The full 19-man squad for Friday night’s game against Leigh is as follows:

1. Jamie Shaul
3. Carlos Tuimavave
4. Josh Griffin
5. Fetuli Talanoa
6. Albert Kelly
9. Danny Houghton
10. Liam Watts
12. Mark Minichello
14. Jake Connor
15. Chris Green
16 Jordan Thompson
17. Danny Washbrook
19. Steve Michaels
21. Sika Manu
22. Josh Bowden
23. Nick Rawsthorne
25. Jansin Turgut
27. Jack Downs
28. Brad Fash

Shaul
Michaels
Connor
Griffin
Talanoa/Rawsthorne
Carlos
Kelly
Bowden
Houghton
Watts
Manu
Mini
Green/Washy

Thompson
Fash
Turgut
Washy/Green

Connor at 6.

Still a good side who should get the 2 points.

Thought Connor was meant to be out for a few weeks? Don't want a half back playing with a jabbed up hand.

That was according to some posters on here, and that's a pretty big caveat

Maybe time to give Rawsthorne a chance ? If nowt else he's big and quick.

No disrespect to Leigh but if you have to pick a side to debut against it's them or Widnes at the moment. Would like to see Rawsthorne given a run out, especially with them missing a first choice winger.

Well, with respect to Leigh,But for Higson's brainfart challenge, we were going ok at that stage,and Salford are going very well atm,as you already know.

I agree but if he plays wing then partner him with Tuimavave on the right and not Griffin.
He will need a centre who can cover him and tackle.
A bit more body development and Rawsthorne will be first choice wing in two seasons

Think Michaels will miss out this week.
Another very weak bench

Our Bench and squad depth looks very weak this season .

Some described him as a "plodder" and what not, but Pritchard did bring a lot to the side, even if it was only coming on in spells down the middle. We miss that impact, someone to suck in 3 or 4 tired defenders, sapping opposition energy with big carries. People might have been disappointed with him, but ultimately we didn't manage to replace what we lost when he left, resulting in a fairly weak bench.

Obviously there are cap constraints and the club decided to spend on Kelly, so there are pros & cons.

Next season there could be an opportunity to bring an impact forward in by offloading a couple of squad players (like Michaels & Thompson), or with Hadley coming back, start him and Mini off the bench.

Jordan Thompson was not a regular last season . Both him and Michaels need to be moved on . Michaels only shone playing outside Fonua . Thompson is average at best .

Shaul
Rawsthorne
Tuimavave
Griffin
Michaels
Connor if fit/Washy
Kelly
Bowden
Houghton
Watts
Manu
Mini
Green/Washy

Thompson
Fash
Turgut
Washy/Green

.... only 25 games last season.

Talanoa will come in for Michaels.
Thompson is better starting at 13
Need another prop coming off the bench so better to have Green off the bench
Until we can get round to having Ellis and Mini coming off the bench to give us some impact i think we will continue to struggle.
It should be an eye opener for the club now to see just how weak our bench is recently

Didn't our bench win in the 5 consecutive games prior to Saints, including with depleted interchanges against Castleford?

Radford strongest bench last was Bowden, Pritchard, Green and Washy, so although missing Frank, the bench is pretty much the same.

Buggest difference is we have more injuries and suspensions this year, IMO our best starting line up is better than last year if we can get them all on the field and fully fit.

We need need an impact forward though, imagine how much better we would be with Naughton and BMM instead instead of Michaels and Thompson

Castleford was the only standout.Warrington ok
The matches against Catalan reserves,leigh and Widnes were all Uninspiring and the previous 2 games before this run we were thumped by both Leeds and Salford.
The only way we can have bench impact is when Ellis is fit and he and Mini come off the bench.
Whatever fans think of Pritchard we definately miss him off the bench this season

Leigh have a few players out, Hock, Higham, Higson, Naughton and Tonga

Maybe not the quality of ours but still leaves them a big short.

Most weeks we've had 20-21 to pick from , similar this week

So who's out?

fonua
ellis
taylor (anyone know what's wrong with him?)
sneyd

It's not ideal but we should still be beating leigh with what we have available. Hopefully a couple of those back for monday

Have little sympathy when you choose not to have any youth teams.

We both have players out, we use our youngsters whilst you choose to sign a big squad including average journey men.

Thompson has made 15 apps in 2017 compared to Ellis 8