He did get some consecutive MOTM performances in. He was killing it in left SR when we signed him. Think Ashurst was injured. Soon as Ashurst came back from injury Tanginoa was ousted and sent to prop. The end result is what we see now. Whether he can get back the form he showed on the edges remains to be seen but I remember his damaging runs down field.

It's a big ask, they've got players coming back that weren't in the team at Saints, it would be some apology though if they did

Crowther may not have the experience of Tanginoa but has twice the work rate if not more and wants to play for Trin . Something is definitely amiss with Kelepi and seems a shadow of that barn storming forward we all watched and took to .Is it a confidence thing or is it attitude,I don’t know but it needs sorting ASAP as we are paying for the privilege of have having an overseas passenger at present . Is whitbread any better than Aydin , for me the jury is out ,Arona ,tupou and fifita have earned their stripes over the years and have been full value for their price tags IMO . Kelepi in his pomp is a sight to behold, let’s hope he gets back to those ways sooner rather than later because we certainly miss that attacking presence on the field

I agree, how on earth that wasn't a straight red, only the ref knows.
Did the ref gat any input from the VR because it was perhaps THE most clear Red Card decision I've seen, especially in the current climate of supposedly "protecting" players.

Still needs an opportunity to appeal whether it's clear cut or not.

Monday looks difficult to say the least. Fifita gone from being nearly fit to not in the squad at all.
19 man Squad
Jowitt
Lyne
Miller
Lino
Battye
Arona
Tanginoa
Pitts
Batchelor
Gaskell
Kay
Walker
Aydin
Adebiyi
Bowes
Eseh
Murphy
Shaw
Hall
Minns

Was Johnston injured on Thursday because it cannot be a case of resting him.

Towards the end of the game he went down, but I assumed it was 'cramp'.

Ashurst is also in the 21.
Good to see Minns in the squad.
Assume that Bowes and Kay will share the hooking role.

Yes apologies missed Tash but it’s gunna be a massive ask all the same

Well everybody wanted changes, looks like we got them, plus some young players

So who plays on wing if Kay hooker Witch I am happy about

Jowitt maybe with gaskell at half back or hall onto wing dont understand armydave not been inn as hecis a winger.

Hall to wing with Minns at centre ??

Just put Minns on the wing. Don't need to change existing player positions.

Has he ever played there before...or Hall for that matter ??

Not sure about his time at Leeds but Hall has always started at centre for us sine he arrived. He switched to left wing against Salford when TJ went off at half time and Batch moved to left centre and that didn't go so well as Salford scored two or three tries down that side in the second half.

I'd leave Hall at centre personally but I assume WP will have his own ideas.

Jowitt got to be at full back Hope Miller 100% fit so Gaskell out of squad

If Johnstone is injured again Id have gone

Jowitt
Murphy
Hall
Lyne
JD
Walker
Lino
Arona
Bowes
Battye
Batchelor
Ashurst
Pitts
Kay
Aydin
Esseh
Adebiyi

Jowitt
Murphy
Hall
Minns
Kay

Miller
Lino

Arona
Bowes
Aydin

Tanginoa
Batchelor
Walker

Eseh
Shaw
Adebiyi
Gaskell

Ideally Dave Tanivalu would have been in so Kaye could interchange at 9 but I think the above is good enough to go to Wigan and challenge for the 2 points!

Ashurst/Pitts/Crowther/Whitbread/Battye/hood/TJ/Lyne hopefully all fully charged for KR! And hopefully Fifita!

Why him and not Murphy?

Murphy is a left winger. Has always played left wing even in reserves and academy. He played one match at right wing vs Leeds and had a bit of a mare (though admittedly had a forward inside him).

JD has been training and playing right wing so I just thought it would make sense. Plus Murphy will play left wing surely??

Makes sense.
I haven't seen JD play really so not sure if he's ready.
Willie must think the experience of Minns is better for the Wigan game.

Probably so. Though I think Minns is a centre so it looks like Kaye and Murphy wingers.

I’ve not seen much of JD but if he can’t get a game over Easter and with Lineham out im not sure we will see him feature at all this season.

The way we play with poor commitment it doesn't really matter who plays + we simply cannot cope with high intensity rugby !
That is the truth no matter how it hurts to be a realist, however optimist in me hopes we try to play !
Saints showed how you deal with Wigan & their flyers !