Johnson/Russell

Lineham Evans/Ratchford Atkins Penny/Russell

Gidley Sandow

Hill Clark Sims

Currie Hughes

Westerman



Dodds

Bailey

Westwood

Dwyer



From the look of things I think Smith will go with Gidley and Sandow as it is crucial he gets a settled pair of halves, leaving the wings where they are all the rest are interchangeable without much disruption, It wouldn't surprise me to see Westwood play fewer games this coming season.

Gidley has to be in the halves for me, I don't feel like Ratch/Sandow is a great fit. I see Gidley as the sort of player who will bring us consistency and take us around the park every game while Sandow is a match winner who will come up with the big plays when we need them. I'm really looking forward to seeing them together and think it will lessen some of our shortcomings in the front row and backs.

So you got Sandow at prop Hill as hooker and starting with 14 players,that may give us a chance at winning something next season

Well spotted Pal.

Ive corrected my error

Can't decide which is more absurd, Sandow at prop or Kevin Penny at scrum half

Have you? You now have Lineham at centre and Atkins on the wing... Though to be fair he'd get away with his inability to pass the ball if that were the case

So who are injured and won't be ready for the first game?

Ben H, Ratch and Dodds ?



In which case I think our line up against Leeds will be



Russell

Penny

Atkins

Evans

Lineham

Gidley

Sandow

Hill

Clark

Sims

Currie

Hughes

Westerman



Dwyer

G King

Westwood

Bailey (although this depends on how fit he gets and whether TS thinks he'd need to him to make a statement for his future especially against his old club - but Laithwaite and Ben Evans are in with a shout).

after reading input from people that know their stuff, Gidley has to play FB for me.

1 gidley

2 Russel

3 atkins

4 Evans

5 lineham

6 ratchford

7 Sandow

8 hill

9 Clark

10 simms

11 currie

12 Hughes

13 western



Subs

Dwyer

Evans

Westwood

Baily

1 Russell

2 Evans

3 Ratchford

4 Atkins

5 Lineham

6 Gidley

7 Sandow

8 Hill

9 Clark

10 Sims

11 Currie

12 Hughes

13 Westwood



14 Dwyer

15 Dodds

16 Westerman

17 Evans / Laithwaite / King / Bailey / Harrison (when fit)

Smith is fortunate that Gidley can play full back his favoured position and stand off and I would like to see him at full back, Ratchford will probably miss the start of the season even so I don't see him as a play making stand off, rather better suited to but then again I'm not a coach or Tony Smith.



I'm guessing Smith will go with what he has available and play Gidley at six, I'm also hoping Patton comes through at some point next season, whatever happens selection between 1/3/6 should be interesting.