1st v 3rd, Sunday afternoon... Mouth watering prospect!



After the inevitable losses of Chase, Hauraki and possibly Lee and Patterson. Who do you go with in your 17?



Locke at 6? Evalds at 6? Theo at 6?



Who plays Hooker? Hood for the 80?



1.Locke/Evalds

2.BJB

3.Griffin

4.Sau

5.Johnson

6.Evalds/Locke

7.Dobson

8.Morley

9.Hood

10.Taylor

11.HH

12.Walton

13.J.Walne



14.Theo

15.Tasi

16.Forster

17.Griffin

Theo has to start at 6 for me. I think we'll see some big performances from him in the next few weeks, as for me is better suited to 6 than 7. He's a great support player and loves to attack the line, he should work very well with Dobson.



Hood is more than capable of doing the full 80, but could interchange with either Evalds or Locke whichever doesn't start at full-back. I am more than happy with Jay Walton replacing Hauraki too, although Paterson is a big loss.

I think you're right actually...this could be Theo's time to shine at half back.

Paterson out of those will be the biggest loss, Theo strikes me as being more a 6 than 7, Walton @ 13 and let Hood play 80.

I can see us coming back down to earth this week. Absentees of the ban and injury type will probably be tough for us. Leeds are flying high and as long as we compete I'll be happy.

I agree Patterson has such a good presence about him. I'm a lot less confident going into the Leeds game than I was going into the Wigan one. Who knows though Salford at Home anything could happen.

What's remarkable is that even with 6 or 7 first teamers out, we are still not that desperately short of options. We need to start well against Leeds, give them an 8 point lead and we could find it hard to claw back, that said you just don't know what to expect from this Salford team these days

I think Jordan Walne is still injured so i would imagine a debut for either Gee or Lannon, should be good experience for them. i'd guess at Gee as he's the one squad player they havent sent on loan, so ilestyn must see something.

How long does George Griffin have left on his loan deal at Wakefield? If available, surely he could come back and fill in.

he has to do a month before he can be recalled.

Leeds have been the surprise team for me so far this year after only making the one signing. I must admit I honestly thought they had the wrong mix with a few too many oldies but remarkably their veterans keep producing the goods. Cuthbertson has been a fantastic signing for them and Singleton and Sutcliffe look outstanding prospects from what I've seen on Sky.

Josh Griffin and Stevie Ward have 1 game bans, or can they wriggle out of them with early guilty pleas?