For me it has to be an injury. He had a fine game on Friday night and does not deserve to be dropped.

Mind you I was also questioning the decision of picking Yeamo over Arundel on Friday so what do I know!

Horne has a slight knock which is why he's not in the squad.

Maybe use Thompson out there? We have more fit forwards than backs so maybe use a recently converted forward previously a centre to bolster that side. Especially if Arundel has had a knock. Thompson's proved on a few occasions he's got a bit of pace and that would leave the way for the fourth prop to be Pitts or get Hadley into the side. Neither did much wrong on Friday.

Arundel did get a knock , well a big hit in the ribs for Doncaster .

I can see the sense in that, although Thompson has been very effective in the forwards.

Shaul
Colbon
Arundel
Yeaman
Talanoa
Rankin
Miller
Paea
Houghton
Watts
Tuson
Thompson
Westerman

Heremaia
Carvell
Feka
Whiting

gotta go this, whiting a great cover player on the bench. And would like to see thompson in a more wider role as he can cause damage through the middle so out wide running gotta be a plus for us, and hes solid in defence. also he has pace as we have seen. azza gotta be rotating with houghton and rankin and miller in the halfs, time for us to all see how these 2 go together.

wander who will do the goal kicking if bens not playing.

can see a win for us ,if they are playing hocks the penalty machine.wander if he will last the whole game without a sinbining,or even sent off.just a thought.pity i can`t make it down for this game,have to listen to the muppets on blunderside,will be there for the huddersfield game though.

I'd go with this too, but I don't agree with you saying Thompson is solid in defence. I actually think it's the flaw in his game. Quite often you'll see him trying to grab the opponent and not complete the tackle. He's not an awful defender just not the best, and something he can certainly improve on.

I reckon Whiting will play centre and kick the goals.

Whiting was practicing his kicks with Ben before the match on Friday so I would say Whiting will be our goal kicker if he starts. If not... Westerman?

Miller can kick goals too.

Good. At least we have options.

And Rankin put his hand up earlier in the season. He kicked goals as a youth player.

i did have a similar thought meself 1865.

Same here and the this is what I would do myself, have him defending on the side Hock attacks.

Hock playing isn't a good thing. Yeah gives some stuff away but on his day is pretty devastating and takes up defenders and has one of the best offloading games about

Sounds like Crooks in Colbon out.

Smail's reckons arundel will play centre, although has said crooks could come into the squad as trained with no ill effects yesterday! Personally I'm happy with arundel if it comes to that. Centre for a centre. Whiting for me is a back row only nowadays barring extreme circumstance. This isn't 1.

Problem with that is I think he misses out when Ellis is back, assuming Thompson reverts back to 2nd row.

The 3/4 line looks extremely weak at present, injuries plus lack of confidence really hurting us. There's no genuine pace without Crooks or Lineham (Shaul the only true speedster left) and there is little strike power at all. The binman is doing fine and will get better but all things considered, it's a poor 3/4 line. I think we need Thompson there to give us some genuine threat with ball in hand, someone to engage defenders. It was 'needs must' to put him in the front row but now (to me) its 'needs must' in the back line. I was one of the very few to say he was a good signing at the time and that was based on his earlier stints for Cas on the fringes. I would drop Yeamo in an instant.

Colbon picked up an injury?

Ankle according to Smailes, so it might be Arundel and Crooks (If Crooks passes fit), if not I reckon it will be Whiting and Arnudel.

Agreed.