Does anyone know if we picked up any injuries last night?

Bridge took a knock and think Myler was feeling his toe abit other then that I didn't see anything so fingers crossed.

Good to see Richie Mathers involved in the warm up too. I guess that he'll play next week.

Who would you drop? Riley?

Yeah I know its a tough one but yes I think so. F/B is a specialist position for me.

Then gives the problem of Hicks or Riley for a wing spot.

With the comp for places being as it is, anyone making a couple of errors is likely to get dropped if everyone else is fit.
Riley dropped a bomb that led to the their try so if Mathers is fit, I see him playing (even though he is still prone to the odd howler).
Fot me Rileys best position is on the wing, but when you've got Hicks and King it's difficult for him to fit in.
TS has always had faith in the youngsters though.
What a dilemma....

Now don't test me. Not on a Sunday morning when i'm a little 'sensitive'

i got a papercut from my programme but i should be fit for the next game

Had me worried there mate

I wouldn't drop Riley but I would give him a rest.
We need players to be as fresh as they can be for this long season, so I hope TS gives Chris Riley the week off and lets him know that is why he is doing this.

On the subject of injuries Richie had someone step on his foot and he was hobbling about for a while, nothing long lasting I hope.

Tricky one isn't it? It would be very harsh to leave Riley out on friday, however, Mathers is a bit better at FB.

disagree, i think we look much better with riley at 1, mathers has been patchy this year and i feel more secure with riley there fielding kicks, i know he cocked that bomb up last night but i would've half been expecting mathers to do that anyway, you get better value so far from riley's kick returns, he's just giving us a lot more energy on the pitch,

its chris' shirt to lose.

I do agree with that concept to be fair.

But it's debatable as to who's a better all round FB. Mathers' kick returns are superb. No side way running bo11ocks etc. Straight, direct and tough! Both are partial to the odd brain fart in terms of high kicks though.

Mathers at fb, Riley on bench

Competition for places, strength in depth.

Love it, love it!

mathers never makes it past the first man on kick returns, i'm not saying riley is guarenteed but you have a bit more faith that he's going to trouble the chasers more.

if this was back end of last season i'd happily be giving mathers the nod, he was a breath of fresh air at FB compared to the non entity situation that has existed since 2005 and grose having the season of his life.

I suppose its 50/50 for both of them, but i give riles the edge as he's got the shirt, its up to him to lose it.


On a similar point(cringe) if he's fit, does briers come back into the team next week, the obvious answer is yes, whether its the smart thing or not, i don't know. We've done ok without him so far...should we disrupt whats currently working?

disagree not a chance is briers is fit his name will be the first one on that team sheet

How many times has Lee Briers been on a side that has beaten St Helens? How many times have we seen a semi-fit Lee Briers tormented by demons during games against Saints, before eventually going off injured once Saints put it beyond doubt.

If he isn't completely fit, Warrington should leave him out. He's no way near as important as people make out.

If Briers plays, what do we do with Grix?

Is this the team?

Riley
Hicks
Bridge
Atkins
King
Briers
Myler
Morley
Monaghan
Carvell
Louis
Westwood
Harrison

Higham
Grix
Solomona
Wood

i just wouldn't change a winning team, and oddly after my comments in recentt weeks, that also includes VLANDERSON who both played a lot better last night IMO.

So no Briers?

Grix needs to learn to pass the ball sometimes

Grix is excellent and he doesn't need to pass it every time. He does well enough. However, our kicking game is not up to scratch without Briers, so Briers has got to play.

i'm leaning towards it, i really am, i know someone else on here has said how grix and myler were quiet second half, but monas i think came on after we started taking control, and grix is doing a lot of organizing. There were a few people ed off at him in the first half when he put that kick through on the second, i wasn't too bothered, i'm happy for him to be backing himself if he feels the chance is there, and king wasn't too far away from that and sherrife was.

i'd also as saddened as said take the briers/saints emotion thang out of it, thoguh i've never subscribed to that personally as i've seen lee take them apart on one leg a few years back, saints still won and the focus was still on briers choking at KR again, i'd rather keep that out,

though as said, if he's fit, smith will put him straight back in.