I'm afraid the menace is staying around for Sunday as well.

Agree with you Bonaire with regards to Masi over Johnstone if Walmsley is back. I really like Johnstone and what he brings to us if Walmsley is back then I'd like to see Masi on the bench to add some size. However Masi has yet to make an appearance so having him on the bench may be more of a gamble than Johnstone. Also with Johnstone it allows Houghton to go in at loose forward for a period if we need to move players around as can put Griffin back at centre in needed for Fonua but Johnstone does give us more options.

Tough decisions for the coaching staff but at least it makes a change been in that position rather than the 17 picking itself as in previous seasons.

I'd probably go with

1. Shaul
2. Ratu
3. Carlos
4. Fonua or Griffin
5. Swift
6. Connor
7. Sneyd
8. Taylor
9. Houghton
10. Sao
11. Jones
12. Griffin or Savelio
13. Savelio or Ellis

14. Bowden
15. Ellis or Fonua
16. Fash
17. Johnstone or Masi

Looks good, other than I'd get Swift to play in the reserves and do some serious speed work. Griffin ran away from him looking for support more than once.

Had Faraimo been fit I'd have had him in ahead of Swift only other options would be to leave Griffin at centre and put Fonua on the wing in place of Swift or simply replace Swift with Sanderson.

Indeed, I don't know enough about Sanderson to comment on swapping him in, I just think Saints will take advantage of Swifts positional play and taking the high ball.

I'm worried, if we ain't sorted our line speed out and continue down the same road as the last few seasons, with our stand offish defence, saints will put plenty of points on us, just hope we can put plenty on them

I can see us losing this one by 20+ points

The forecast for Sunday’s weather is rubbish. Bugger!

I’m thinking that’s probably a good thing for us

So can I, hope not

Saints beat a poor Salford team then nilled by wire.
Injuries , one eye on the world club challenge , getting use to a new coach.
I reckon we will win, even though it will most likely be raining !

Sanderson put a You Tube link on Twitter today with his highlights. I wonder if that is due to not getting a contract

any chance of the link?

Quote ="IR80"any chance of the link?'" Jack Sanderson Highlights https://t.co/5IWrF31pvM via @YouTube

Quote ="IR80"any chance of the link?'" Jack Sanderson Highlights https://t.co/5IWrF31pvM via @YouTube

Are people really suggesting replacing Swift with Sanderson?

Do you think Swift is good enough at the moment?

His stats were very similar to Naulago on Friday (Swift made more metres). Nothing to suggest that he should be dropped after one game.

What after one game, come on surley we aren't judging a playing that easily and to replace him with a player who has never played SL (I think that is right?) and isn't even contracted to the club is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard, even on here?

He was no where as bad as bad as people are making out.

I wasn't suggesting replacing him with Sanderson (I said I didn't know enough about Sanderson to comment). When the centre actively runs away from his winger, the winger is slow, out of position and struggles with a high ball I worry. The reserbes is there for players to prove themselves, not the first team (IMHO), Saints will target him. He looks like he needs a fair amount of conditioning to me. I hope he proves me wrong.

Good lad is Adam Swift, not really had much game time lately, apart from the occasional outings with Saints, it did show against the robins, but improvement will come, and with Buretta deciding to pull out, a very good replacement to have if Radders picks him, and I’m sure the lad will also want to ram it up his home town club for obvious reasons.

Buretta pulled out of his own accord?

I wasn't impressed with him but often players raise their game against their former teams too. Im sure it will motivate him to put in a good performance against Makinson/Grace.

He went to Radders to say that he had a slight groin issue, that he could get through the game, but didn't want to let his team mates down so it was down to Radders, and he decided to put Swift in so that Bureta could rest

Cheers, reads a bit better than "decided to pull out".
I hope Swift does raise his game, we will find out on Sunday.

FFS nobody has said we should definitely replace Swift with Sanderson I just put it out there as a possible option after a post by IR80 as its a forum which is supposed to be to discuss.