don't think any of our backs are particularly bad players, they all do a job, they all have different strengths and weaknesses as do any player in any sport.
yes they all make mistakes at times, but for me Jerry and Murphy are 2 of the most consistent performers, both different types of players, both with good strength, Murphy possibly a better defender,Jerry a better attacker, Broughton is a very good player and doesn't let us down when he plays, he is unfortunate that he has 2 consistently good performers in front of him.

for me though, Jerry and Murph would be the 2 of the first names on my team sheet.

I'll be looking for some more of what we did in the first 20 minutes against Wigan. If we can get on the outside of them, we can do the same against Catalan.
They are a tough, roughhousing sort of side and Henderson will be out to wind everyone up , We weathered all that in France, so we know exactly what to expect.

We may have lost last week but there were some good signs in that performance, Don't know if Carney is back or not, If he is, he is the danger man. We need to win this game to stop the doubts creeping in, Need Eorl and Huby on for as long as they can do.

think carney is back, didnt he play for them v saints last time out?

yeh crabtree and huby can do the big mins and also with lawrence in the middle we are rock solid, kopczak does well in his stints... smith has been only steady so far, want to see more from leeming this time and less brainfart moments from robinson

we seem to drop off midway through the first half when the rotating starts don't we?
obviously that's the way baloo wants to go, i'm wondering whether to keep Huby and Eorl on the bench, maybe they will add or the keep the momentum up?

Pomeroy will miss this one.

Yeah what was it Pomeroy did in that match, I remember thinking he was very unlucky to get sent off. But then with Silverwood nothing really surprises me, Hope we get Thaler this week.

It was a red card every day of the week.

But it's not.

J.Child to ref, was hoping we'd seen the last of him this year !!

Quote ="GIANT DAZ"J.Child to ref, was hoping we'd seen the last of him this year !!'" Child is reffing Saints v Hull We have Robert Hicks therfl.co.uk/matchday/match_officials

Quote ="GIANT DAZ"J.Child to ref, was hoping we'd seen the last of him this year !!'" Child is reffing Saints v Hull We have Robert Hicks therfl.co.uk/matchday/match_officials

Agreed. Possibly only one on the bench. I'd risk starting Smith.
Ta'ai to be benched for me.

Well it was a red that day of the week, As jools implies it isn't always.

I had another look at the tackle, the shoulder bit looked accidental to me, I thought he was just putting in a hard tackle, but I can see how others would see it differently.

Good job these ref's weren't about in Garry Seniors day, He would never have got a full game in, That lad knew how to hit em.

4200 at the football lastnight for a carling cup game against league 1 opposition

hope we can beat this figure on friday night

and that's with over 300 away fans and £15 a ticket

i would like to think we could with it not being on SKY could tempt a few of the armchair brigade out?

Annoyingly I will miss this- was the only game I wanted to be on a Thursday.

Yup I miss this too, night shift!

Connor and Broughton back in the squad.

Looks like many including myself will get there Wardle back in the second row wish come true.

Wardle back in the pack.

So Murphy to centre and bought on on the wing or keep Murphy on the wing and Connor in at centre? Personally I'd like to see Connor back in the team.

Leeming to start with Robbo coming in after 30 minutes or so.
Bruno to play full 80 at LF as we all seem to agree that's when he's at his best.
Smith to start 2nd row with Hughes. Ulama on after 20 mins or so.

id like to see

grix
mcgillvary
cudjoe
connor
murphy

robinson
brough
ellis

crabtree
huby
hughes
wardle
lawrence

bench-
leeming
taai
smith
kopczak


good news that connor is back, bailey paying the price for the poor showing at wigan

Looks like Carney will be playing, Needs a few big hits on him if possible. Dragons will push the Ref all the way, so we have to be ready for that. We know full well what they are like , PA should have us ready for anything they have to offer, We have come out on top twice , we can do it again. We need to win this one.

Quote ="Wadski"Child is reffing Saints v Hull We have Robert Hicks therfl.co.uk/matchday/match_officials'" Must have changed it then cos it said Child when i looked yesterday !

Quote ="Wadski"Child is reffing Saints v Hull We have Robert Hicks therfl.co.uk/matchday/match_officials'" Must have changed it then cos it said Child when i looked yesterday !

Personally i'd like to see our big guns come off the bench, we tend to lose what momentum we have built when making our early interchanges so why not try it the other way round and bring Eorl, Huby and Ta'ai off the bench ?

with Connor back we've also got the option of playing him at 6 and moving Ellis to 9 to swap with Kruise if needed as i don't think Robbo's offered much recently.

The danger of doing it the other way round is that you don't build any momentum from the off and you are then playing catch up.

It's tough call.

As for Robbo - he needs a big game. With his experience he should be dominating the team by example not having brainfarts a schoolboy would be embarrassed by.

Time for him to step up otherwise he'll be one of those sat in retirement wondering why he never won more (any?) silverware. (I exclude the LLS from 'silverware').

This is a game I'm really looking forward to.

Time to walk the walk.

The players are always telling us they have the quality.

Have they the nouse, balls, character etc to reach the GF?

I'll be behind them 100%.

I thought Robinson was excellent last week. He made a couple of errors but his speed in attack and defence put us on the front foot. He has started using his main strength running from dummy half more and more. When he left the field we slowed down and let Wigan back into the game.