Squad named for Friday. Paea out with his ribs, Fash into replace him.
Presume Ellis will continue.

1. Jamie Shaul
2. Bureta Faraimo
3. Carlos Tuimavave
4. Josh Griffin
6. Albert Kelly
7. Marc Sneyd
8. Scott Taylor
9. Danny Houghton
11. Dean Hadley
12. Mark Minichiello

13. Joe Westerman
16. Jordan Thompson
19. Masi Matongo
20. Brad Fash
21. Sika Manu
22. Jordan Lane
28. Jez Litten
33. Ratu Naulago
34. Gareth Ellis

Leaves us short in the middle against a big pack.

Yes Jake and was just finding some good form as well, Tell Wakey we’ll play on Sunday as we have a new lad coming.

I agree Jake Looks like Radford doesnt have any faith in Levy and would rather go for the smaller man in Fash.

Looks like Radford has every faith in Fash and doesn't want to risk Levy.

Doesn't really matter as our new Aussie coach is gonna be here for Easter, apparently.

Levy was always a poor signing. Hes been given the chance to train the house down and excel in the reserves or at Donny and hes done neither. Fash is a decent forward who wont let us down and deserves his chance

Negative Nigel again

To be honest in an ideal world Fash Lane even Massi etc would only be used in Fridays game, when proven first teamers are a doubt, this is when you drop your young kids in, alas in the past we have not had this opportunity because of numerous injuries to established players. Last season we were forced into playing too many of these lads together to often, the balance is looking better now, and Fash will not let us down.

We've won 3 on the bounce but those 3 teams are the current bottom 3 teams in the comp so not sure how much we can really read into the wins. wakey lost to rovers at home on Sunday so if we don't beat them on our own patch tomorrow it's a good indicator that we're a bottom half of the table team.

Having 3 front line props out is an issue against a big pack and I can see us losing this one

We held Cas’ pack for long spells, plus Ellis’ back and firing. I can see an 8 point win. There’s the kiss of death.

If we'd lost those 3 games they could easily be 6th, 7th and 8th.



It's a bit like saying Saints have only played teams below them.

A great test against Wakey tomorrow, it’s becoming a breath of fresh air this season, looking forward to this one. COYH

I honestly thought Wakefield would steamroll us with there big pack especially on a heavy pitch and us missing a couple of our decent forwards but I was surprised with the ease we got down the pitch in our sets I think you’ll win this one comfortably

It’s a strange season Frankie, Wigan were great against Leeds and the WCC, but now not so. Leeds were good against Saints and Salford, but against Wakey garbage. Wakey lose to London etc etc predictions you can keep them this year.

It's too early in the season to make predictions, we need to just concentrate on our form, get that right and the table will take care of itself.

So how do you see the game going?

Having a big pack doesn't necessarily mean having a really good pack. Fifita is very good, Kopzcak is decent, Ashurst is decent, Pauli has his moments. The rest are fairly middle of the road. They are nowhere near the Castleford pack that caused us a lot of problems a few weeks ago.

They are a decent team Wakefield, but this game is down to us. If we lose it means we haven't played well, because if we are at our best we should beat Wakefield regardless of how they play.

(for clarity, I meant league table predictions)
Tomorrow night, I think we will win, but not by much.

Not really. leeds, wigan and hudds have only won 3 games between them out of 16 so far this season and 2 of those 3 were against each other. The fixtures have fallen pretty well for us against out of form teams so I hope it allows us to kick on.

Saints have, indeed, only beaten teams below them. Good observation

No Brad Fash - he's gone on loan to Toronto.

Only for a month at first which seems strange considering our lack of props .

Find that odd. Released to get more game time at Toronto. I thought he would be playing tomorrow night. I wonder if it's to do with the salary cap.

A bit like saying we've only beaten teams below us.

Salary cap sounds about right.
Also expect two loans to Doncaster
When we have Bowden,Green and Bienek fit and the arrival of Savelio Fash will be way down the pecking order.
I think the club will release him.