Hell no. His defence is crap. It was crap on Friday. And wasn't he partnering Meli in the GF when Shenny went off injured? Nightmare.

I agree, the days of sia playing centre are long gone.



I think lomax moved to the Wing when shenton went off at old Trafford as he dine his ankle, so think it was Meli and lomax on the left when they punished us.

Nope. Lomax went to the wing, then centre, then further infield. Meli was on the wing and Soliola at centre. Leeds realised then that Christmas had come early.

That may well have been the case, but having read through his twitter feed at the weekend he was critical of his own performance, that's not what I would expect from someone believing his own hype.



He's a young lad with time on his side, mistakes will be made and it's how he reacts to these which will determine the player he will become.

I think it was noteworthy that at one point he made a deliberate call for a bomb and caught it. His game improved after this.

Is that what happened? Meli started at left centre, but got shuffled to the wing when Wellens went off, but didn't he then swap to right centre when Shents got injured?

Anyway, no to Soliola in the centre. Shenton, Wheeler, Meli and indeed Makinson would be preferable to for me. Keep the beef in the middle. Despite a couple of missed tackles, Soliola came up with a few monster plays on Friday.

Meli was on the wing. That bit I'm never going to forget! I remember saying to my Dad sitting next to me that we are finished because Meli is on the wing.

Fully fit there are selection problems all over the field for royce.



There is no reason to player the same team week in and week out. We had four/five props in the widnes match if you count megennis. You add TP to that rotation is a must for a fully fit front row. That means some weeks TP or La frank dont play whilst megeniis does.



Same in the backs we dont have to play the same FB each week or the same wingers. I know you can only rotate so much to maintain fitness but take the easter weekend.If we have a fully fit side why not.



wigan game



Wellens. Foster. meli. shenton. makinson. lance. gaskell. TP.roby.LMS.Wilkin.sia.Flanaghan.



easter monday



makinson. foster. wheeler. shenton. gardner. lance. lomax

Clough. roby. perry. dixon. sia. flannery

You've not mentioned Magennis, there. For me, he needs to be out on loan this year.

He's way down the peccking order in the back and front row, despite showing glimpses. He needs regular first team action, whether that be for a SL club or lower league club like Leigh.

I'm not sure he's as far down the pecking order as you make out TBH.

It's hard to mention everyone without writing so much that people think your writing an Essay.



That's why I left out subs etc. In the end we have alot of options, I just hope early in the season we use them. There is no need early on for all 5 of our best props to play every match. TP, Clough, LMS, La Frank, Perry.



Whilst a devastaing pack with one of them playing in the Loose forward position it's a bit over kill for so early in the season. Would rather 4 of them played and one had a rest week with megennis/forester etc getting a game. It reduces the chances of injury and overkill, therefore giving us a better chance of fielding a fully fit choice 17 for key games. (Wigan/later cup games/playoffs).



The same would apply to the 2nd row with Sia, Wilkin, Flannery Dixon, Flash

I agree, I think Magennis will play 15 games at least this year if he stays fit, no need to loan him out, we need him here!

agrred, we're light on front rowers, and we need plenty of cover there as its a position that generally leads itself to injuries. Shaun is a good lad and i hope he cments his place in the team this year

He brings something different to our front row with his off load game.