Time for the talking to stop and the meaningful games to begin!



Assuming Travis can't play (which as far as I'm aware is the case), what would everyone's 17 for Sunday be?



1. Eden

2. Hodgson

3. Welham

4. Salter

5. Cockayne



6. Hall

7. Keating



8. Weyman

9. Hodgson

10. A. Walker

11. Larroyer

12. Costigan

13. Langley



14. Carlisle

15. Lovegrove

16. J Walker

17. Poore



If Burns plays he would go straight in at 6 with Hall replacing Hodgson on the wing for me.





Edit: Didn't realise there was already a thread for this. Feel free to merge away.

Eden

Hodgson

Hall

Welham

Cockayne

Burns

Keating

Poore

Hodgson

Weyman

Larroyer

Costigan

Langley



Horne

Cox

A Waklker

J Walker



I expect to Burns to play.



I'd play Hall in front of Salter for his goal kicking and free kicks.



It may be an idea to have Hodgson and Cockayne to switch wings though I don't think Sandy will change anything this late in pre-season.



I think there's a chance Sandy may pair an experienced prop with a younger one i.e. Weyman/J Walker & Poore/A Walker as the season progresses but he's been pretty clear about the type of team he's wanted to build and I think he's likely to start with Poore and Weyman to set the tone for the start of the match and the start of the season.

I don't think you'll be far wrong with that starting 13 in fact it almost picks itself.



Burns keeps saying he will be ready and with Hall taking all the goalkicks in the friendlies and with a 100% record it would be a surprise if we started again with another kicker now, so if he isn't at 6 he has to play instead of Salter.



In an ideal world I'd pick the same bench as you too but can Josh Hodgson play the full 80 minutes or do you have someone else in mind to take Carlile's spot as interchange hooker?

Eden

Hall

Salter

Welham

Cockayne



Burns

Keating



Weyman

J Hodgson

A walker

Larroyer

Costigan

Langley



Subs

Carlile

LoveGrove

J walker

Poore



I'd go for lovegrove on the bench over cox's. He's able to fill in the pack everywhere apart from hooker and can also fill centre if needed

I don't see what Burns has done to walk straight back into the team to be honest. He's had 2 or 3 good games since being here IMO. ( Huddersfield and Warrington)

Burns has made a career at 6 and is still in form. What do you mean, what has he done? What has Beharrel or Hall done to stop Burns playing?



Burns at 6 if fit, every time.

I think Travis can take over from dobbo and lead the team around the park which is needed

IMO he wasn't good enough last season to just walk back into the team. he may well have made a career at 6 but so far he hasnt been that good a 6. IMO.

Halls played 2 friendlies and looked pretty good, personally I think he should start at 6.

Agree 100%.

I suggest looking at our win, loose ratio, with and without Burns in the team. I think this may answer your question.

Iv said it before on here but if we could get hall Keating burns and Eden all in attacking positions at the same time it would be some attacking force. This would be Eden at fb hall and Keating hbs and burns lf

For me keeping burns fit is the key to a decent season,our best player IMO and leader on the pitch.

Burns is a 6, the best 6 we have at the club and not a 13.

burns is a 6 and will play against leeds at 6