4. Ryan Atkins
9. Daryl Clark
32. Jordan Cox
11. Ben Currie
3. Rhys Evans
1. Kurt Gidley
8. Chris Hill
12. Jack Hughes
29. Benjamin Jullien
18. George King
2. Tom Lineham
26. Declan Patton
20. Kevin Penny
25. Joe Philbin
6. Stefan Ratchford
5. Matty Russell
10. Ashton Sims
14. Joe Westerman
13. Ben Westwood

ooh well now, this is a tricky one to predict. Lots of possibilities here.

Where's LOngbarn ?

Philbin and Evans to miss out for me - give Rhys a week to rest the shoulder and play Julien instead. Start Patton at 7 and spell Ratchford for Clark at hooker. Keeps the same 6/7 together for the whole game.

Philbin and young Declan to miss out for me.

Russell
Penny
Evans
Atkins
Lineham
Gidley
Patton
Hill
Clark
Sims
Currie
Hughes
Westerman

Ratchford (Interchange Hooker)
King
Cox
Westwood

If Evans isn't deemed fit then Currie slots in at Centre, Westwood starts in the 2nd row and Jullien/Philbin comes in on the bench.

I'd swap Ratchford and Patton around. Lets get our best players having the most game time.

Enough Fire Power in this team to dispose of our Scouse friends.

Saints are there for the taking, and frankly having had more second prizes off them than I care to remember, I want to see us go for the jugular, and put that poundland Jack Black and his crew in their place.

So, I'd stick with the Ratch-Gidley partnership, Patton off the bench to rotate with Clarke and Ratch.

Russell
Penny
Evans
Atkins
Lineham
Gidley
Ratchford
Hill
Clark
Sims
Currie
Hughes
Westwood

Patton
King
Cox
Westerman

Taking our home record into account against Saints I'd be happy with any scoreline in our favour.
'Poundland Jack Black' !! Priceless

This. I would far rather make a simple 1 for 1 swap at hooker instead of moving players around/changing half back combinations. I would also like to see how Jullien goes with a full 80 minutes either at centre or second row.

I would also like to see Jullien given a run. He seems the most developed of our younger players.

Quality, haha that's brilliant.

Assuming Evans is injured

Russell
Lineham
Hughes
Atkins
Penny
Gidley
Patton
Hill
Clark
Sims
Currie
Westwood
Westerman

Ratchford
Cox
King
Julien/philbin

Is this the team you expect or the one you want to see? For me, Ratchford is nailed on to start.

Ratchford has to start whether at centre to be rotated with hooker or in he halves with gidley. The choice then is between Patton and Jullien over who is most match ready. Personally I would play ratchford in the halves and spell westerman at 9 if Clark needs to come off.

poundland jack black hahahaha

Class

haha. No pressure then!!

From what iv heard, Currie to Centre Evans on the bench. But, to be fair, I said Philbin on the bench last week, only for Westy to turn up!!



Still gunna be tough, never write Saints off!!

Philbin and Patton to miss out

I ve heard they are both expected to play for Rochdale on Sunday but Evans is still 50/50 so nothing concrete yet

I would have thought this would of been pretty obvious. Ratch in the halves with Gidley.

Only to me and thee judging by most posts, still hope it changes though and either one get a run out

If Dwyer were available, or if the plan is for Clark to play 80 minutes then I would agree with playing Ratchford in the halves. But I don't like the idea of making two changes (Ratchford to hooker, Patton into the halves) when only one is needed hence my preference would be to partner up Patton and Gidley for the full 80 minutes. What I like is irrelevant though, and I think TS will start with Ratchford in the halves and Patton on the bench.