Ellis back for Hadley.
19 Man Squad
Bowden
T Briscoe
Crookes
Ellis
Green
Heremaia
Holdsworth
Horne
Houghton
Johnson
Kent
Miller
Pitts
Shaul
Tickle
Watts
Westerman
Whiting
Yeaman

Shaul
Crookes
Whiting
Yeaman
Briscoe
Horne
Miller
Watts
Heremia
Bowden
Ellis
Tickle
Westerman

Houghton
Green
Pitts
Kent

Our pack and in particular our front row needs to stand up this week. They were physically dominated last week by St’s.

Lynch and O Meley are big misses I'm afraid.

Think Ben Crooks will play and be drafted in.
Shaul
Crookes
Crooks
Yeaman
Briscoe
Holdsworth
Horne
Watts
Houghton
Green
Ellis
Tickle
Westerman
Sub
Heremaia
Pitts
Whiting
Johnson
I'd leave Kent, Bowden and Miller out.

I agree however the likes of Watts, Bowden and Green need to front up now and start running their weight/putting the opposition on their backsides. Tbh I'm still not convinced by Bowden and Green, they need to toughen up imo.

Horne
Crookes
Whiting
Yeaman
Briscoe
Holdsworth
Miller
Watts
Houghton
Green
Ellis
Tickle
Westerman

Heremaia
Pitts
Bowden
Kent

The loss of Ben Crooks is a double blow, not only do we lose his strike power, but PG will see it as an opportunity not to have take a tough decision in the halves.

Come on Peter, show some mettle and get Horney in the halves or wave good bye to the season and maybe your job.

As much as I like Miller, and the potential to maybe play at a decent level, now is not the time. Miller and Holdsworth have not hit it off and I think Horne should be put back in the halves. With a pre season under his belt we might see a better player next year, but as for the play offs I think it's a no brainer.

forwards need to step up against the big dragons pack, although we seem to have beaten them a few times at home with a smaller looking pack

gentle needs to swallow his pride this week and leave out miller, cant see it, but it needs to be done, horne back with holdsworth, whiting to centre, we aren't creating anything in the middle

Miller is the only one who takes on the line! His link up play with the back rowers is very good too. Whitings try on Friday and westys at Wigan are prime examples of that. I guess it's a tough one really, we have 3 good halfbacks (which is a nice dilemma to have).

At the moment I'd have Miller over Holdsworth.

And moving Whiting to centre weakens the team overall. He's needed in the forwards.

If Miller stays in it won't have anything to do with Gentle's 'pride'.

Fairly sure that Gentle won't consider the loss of our leading try scorer as any kind of 'opportunity'. Neither would having to justify his decisions to folk like you figure in his considerations.

miller needs time, pre-season will give him that, before he arrived, horne and holdsworth were in the halves and we were playing better rugby

if not whiting in centre, who else?

as for gentles' pride, that was sarcasm as I said previously he would always choose dj and miller over horne

If Horne and Holdsworth are fit,Miller shouldn't be anywhere near the team.

It's been that long since we've had a decent 7, it's obvious by the rhetoric towards Miller that most fans have forgotten what they do.

That squad is good enough to beat Catalan at home without risking Crooks or Lynch. Next week away from home however is a different story. The extra week will do them good...........

Erm, put the ball in the scrum?

We are not in the 80s any more. There is no discernable difference between a 6 and a 7, the two are interchangeable. Miller is a lovely crisp passer of the ball, has a step, is quick and is willing to take the line on. He's not ready yet, but those things make me confident he will be a good player in the future.

There's plenty of difference when the positions are played correctly.

On current form Miller should be in the team ahead of Holdsworth.

Exactly. We have only got one SH, the decision is between Horne & Holdsworth and we need DJ's kicking game, which is why I'd put Horne to FB.

Completely agree, but Holdsworth's kicking game is too important.

Hornes kicking game was as good as it,s ever been prior to his injury & he does take the line on unlike Holdsworth.

That would be my team, only change Johnson for Kent. Picking a team to win the game then Horne starts for me and I wouldn't drop the two halves so Shaul would miss out.

Id keep Kent in as think he offers more than Johnson,who has been poor for me,Big heart but just not big enough for me and would be very harsh on shaul and would rob us of pace and our only support player should the forwards get their hands free.