I would really like to see now the 17 is announced: 

Jowitt
Roarke
Scott
Pratt 
Johnstone
Walmsley
Lino
Mckmeeken
Hood
Uele
Nikotemo
Griffin
Pitts


Smith
Rodwell
Atoni
Cozza


A few things I?d like to see and factored into the above: 


Jowitt destroyed Cas in pre season and they struggled to handle him running lines out the edges from full back. In fact almost all points came from him which is why I?d have him back at fullback Thursday.


I would like to see some kicks to the edges when in opposition 10/20 and TJ and Roarke challenging the likes of Kershaw and Quaregare who aren?t the tallest or most arial threat type players. 


The edges for me look like an area we could really expose but the tactics need to be right for this one. 


Regardless of Salabio and Dezaria I think a few quick early carries behind the ruck to generate some ruck speed and put Cas on back foot before spreading the ball could really create some space and danger to expose.


That?s my personal thoughts and we have 4/5 of the original best spine in their best positions instead. 


Likelihood is Jowitt will be at 6 but even so whatever the team we should be thumping these at home. If we come away Thursday with no points then that wouldn?t be good enough.

And we need to share the kicking duties this week. Lino kicked every in field kick bar 1 vs Saints and he ended up belting most in air without much of a plan just going for height. On the flip side Wellsby and Whitby shared equal load and put us deep in corners. We must smarted up here and not solely rely on Lino to boot it high. 

Yeah, I agree with most of that. Vagana has to come back in; he's our future with a massive ceiling, play him. Rate him or not, we've got to play Walmsley and for me, Scott and Pratt are our 2 best centres that offer something a bit different to each other.There's no way we can keep the Pitts experiment going again, we're just losing so much in terms of options by playing him there instead of moving Max into the halves and playing Rourke at FB. I know Max is the better all-around FB, but needs must, and he's so many leagues above Pitts in the halves, there's no comparison. It's just leaving such a big hole in our team at present. Whereas Rourke playing FB instead of Max doesn't imo, not in the short term anyway. Ideally, Trueman appears and sorts out so many problems.

Sounds like how longs a piece of string with Trueman returning. It?s not good having a herniated disk at his age?? or any age for that matter. Be interesting to see how that pans out, whether he needs Neuro intervention or if it can be managed with injections vis MSK team as I believe Powell said.  
Either way it?s not great, he won?t be able to train so will take a while to get back up to match fitness if the problem is somehow sorted. I personally can?t see him back for a few weeks yet?? 

If he is out a few weeks we need to be looking for a replacement- maybe  we already are
Who knows? 

If he does have bulging discs then he's done for me, having just had mine operated on, I have suffered since 97 and my back has been in pain ever since, only time it wasn't was when I had the injection but once that wore off I was twice as bad because I hadn't been able to feel any pain in 2 months and overdid a lot of things. 

Well done on the win. Gutted we lost but that's rugby league.


Sets up Magic nicely. Hopefully we can claim bragging rights again in a few weeks


As for the talk about Powell and picking players in wrong positions etc he was known for it at Cas. Probably one of the only downsides for him. He would put wingers in the centres or props at loose or second rows at 6. Sometimes it worked, not often though.


Well done on your good start to the season too. It's good to have the rivalry back.