Tesco has broken his hand (9 to 10 weeks)
Blaymire achiles trouble 4 weeks
Same for Richard moore
Shane Tronc on his way back to oz tonight or morning.

Kear said to him openly you have got your head in Australia so you might as well take the rest of you.

Deary me!

I'd still use this game to make a point to Millard and get him to reflect on his performances so far.

Time for the young lads to step up and take their chance then.

in light of this injury news, here goes:

Murphy
Blanch
Gleeson
George
Morton
Jeffries
Obst
Korkidas
Davey
King
Ferguson
Henderson
Cooke

Latu
Johnson
Gledhill
JD

Anekin/Trout

looking light on the bench. Think it shows how much we need a front rower to replace the pussy whipped Tronc asap. Then a scrum half if a decent one is free.

wonder if they could smuggle olly wilkes back on the bus

What about the lad we got in exchange for Southernwood for fullback?

Did we not sign him because he was a lot nearer ready for first team than Southernwood? If so he can't be far off can he?

Murphy is looking excellent in the centres and I'd like him to have a prolonged run there...

Smurph should get to keep his place there I agree. Let's give the new kid a bash if he's ready.

Keiron Hyde? Well why not.

Why not indeed...

We need to get away from the square peg in round hole scenario..

If Hyde is a natural fullback and nearly ready for 1st team then lets give him a try in his natural position. Murphy looks a very naturally gifted centre so lets play him there and not keep swapping him about.

Lets play a natural hooker (Davey) who will give good distribution and get the forwards going forward at hooker.

Lets have an impact hooker (Latu) on the bench to come on and make an impact.

Lets have Gledhill...a raw, aggressive, hungry prop in a shirt instead of Tronc who has given up...

All no-brainers to me.

Spot on there pal and without wanting to tell JK how to do his job, the only way we're going to get out of this rut we're in is by changing the team, i.e. fielding players who genuinely want to be on the pitch rather than mercenaries treating our sport as a cheap folly.

Pity if Moore's out though - Gledhill in for Tronc is good for me, but who comes in for Moore?

The indomitable lion, Hendo. He will destroy all in his path!

Shame about Moore. He really seems to have been hitting the straps recently after the illness he suffered last year.

I'd like to see Cooke at 13, Obst at 6 or 7 depending on where we see BJ playing now with Latu and Davey rotating 9. Kirmond will take time to get fit so i'd get him in the team for the cup games.

Tronc to drop out

Due to possible injury's...

Murphy
Blanch
Johnson
George
Morton
BJ
Obst
King
Latu/Davey
Korki
Fergy
JD
Cooke

Latu/Davey
Trout
Hendo
Gledhill.

Kyle Bibb seems to have returned from his loan spell at Harlequins. I know that he is not any where near the standard of Richard Moore or even Hendo, but if we are short of numbers then maybe he will get a game.

^^ This.

I think that's a pretty good call. Given Millard's recent lack of enthusiasm, missing out might do him some good. With the injuries/absentees we have at the minute we're down to the bare bones, although could be a blessing in disguise if some of the youngsters can take their opportunity.

hynde
morton
murphy
millard(not impressed but not convinced we have a better option)
george
jeffries
obst
king
davey(lets try playing with a 9 on the field)
gledhil
JD(purely on a decent performance on sun)
johnson
cooke(massive improvement required)

latu
korki
hendo
fergi

looks a little weak but with the injuries reported we have few options.
if there are any kids playing well in the academy this should be their opportunity

would much rather see kids giving their all than the lazy rubbish we have had to put up with recently

I'd go with that; it's backs to the wall, crisis management, siege mentality time - exactly what seems to bring the best out of us. You can't polish a turd, unless you're John Kear!

i dont mind giving stick when its due and jd had defo had his share in recent weeks but he was definatley one of our best at weekend and responded well to being left out its a credit to his character. his game stats were 26 tackles 1 miss 17 carries for 149 metres made our best metre maker in the game. so i would say he contributed and he was left out of the team by jk so cant see how you say we are allowing his loyalty to hurt the team. He has been loyal and deserves our backing ashe has stood behind us when others ran although after the abuse he has been getting i'm sure he wishes he did leave, but hey thats gratitude for you.

Loyalty only works one way and facts (match stats) don't count mate.


Burn him its the only way.

Please dont burn him just yet

. My wife and i arrive on the 23rd to bolster the home and away attendences and watch 5 games while were there. Looking forward to supporting the lads with the rest of you diehards.
Cheers

Ok Con, we'll leave it for now, but we'll start collecting the wood.

5 matches

You poor souls.

JD defo looked a lot better last week, and was almost back to his old self. Ran at the line, and looked to be one of the only players capable of breaking it.

I agree.

Thought things couldn't get any worse before the game, just seen on RL website that Bentham is referee!