I assume you've not seen much of Salford this season then??

Alker said today your defence hasn't been the problem.

All this is true but I have also watched Warrington for a long time to know we do not seem to really punish sides.

But seriously we were all over Wakefield on Friday but only managed to win the 2nd half 10-6. Hardly putting them to the sword.

We put Quins to the sword

I did feel we felt the effects of the Saints game and with the lead we had we could take our foot off with the quick turnaround of games coming up.

If Salford have any weakness in defence we will use it and even more so if Briers plays, interesting that we are top for marker tackles Salford are second.

He may have a point.

We're only conceeding about 24 points per game on average (less than Crusaders, Quins, Catalans and Cas).

But we are ony scoring about 13 points a game on average (only better than Quins and Catalans).

We've not generally been losing games by huge margins (yet?!) but we've looked clueless in attack at times.

Same goes for Friday's game?

Anyway I hope you are right in it being a high score victory. I think it will be somewhere between 12-18 points.

I would just be happy getting the 2 points.

Least they don't have that young chap called Myler to score against us this time.

Not expecting much from us. I will take any sort of respectable defeat.

I would rest Moz ,Westwood , Wood and Briers for this one !
We have more than enough to beat Salford without them Bring in McCarthy ,Mitchell,Vinnie Anderson whilst the others are rested IMO !After Listening to TS interview we will rest some players and Hull being the hardest game I think resting them for Salford is the best way but in TS we trust !

Rest Briers! He's done nothing for a month.

why change a winning team ?

Padders for the England job

Correct and you can't expect him to play 2 games in 4 days because of it imo , But if Smith decides he needs to play both he will his opinion is the one that counts ,

I'd play him Friday, then see how he bares up for Monday.

Of the two, I'd expect it'll be easier to blow off the cobwebs against Salford as opposed to Hull at Hull.

Get a score on Salford, take that confidence to Hull after they have a war against Hull KR.

Because I would like to win both Easter games and if we rest a couple of the older player whom may not have as quick recovery times as the younger ones we will stand a better chance at HULL who will be the stronger test IMO ,

give him half a game against salford and then see how he is after it

Going off what Smith said after the game Briers will play and could of played last week.

You have a good valid point , but I would lean to being a bit more cautious with Briers 2 games in quick succession maybe too much for someone coming back from a serious ankle injury and the recovery time of an older player is longer than that of the younger ones .
but as I have said TS is the main man and has better information than we do so I will trust and support his judgement !

Wouldn't that be a waste of a rotational spot on the bench, you need four players whom rotate at Easter more than any other period throughout the season imo !

rest briers for this got more than enough cover unleash a fully fit briers on plus grix is playing well so give him a chance to put some solid performances to a class performance against salford

If Briers is fit he will play, SIMPLES.

i would give him half a game against salford get him use to playing again , rather he played half the game than being rusty for the hull game where they will just target him time after time

Briers from the bench?

We will make the playoffs anyway, IMO we could field a reserve team and throw this one, and concentrate on the Hull one, like Millwards Saints used to do.

Yup, I would go with that.

But let's wait and see!