We were talking about what Dave and Tom put on Instagram yesterday.......

1. Walker
2. Hampshire
3. Tupou
4. Atkins
5. Kaye
6. Bailey
7. Jowitt
8. Fifita
9. Wood
10. Navarette
11. Ashurst
12. Crowther
13. Arona

14. Wood
15. Tangata
16. Green
17. Kirmond/batchelor

Dropped the head and shoulders worst performers from last week in Miller and Westerman. Miller as captain didn’t rally the team when needed and tried to create something on his own (which failed miserably) instead of communicating and trying to dictate plays. It was an utter shambles so I honestly feel Id like to see Bailey get a shot this week and give miller a break. I actually like miller and think he has a lot to offer but this is as a off the cuff supporting halfback and not as an organising half. It’s painfully obvious he’s not the organising type. He’s gone the captaincy a good go but he’s not vocal enough. The issue is though that I can’t think of anyone in the current team who is captaincy material.

I actually thought of all our forwards last week only Navarette and Fifita caused catalans any real trouble. For me we need to start strong and can’t afford to go a few try’s behind again early or it’s goodnight sienna. This is why we need to start with our best big guns and not have them on the bench this week.

We need to see more expansive play in the 3/4/5th tackles imo. Was far too much one up rugby against Catalans Last week and they just ate us up down the middle. If we are going to go try take them down the middle again which would be a mistake imo then the forwards need to get some aggression in their belly’s and quick ptb’s.

Better find another winger then for my line up!!

we put out best possible side out for this one - this is still a chance for us to win CC.

put the kids out for the rest of the SL season

Deffo no kaye cup tied

That being the case it’s actually hard to see what our back line up is going to be

Assuming walker, arundel, Kaye, johnstone kershaw, lynne are out we are left with Atkins tupo jowitt Hampshire Miller gigot Croft unless bjb is fit

I doubt Gigot will be fit and was he not registered with Toronto when they played Huddersfield

Looks like either Wood(s) or Westerman in at half back or one of the kids plays.
Certainly Croft will be playing which is no bad thing but if Jowitt and Hampshue in the 1 and 5 spot we need an extra half.
I'd have Atkins in centre with Tupou on the wing.

I would think Catalan will play Mead at fullback and Falou back to the centre.

Unless we get a response then safe to say something is afoot and it's not 12 inch.
A bit of a defining performance, the like of which we are regular viewers. Hoping for the best as usual and not shocked to see the worst, as usual.
Up the Trin

Now that we have more info, I’d line up like this:

1.Walker/Hampshire
2.Croft
3.Atkins
4.Batchelor
5.Tupou
6.Miller
7.Jowitt
8.Fifita
9.K.Wood
10.Kopczak
11.Ashurst
12.Pitts
13.Arona

14.J.Wood
15.Crowther
16.Navarette
17.G.King/Green

Good idea to put Crowther as Sub hooker though not the finished article .J Wood not doing a lot for me.Plus he can drop into second row if needed

You have got to be kidding me? Josh Wood was the only player worth being on the pitch for me last week for us, only one that seemed to show any effort to get us on the front foot and he was probably the best player on the pitch against Wigan when he come on, dislodging the ball on 3 occasions with his defence.

is Bailey available to play?

Agree with this apart from him and navarette wouldn’t have paid rest in buttons

I agree but, he's far more of a defensive player than say, Kyle Wood.
The ginger one tackles really tough and it's fair to say that we will need some of that at the weekend.

The three quarters is a major worry.

I’m getting on in years, so sometimes memories play up. Am I right in thinking, last time we played a CCup tie at Huddersfield, we beat Huddersfield and Fifita made his debut, scoring 2 trys. Perhaps the team spirit we had that night, will come through again.

Onwards and upwards.

True and I believe they were the first tries he’d scored at first grade.

Staggering isn’t it, you wouldn’t think anyone was capable of missing the fact that Josh Wood was our stand out player - strange days.

Is Green injured or just not getting picked?

I would play Atkins in the centre against IF
Blooding one of our young players against one of the best players in the league isn’t a good idea

Is there any chance we may see jones bishop back?

I know he had a serious lung condition but not heard anything more on him for a while?

Innes Senior joins on loan to add cover for the outside backs.

what about Brad Walker ? Think that's his name, the kid we loaned to Newcastle, didn't we bring him back ?

Thought he got a head injury at Newcastle, the problem is with the championship 1 clubs not playing you never know whats happening.

I could be wrong but I thought Fifita made his debut a week or two earlier than that, against Leeds at home when the threw the ball at JJB and got sin binned for 10 minutes. There was me thinking at the time, what have we signed here?