With O'Meley banned and Martin should be fine I'd go with

McKinnon
Sharp
Martin
Turner
Briscoe
Horne
Seymour
Lynch
Houghton
Moa
Tickle
Manu
Whiting
Subs
Ellis
O'Carroll
Green
Bowden

Unless they are injured they should play, we can't afford to rest players.

I think Wigan were punished for going too far with who/how many they rested. I think we should go close to full strength but maybe leave one of our forwards out. O'Carroll could do with playing a fair few minutes to get closer to match fitness IMO, so either play him in the 20s for a long stint, or give him a long first team stint and give Lynch a break, as he has played a lot of minutes already this season and has been carrying the wrist injury we've been told about.

Lets disrespect them

I know losing to Widnes would be very embarrassing, but I think if we are going to bring young players through, then it should be in games like this. If we have future aspiration to break into the top 4, then at least for this season, I would rather put development before points.

Lets worry about this season for the moment and not look further into the future than that.

We are still not firing and need a good win to get some momentum going and build confidence levels.

We should play our strongest team leaving out only anyone who is injured.

I HOPE YOU PUT 60 PAST WIDNISS

37 will be just fine



Not taking this for granted at all. Gentle will prepare us exactly as he did for Saints and we need to treat it as any other game. Certainly not a walk in the park.

Bear in mind too Widnes got 3 new players in since they played Rovers, while it should be a comfortable win on paper their confidence will be up and it will be a different team to the one Rovers played.

I disagree, i would play our strongest team everytime and only change the team when we are forced to with injuries etc.The young guys will get there chance when the chance arises.

Agree with Isaiah in a way, But not against Super league opposition, Its too risky, We can try it out if we are lucky enough to get some Lower league matches in the Challenge cup games.

That is the right way to do it imo.Just look at Wigan now with egg on there face.I bet they are really kicking themselves.

Gentle's face was a picture when he found out the Widnes-Wigan



We should play our strongest team, keep the momentum going.

Under normal circumstances I could agree with you, but the damage done by the last regime is going to take a lot of mending. I think our short term priority has to be development, or we could end up just being a long term top 8 team.

(imho) It is best to know just what we have coming through the ranks, before the new season of letting players go and bringing new players in.

Play our strongest possible line-up. It's a great chance to work on the attacking structure in a game situation and hopefully put a few points on the board to gain some confidence with ball in hand.

Agreed, the youngsters will get plenty of chances when injuries occur.

@Isiah - The youngsters can already see that when injuries happen Gentle will quite happily bring in the younger player to cover that position. It will now give the youngsters more to play for in the U20's now they know they will get a chance if/when an injury in their position happens.

I would of thought the first team youngsters are developing all the time in a full time environment, plus the added bonus of the dual contract scheme playing at a higher level.It all looks very good for the future.

Until we start looking like a coherent attacking unit, then we shouldn't even consider blooding any youngsters unncessarily

Just watched the Widnes/wigan highlights. Widnes looked good attacking wise, but shocking defensively.

My thoughts exactly.

Once Gentle has the team playing how he wants with all the errors and mistakes cut out then and only then would I be tempted to tinker slightly if the opportunity arises in the CC but not in SL or against SL opposition unless we have no option due to injuries/suspension.

I'd play strongest line up but wouldn't play anyone who's carrying a knock, ie. Martin.

Exactly, anyone would think we were Wigan, or something.

Thankfully Gentle certainly ain't Wane.

With our attack still not firing properly, Sunday would be a great time to try and fix that. Not the best team defensively so we should have plenty of opportunity around their line to work on converting chances into points.
We have three very winnable games ahead of us. I think we should put out full strength (or as near to as we can bearing in mind any injuries) and try and string a good run together and pick up some momentum going into the derby match.

The youngsters will get they chances one day But you don't play to many at the same time
The strongest team every time for me .Blend the young ones in only in an emergency .I would
play Ellis at loose man on Sunday Hull click when he played there on Friday It just might pay off again on Sunday