Doh........................

Shouldnt be near the 17 on friday due to the performance on sat but we all know he will. Probably replace Taylor

If Morgan doesn't play Taylor on fri he needs his head testing, netherton is great at tackling but to me is virtually none existence in attack

why change the team unless someone is carrying a knock if the same 17 can manage to overturn wigan then the momentum going into the derby could be crucial..

does he do 35/40 tackles a game?

I don't know does he

i doubt it, he certainly doesnt do enough tackles to justify being in the team for his defence IMHO

Probably not no all I know is wud rather have Taylor in, watts seems a bit quiet to and what's happened to wheeldon, ano we gotta squad rotate but surely not on a weekly basis unless there is an injury why change a winning side.

Taylor averages about 15 tackles per game whereas Netherton averages about 23.
But then again Netherton averages 5 metres per carry whereas Taylor averages 8.

Netherton is averaging 23.5 tackles per game. Taylor averages 15.6 but in two less games then Jason, Scott has broken two more tackles and made 53 more meters. Netherton makes on average 5.6 metres per carry when Taylor makes 8.4.

So does Justin want a more defensively sound player in Netherton or a more attacking player in Taylor?

Is it really as clear cut as Netherton coming in for Taylor? Morgan has long been known to use his 19 man squad as a way to try and play the old mind games. Highlighting Netherton the way he has could just be another ploy.

Either way, IMO - we have to go at Wigan and that would involve playing Taylor over Netherton, if that’s what it came down to.

Maybe Morgan listens to his players too? I know for a fact players like having Netherton in the team, they can rely on him to most of the time make a one on one tackle and often win the ruck. He may not make many meters but he does as he is told and the players know that he is unlikely to offload or make many meters so can plan a play around that. When playing with players that may or may not make a break I bet it is harder to plan plays that could gain us yardage or points?!

I personally wouldn't like to see the team changed but then a week ago not many of us were fond of the idea of Hall being dropped but how many have complained since??

Against Wigan we are going to need strong defenders who talk well and can organise a bit better especially when dealing with elusive players like Tomkins. I'd like to think if Netherton were to play he would be given the task of keeping O'Loughlin quiet because as noticable as Sam Tomkins is out there in previous games it has been killer passes out wide by Sean that have killed us especially out to Richards.