Not sure about th pace, we have rarley had chance to see it over the last 3 years, I would see him as a Gidley type centre, creating a lot for his winger and scoring a few himself from close range.

I see centre as our weakest position (apart from the wing, but there is nothing we can do about that) at the moment, we are good at hooker, Horne should be back soon so SO is covered, so putting Berrigan there would improve the overall balance of the squad by putting a bit of class in the backs.

was talking to reeces mam on friday night she said he was a week off being fit,which would mean this week

He doesn't want to play centre. He specifically came here to play hooker. And I'm not convinced that asking Houghton to play the full 80 minutes week in and week out is a good idea. If Houghton is going to be spelled then Berro is the man for that role.

Agar said last week he had pencilled in the catalans home game for horney to be back.

thats a pretty tough game to come back to isnt it?

1 Tansey
2 Whiting
3 Turner
4 Yeaman
5 Hall
6 Washbrook
7 Long

8 Dowes
9 Houghton
10 Radford
11 Tickle
12 Manu
13 Fitzgibbon

14 Berrigan
15 Lauaki
16 Cusack
17 Moa

Cant see why people are looking at having Hall in the team, i would give Tuffour a shot at it. Lets face it defensively he cannot be any worse than Hall is and if the rumours are true about Hall going to Rovers then we really don't need to be risking playing him the team.

Houghton had a cracker at hooker last week but if we go down the route of making him play the full 80 each and every week he will sone burn himself out. So for me Berro to start with houghton replacing him during the game as i think we get more out of him coming off the bench than vice versa.

definately agree about Hall. i think Tuffour is worth a shot. we'll never know how good he is until he's given a game in the 1st team. is he especially quick? even if he's not, he's a dedicated winger which Hall isn't.

I seem to recall the tactic of giving game time to an unproven youngster backfiring spectacularly on you guys the last time we played

The whole team were pants that day TBF.

We were awful, and it would be harsh to single Lyne out.

Fridays game is very important and we cannot afford to be complacent going into the game like we were at the willows earlier on in the season. A win could put us in joint 3rd and would give us great confidence going into the Huddersfield game, on the back of four successive wins. If we don't turn up, Salford will beat us and last fridays game will have counted for very little, therefore its imperative that we get the two points this week and push on towards the last quarter of the season.

It would be but it's true. The team were awful but Broughton had Lyne is his pocket and kept killing him everytime they were one on one. Lyne looked good with the ball in hand and almost broke through a few times but in defence he was left wanting.

attacking wise tuffour has done fantastic for york,but his defence has let him down slightly,which at that level,doesn't read well.but if we don't try him we will never know i suppose,but it looks like hall will be in to me.

After what Broughton did to him at the Willows?

I'd sooner see us play someone like Dowes on the wing then give Bomber the ideal gameplan before we even kick off.

Hull FC head coach Richard Agar has been forced into three changes for this weekend’s clash with Salford.

With Mark O’Meley facing three weeks on the sidelines with a calf tear, loanee Paul McShane returning to Leeds and Tom Briscoe on international duty, Agar’s selection problems have been eased by the return of two key players.

Shaun Berrigan (shoulder) and Epalahame Lauaki (calf) come back in, while youngster Danny Nicklas makes up the 19-man squad having made his senior debut against Wakefield back in April.

SQUAD: Berrigan, Burnett, Cusack, Dowes, Fitzgibbon, Hall, Houghton, Lauaki, Long, Manu, Moa, Nicklas, Radford, Tansey, Tickle, Turner, Washbrook, Whiting, Yeaman, The 18th Man

Burnett in to cover Meley, Berro in to replace Mcshane(although Hall took up that sub spot) and i assume Hall in to replace Briscoe.
Bomber will target Hall thats for sure.

to the same extent he targeted lynne at their place!!!

Yes however Lyne was not helped with the abject performance from the rest of the squad. Had the rest of the team played better he could well have had a better game. We have seen Hall play ok at times due to our side being on top and very little pressure on him.

Very few options open to Agar on the wing though.

At last someone talking with some commonsense. Most people seem to think this one is in the bag. There is no room for complacency or we will all be going home very disappointed on Friday night.

Tansey
Whiting
Turner
Yeaman
Hall
Washbrook
Long
Dowes
Houghton
Radford
Tickle
Manu
Fitzgibbon

Berrigan
Moa
Cusack
Lauaki/Burnett


Hall MUST be played on Yeaman's wing though so that he has some cover of his defensive crap-ness.

Do they?

Not anybody I've spoken to.

I would go with that but i doubt it will happen.
As for taking Salford lightly, i doubt any of the supporters are, yes they will be confident of a win and rightly so. However we have all seen Salford beat us in the last couple of seasons so i doubt anyone will be putting their mortgage on a victory.

Well obviously I don't know who you've spoken to but this thread was 20+ posts old before anyone mentioned the possibility of losing the game.

it will be no easy task with 2 players as such out, of position on the wings.