick riley on bench he deserves a shot....

Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't Grix played at hooker before? I'm not saying we should have him as the bench option but with some people naming a team with no hooker on the bench surely Grix is an option. I don't think I'd leave Riley out, he's been on cracking form and really does add some extra pace on the wing, not that Joel's a slouch but Riley's very, very quick.

some mad selections here, couple of changes to how we've been playing this season, lets use the KISS method though.

blythe will miss out, grix will drop to the bench and will offer utility value from there.

Basic rule of coaching. If a player had a a doubt against his fitness you start him.

Also I think our backline will shape up to suit how TS wants to play them. You have 2 very different wingers in Hall & Jones Bishop. Do you go to match them with similar players (Joel & Riley) to nutralise them or do you go the opposite way so their weaknesses can be exploited ? Grix is better to deal with Clarkson than Bridge.

Hardaker, Hall, Jones B & Delaney are all dangerous so I'd see Riley missing out for a place in the outside backs as we'd need a stronger defensive left edge than Myler/Atkins/Riley.

On the plus side I can see us targetting their 2nd row like we did against hudds and having a lot of success through Benny.

Hodgeson
Monas
Bridge
Atkins
king
briers
Myler
Moz
Monas
Carvell
Benny
Anderson
Grix

Harrison
Solo
Cooper
Clarke