Wolves Squad

4    Ryan Atkins

32    Jordan Cox

11    Ben Currie

15    Mitchell Dodds

16    Brad Dwyer

3    Rhys Evans

8    Chris Hill

12    Jack Hughes

29    Benjamin Jullien

18    George King

2    Tom Lineham

20    Kevin Penny

25     Joe Philbin

6    Stefan Ratchford

5    Matty Russell

7    Chris Sandow

10   Ashton Sims

14    Joe Westerman

23    Gary Wheeler

Well that confirms deffo no Gidley but also no Clark didnt know he was injured unless he as picked it up in training.

Gary Wheeler & Joe Philbin to miss out .....again

Who is our 2nd hooker without Clark??

Guessing Dwyer will do the full 80.

whats up with Clark?? big blow.

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I'm sure that I've seen videos of Matty Russell playing hooker at some stage in his career. I might be wrong.

O'brien
Carney
Griffin
Sau
Johnson
Lui
Dobson
Kopzcak
Lee
Griffin
Masila
Jones
Flannagan

Tomkins
Walne
Evalds
Lannon

Small calf tear - one weeks rest should be good to go next week

Here’s one that will cause trouble.......Play Wheeler at 6 and spell Dwyer with Ratchford who starts on the bench.

Bench to be – Dodds, Cox, Ratch & Julien

I don't think Dwyer doing 80 minutes is an option - I don't think he has the engine for it. That would mean we need someone else to do a 30 minute stint at hooker.

I guess Westerman could fill in there? Decent hands and tackles well...?

Could the versatile Currie fill in in another position - Good hands tackles well and got a bit of pace of the mark?

Oooooh you will be upsetting some people with that. Perhaps you should have also added that Agar is in charge as Tony has the flu.

Could be an option though as Wheeler scored two on Sunday. It would be interesting to hear if he played the full 80 minutes though.

I dare say I was thinking wheeler too

For me no Daryl is as bad as no Gidley.

Matty Russell
Tom Lineham
Ryan Atkins
Rhys Evans
Kevin Penny
Stefan Ratchford
Chris Sandow
Ashton Sims
Brad Dwyer
Chris Hill
Ben Currie
Jack Hughes
Joe Westerman.

Jordan Cox
Mitchell Dodds
Gary Wheeler As interchange hooker.
George King

Joe Philbin
Benjamin Jullien


Other teams are going on about the injuries that they have got. Well currently we have Daryl, Super Ben, Gidley, Ryan Bailey & Toby King all out due to injuries.

Tough place at the moment, a real test without Gidley, Clark and Westwood, particularly if Dodds and Ratchford are under-cooked? though not ideal, I can see Kevin T's point re Wheeler at 6 and Ratchford spelling from the bench.

We were looking in good shape and all generally patting ourselves on our collective backs as far as strength in depth is concerned, but, it just shows one or two KEY personnel out and we are scrambling like everyone else I suppose?

I'm sure we could cope with the loss of just about anyone, even several, from our match day squad without losing too much. The exceptions are Gidley, Sandow and Clark, losing two out of those three is likely to make life very tough indeed. But it happens and we just have to find a way same as some others have done (and some haven't).

Dwyer barely has the engine for twenty minutes so there will have to be an interchange.

A halfback can provide emergency cover at hooker so it might just be Wheeler. Hope he proves the doubters wrong.

Agree about your assessment on the missing and I'd maybe put Gidley as the biggest miss I also agree about the need for others to step up as it's the only way to put a value on the shirt.

I'd be happy with a one or two point victory right now, no more injuries and another week to get Ratchford and Dodds firing and Gidley and Clark back in the frame

I would play Patton on the bench instead of wheeler as an interchange hooker, with a few days prep he should be able to pass and scoot enough to cope with it for one game. Wheeler is back up for the backs not hooker.

Can't understand why Patton doesn't get a shout I feel we will lose him on loan soon.

Tony Smith must disagree as Patton isn't even in the squad.

As a shot in the dark, does the Reserve team not have a hooker who can step in?

Sean Kenny is the specialist hooker, he has got some first team experience.