I can see Dodd + Richardson being our half backs with Costello + Swift on the right attack. Bentley, Batchelor and Cooper our back 3 with Smith at Hooker. Lees, Amor, LMS and Ashworth our props. Another option Costello going to his old position of full back and bring Welsby into the No 6 position.
Whatever the team we should be able to compete and win the game if London Broncos play a bit below par.
What about giving Luke Douglas a run out?
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Lots of what ifs, none of us have a crystal ball but let`s say Bachelor has a blinder, then does not get picked for Halifax is that a negative point.
The only criticism you can aim at Justin was last year when lads were performing well, they could not oust the established players, Jon Wilkin alluded to this in a commentary recently( bit ironic perhaps ), dunno whether it was in the CC or for Sky when he said it.
Might be worth having a few quid on London , even money with a 16 point start
Leave out as many as we can get away with.
roy litherland it's happened i told you it would
I think even with a shed load missing a win isn’t out of the question. Lots of youngsters who will see it as a massive opportunity to impress and London have nose dived again it seems
Pointless game, nothing to gain and lots to lose.
Play as many kids and fringe players as we can.
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Not having all the press and Leeds fans whinging about resting a few or a lot Leeds have been playing an under strength team all season.
Learned comment from The Don
I would imagine that most fans who were planning to travel would have done that weeks ago, so team selection shouldn't make too much difference.
A couple of general comments (not specific to 49er's post)...
We have no obvious advantage to see any one particular club relegated over another, nor would it be our 'fault'.
As already mentioned, we have the right to select from our first team squad.
This is a good opportunity to blood some of out fringe players and see how they perform together...And a good reason to go and watch them on Sunday!
It's fairly common practice to rest players before a big game. One could argue that this would be respectful to Halifax.
So...Rest anyone who needs it, plus those who would be at risk from the plastic pitch. But...Select players who deserve a place and play them in their correct positions as far as possible.
I'll leave selection to JH. I'm not clever enough to pick a team.
See you all on Sunday!
If we do get some flack (Leeds) for resting loads of players, it has occurred to me that if we do get the the CCF I assume we will be doing the same when we visit Leeds the week before the CCF date, as I hope by then we will have the title sorted.
Humans are more concerned with having than being.
Its nice to be in a controlling position though, its as though we can orchestrate who is going to be in the top 5 and who is going to be in the bottom 3. It would have been a better season if Wigan as well as Leeds were out of the top 5 because the goons are quite capable of producing a very good play off game when it matters.
For us its just a matter of avoiding injuries and getting Roby and Tai up to speed a couple of weeks before the play offs. Those players outside of our first 17 are getting valuable game experience which is giving us a bonus of a better transition into the team on the game day.
The games immediately before and after both the semi and (if we get there) and the final will see players rested or not risked. The Wakefield game in a couple of weeks could see this and they will be desperate for points then. We were very poor against the Giants the week after last year’s semi.
Had a read through the Hull KR forum last night to see if there are any complaints about out squad selection, and to be fair most if not all agree we've earned the right to do so