good to see all these bodies back eh wilf, bit of a different problem for agar in the next few weeks is gonna be who to leave out

King in place of Moa without a doubt IMO.

I'd also keep Lee in ahead of Washbrook for now.

Would leave it the same this week. People were jaded because of our continual donation of possession to the opposition and subsequent defensive workload. Had we not done that and played as we have in previous games there would have been less fatigue near the end. It's good that King did well in the reserves and that he is knocking on the door of the first team. Leave the side as is for this week and look again next week.

tommy it is then

I think Big Sam would benefit from being given more game time in the reserves and Kingy put on the bench for Saturday, Paul will give you more time on the field then Sam can at the moment.

If thats the case then yes stick with Lee, serious concern if Moa gets the spot instead of King. If King is the fitter of the two (suggestions are he is)we need to get more game time from our rotating props to be able to play to our strongest potential.

If Lauaki was already here he would be in instantly over King and Moa.

It's good to have a few players available back with the easter weekend coming up

Bring back the king !

Welcome to your first post Paul!

Pretty much the way i see it TBH.

No brainer, King has to get on the bench.

Showed plenty of desire apparently in the reserves, has to come in for Moa and offer us 40 mins off the bench for me.

fully agree there ,went on sat and kingy put two very good spells in he is the one change i would make ,swapping sam to the reserves for match fitness ,other wise unchanged for this week ,i agree with wilf dont think washy or whiting are there yet so would leave those where they are for another week at least

If he's capable of 30 minutes, he should be a definite. I reckon Dowes and Cusack might appreciate it too.

Whoever is on the bench as prop, I aint fussed, as long as Agar plays them for longer than 10 minutes!!

That means you are fussed, as Moa couldn't do much more IMHO.

I predict King will start on the bench, come on knock on and then give away a couple of cheap penalties by then we'll all be back on here kicking off what the f**k did he pick king for.

Which is always a possibility, which is a crying shame.

Mind you, we haven't had the usual "this is a make or break season for me" article this year!

I'd bring King back on the bench in place of Moa. Moa has done nothing wrong, but we have to remember he is a 'project' and we'd get more game time out of Kingy.

Moa can return the week after in the cup, where I'd hope we'd rest a couple (Dowes or Cusack in particular have given 110% this season) against a struggling Salford.

Difficult decision, are they better with momentum (not the f'ng Stevo version!) or being rested?

Still early yet, sure smailesy's saving that one for a rainy day.

i'd say it would be wise to rest either Dowes or Cusack, and also Berrigan ahead of the derby. Providing noone else gets injured on saturday of course.

And risk a cup shock?

its a make or break season for him










done now

if we are at risk of losing to Salford (with the worst defense in the league) by resting two players we have big problems. There's no point having all these backup players if they aren't good enough for 1st team duty. Its a short turnaround to the derby and then we go to Knowsley Road on the monday, 3 games in 8 days, we have to use the squad.