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Squad numbers 1,2,3,4,6 and 7 missing.

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Six players with squad numbers in the 20's.

Six players with squad numbers in the 30's.

It's going to be tough

No Mossop, Sa'u, J Carney, T Carney, Griffin, Kopzcak, Hauarki, Flanagan O'Brien for us.

1. Evalds
2. Johnson
3. Welham
4. Jones
5. Bibby
6. Lui
7. Dobson
8. Walne
9. Tomkins
10. Tasi
11. Murdoch-Masila
12. Lannon
13. Karsniqi

14. Brinning
15. Murray
16. J Walne
17. Bent

Wood and Williams to miss out.

Battle of the reserves.

Christ this match is going to be awful.

Looks like we'll be finding out who's got the best reserve team on Friday.
£22 for an "A" team fixture, Lenagan out !!!

Is Josh Woods any good? It would be handy if he could come off the bench for Ganson with Powell moving to the halves. I know this would mean one of the more experienced forwards missing out but I hate the idea of Ganson playing the full 80 at hooker a week after his debut.

Maybe Fell to FB, Escare into the halves and Powell to 9 if we are desperate (we are).

Another 50 point beating could be on the way

Escare is out as well!

There's talk in the paper this morn that Joel Tomkins will play at hooker! If so we're probably looking at-

Tierney
Davies Forsyth Burgess Marshall
Gregson Powell
Nuuausala J Tomkins Sutton
Farrell Wells Isa

Tautai Bretherton Navarette Ganson


If the effort is good we'll do ok. They look pretty busted as well.

Against a Salford squad with 9 first team players out? Surely not. We have no depth, not even an academy to back us up! We actually have 3 hookers in our 19 too, so wouldn't be surprised if one of our hookers or halves faces a late fitness test.

Full strength Salford would probably win this easily, but with nine out ourselves it's anyone's game.

I panic when Joel gets the ball as it is because of the amount of times it seems to go to ground/touch/the opposition. I'd be very concerned if be was moved to the position where you touch the ball more than anyone. I agree we can't ask Ganson to play 80 at hooker but surely this isn't a wise move.

Tierney
Davies
Forsyth
Burgess
Marshall
Powell
Woods
FPN
Gregson
Sutton
Tomkins
Farrell
Isa

Tautai
Naverette
Ganson
Wells

Tierney at FB worries me a lot more than Joel at hooker!

He's excellent at Academy level, but it's a big step up to the first team, especially when the team is already severely lacking in experience.

It wouldn't be my choice but apparently it's the plan according to the WEP.

I'd probably just jet Ganson and Woods share it.

I do hope the coaching staff are agreed on who should play where as us lot can't agree on almost anything between us.
Joel at dummy half, he's 6'4". I don't buy that one.

Where's the kicking game? Powell never seems to do much kicking, what about Woods, does he?

Woods is an excellent kicker.

He is, and a goalkicker too. I'd go with Powell and Gregson in the halves and Ganson at hooker, with Woods on the bench to allow Powell to relieve Ganson. We already know Powell can play both positions, and can do the full 80.

Is that team possibly the lowest average age in SL history?

Average age of the 19-man squad is 22.8 years, if my maths is correct. I'd be surprised if there was a lower one.

What a star we have with Sam Powell played the last 15 months with out a problem played at hooker as cover half back and also kicks goals well done to the young lad.

But most of the time he is held together with bandages.

I'm actually looking forward to it particularly if we could replicate the atmosphere generated when we seemed doomed to relegation a few years back.
It's strange but I'm less concerned about the three quarters but more about the few remaining senior players particularly FPN, Isa and Tomkins being able to step up their performance.