At our strongest i'd expect McIlorum to play 80 and have an extra forward, one of Hughes, Pettybourne and Dudson, on the bench instead of Williams or Powell.

Bowen
Charnley Gelling Sarginson Burgess
Green Smith
Taylor McIlorum Flower
Farrell Tomkins
O'Loughlin

Bateman Clubb Crosby Dudson (

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If Williams is out then it's Powell off the bench.
I'd go with EW's squad with Taylor and Clubb off the bench as they keep up the intensity.
We lost it last night when Flower and Crosby went off. The strapping on Clubb's leg does seem to be protecting an injury.
Gelling is a shoe in for the 3 shirt and Sargy made the 4 position his own after last night's performance.
That's the best team performance for a while and if that can be built upon then we could be going in the right direction.
Thursday's game is now massive.

Heard a rumour about the Williams 'injury' and was hoping it wasn't true, is the groin surgery confirmed? In comparison to what I heard, that would be good news.

Sounds like something I heard also. I would much rather it be the groin thats the problem. *fingers crossed*

Obviously lots of people have 'heard something'. Is it a big secret or can you share it with the rest of us?

Wouldn't really like to post it on a public forum especially when it's not confirmed.