Thats just mental. No offence.

Far from ideal but if they were a bashed up as it was stated on sunday I think it is massive ask for them to be ready a week later.

Carlile has to play 9, He's our best Hooker.

Needs must.
If Withers and Hodgson are not fit we have little option.

Then who goes to 7?

Isn't Mika muted to be an option at 6? I'd say go with it.

Hall at 7.

I can quite imagine Mika hitting the gaps out wide that Blake found quite often.

It's possible but that means Hall does everything, now when you consider him in the halves is still only because needs must and he is still very green it is asking rather a lot.

Well done MR for creating a thread i started earlier in the week - please merge them both you pleb.

It's asking alot of any squad member to "Go fill Dobbo's boots".

Looking at the clips on the internet it would appear that Mika has a bit of experience in a ball playing role, although granted at a lower level. By comparison i think that Carlisle has only ever played hooker and when we took a look at him at 7 in the second half of the Saints under 20s game last week we managed to turn a 10-4 lead into a 20-10 deficit before bringing Beharrell back on. It wasnt purely Carlisles fault, we put Netherton on at the same time.


I think that Withers will make it. I'm pretty certain that Hodgson wont from what im told. Either way we are going to have to play a tight, forward dominated game to stand a chance. Mika at half has some merits on those grounds.

blimey what ever you are on i would like some I think if we don't get beat by 40 we will have done well but lets hope for no more injuries

Do you honestly think if we get beat by 38 points we would of done well? really?

We have a +20 headstart from the bookies and i think we will keep them inside that, if we keep them under 12 point difference i will class that as doing well, with the options we have got.

Sorry CP, I believed the wink would indicate the exaggeration was done in jest.

It's not a bad side for a containing game, Wire will have far too much still, obviously.

6. Hall. 7. Withers. 9. Carlile.

We have a severe lack of kicking game.

6. Mika. 7. Hall. 9. Carlile. Is the only viable alternative.

I stand corrected then.

A degree of duplication, I'll acknowledge.



Mash-up it is.

Falls off chair.

I have never had a problem admitting I am wrong.
It just doesn't happen very often.

I have to do it all the time, worryingly, least of all on here!

That will happen when you are fictional.

Been informed Withers has rested all week and ideally needs another week to fully recover. Not being able to train is a concern.

Another concern is part of the role of scrum half is kicking, and the last thing you want to be doing with an abductor strain is kicking. If Withers plays then someone will need to help Hally out with the long kicks. Latus and Petersen can kick the ball with distance so they might be an option.

Just thinking, we might get an early indication of Withers playing if Bell/Beharrell play in tomorrows U20s at Wilderspool.

I'm liking the fact they are calling it an abductor strain instead of just saying that he has pulled his backside.

Groin more like I did offer to give it a rub down

I always though the Glutius Maximus and Glutius Minimus where abductor muscles and I know for a fact that they are muscles in your buttocks.

Still 50/50 but not ruling Withers out all together.