With Browny out i'd like to see Gregg Mcnally given another shot considering how well he did on Debut...plus it would give us the options of either Grix or Leroy at half-back/full-back too if needed, at least if things weren't working in game it gives us lots more things to try with these 3 .

Agree daz. McNally is one who will work hard in order to keep his place. Either him or grix can play 1/6 with Leroy another option. I too agree that Andy Raleigh should be given a shot, we have been lacking in the forwards and a bit of competition migh spur the others on to do some bleedin work!!!
Put doof back to second row and playing more than 20 mins a side too!

Agree.

cant believe a few people are leaving griffin out of our team!



saw crabtree today and he was gutted, didnt know the answers to whats going wrong but needs sorting and quick...said its not for lack of trying

I have heard a whisper that kevin browns scan has revealed not as much damage as thought and he may be fit for Sunday.... could be right could be wrong but some previous whispers from that source have been right.....

I heard a whisper aswell and KB will not be fit for sunday.

Stella was you at that game,mate the 2 bench props were far beter than the 2 starting props more aggresion and more drive.

for me on sunday mcnally would be at full back, brough at 6 wood at 7, robbo at 9 and grix on bench if fuey not available, if fuey is fit grix at full back,grix not a half back full stop for me.

Agree.

Yes i was at the Bradford game. Crabtree was the only one running hard. Mason was dropping balls and making no yardage and Patrick makes a few yards but goes missing and does not carry the ball anywhere near enough.

I saw the stats in RL Express for the Warrington game and our so called big hitters Faalogo, O Donnell and Mason madwe less than five yards per carry which is frankly pathetic. In that game only Crabtree and Robinson made over 100 metres in yardage when about 8 or 9 of the warrington players managed to make over 100 metres.
You dont win games if you dont do the hard work and run hard and straight to give your backs the chance of a quick play the ball.

Grix
Jerry
Wardle
Lawrence
Hodgson
Mcnally
Brough
Mason
Robinson
fa'alogo
raleigh
gilmour
Faiumu

Wood
Kirmond
crabtree
griffin

Quite a few on here agreeing now with what i and a few others have been saying for the past 2 months. However, even after the bulls game, no major changes are needed apparently!!

no cudjoe?



with brown now gone for 6 weeks i think we should play cudjoe in his position

keep grix at full back although hes not been great in recent weeks but not alot have

stick lawrence back in centres to replace cudjoes place.. although brown might not want to do that!

With LOD, fa'alogo and brown out.
Grix
Jerry
Wardle
Bruno
Hodgson
Cudjoe
Brough
Eorl
Robbo
Griff
Raleigh
Ferguson
Kirmond

Fooey
Mason
Patrick
Gilmour

With cas missing forwards we should go for big and mobile.

One overseas person... In British we trust!!

Hmmm that didnt work out so well for us last time!! Lol

Grix
Hodgson
Wardle
Lawrence
McGilvery
Cudjoe
Brough
Mason
Fooey
Griffin
RALEIGH
CRABTREE
Gilmour

Subs
Fa'alogo
O'Donnell
Patrick
Robinson

I have been saying it that long (I had milk teeth when I started) That Raleigh and Crabtree are our two best second row forwards and Fa'alogo and patrick as props. O'Donnell to come on with devastating effect later in the game , but if he is injured I'd have Ferguson.

For me though Patrick has totally lost his mojo recently. He's not running with the same bad intentions as far as busting that line is concerned. Earlier in the season he ran like every hit up was his last.

To be fair, not many of the team are playing with the same confidence as before ....i still thought Larne was one of our better players at Odsal too.

True enough, there's none of them are really hitting the heady heights of earlier in the year. I just hope we resolve our issues and get back to our best soon.

Grix

Jerry Bruno Wardle Hodgson

Cudjoe Brough

Raleigh
Ferguson Gilmour
Mason Robbo Griffin

Faiumu
Crabtree
Patrick
Kirmond


None of this Grix & Cudjoe switching and swapping, if Brown is out for up to six weeks then let Cudjoe play at six for that space of time. For me he is the ideal replacement in that position and has all the right qualities. Grix is best at full back so leave him there.

Raleigh at 13 gives us some tough and aggressive defence in the middle of the park exactly where we need it, would also start with Griffin and Mason to give some strong aggressive drives early on then bring on Eorl & Faiumu after 20 mins.

faalogo and LOD both out.

Even more reason to play Andy.

I think NB swaps Leroy and Grix around as Cudjoe does not really have a kicking game.

Grix

Jerry Wardle Bruno Hodgson

Cudjoe Brough

Gilmour
Ferguson Raleigh
Mason Wood Griffin

Robbo
Faiumu
Crabtree
Kirmond


Gilmour does not seem to be as effective when he puts in a long stint same as Robbo.

I would give wood 15 mins then bring Robbo on, Faiumu for gilmour, Eorl as interchange and just have some real impact of the bench to raise the intensity the team and the fans.

Whatever happens we need to not get off to a bad start

True Leroy doesn't really have a kicking game, when we had Brett Hodgson he managed to use his kicking game from full back. I just think it is better if our 1, 6 & 7 stay in the positions and keeps the structure.

Not so sure about Gilmour at 13, we tend to use the loose forward as an extra prop with strong drives down the middle and solid defence - think Gilly is much more effective on an edge, as is Fa'alogo when he is fit which is why I put Andy in the middle. Kinda seems like a position he could go really well in.

I just hope the team have some energy - for me they have looked to be struggling fitness wise since Wigan.