Selection vs Leeds

[Charriots Offiah]

Even though I'm loath to move Bevan, I think we go with

French
Miski
Eckersley
Wardle
Marshall
Farimond
Smith

Everyone in a position they are familiar with, with Bevan not in his best position.

Is Farrimond fit? He was missing from the reserves last weekend. I would keep Bevan at 6, you need your best players to have the ball in their hands when attacking. Regarding his performance at fullback on Saturday, I can’t understand why he was defending so deep.

[Mike]

Even though I'm loath to move Bevan, I think we go with

French
Miski
Eckersley
Wardle
Marshall
Farimond
Smith

Everyone in a position they are familiar with, with Bevan not in his best position.

Is Farrimond fit? He was missing from the reserves last weekend. I would keep Bevan at 6, you need your best players to have the ball in their hands when attacking. Regarding his performance at fullback on Saturday, I can’t understand why he was defending so deep.

Others saying he was pulled from reserves to cover Bevan potentially being out.

[buttmonkey2]

Farrimond is fit. He was pulled out of the Reserves game because French was a major doubt for the Hull match with illness.

Assuming French is OK to play at Leeds & that Miski may return, I’d go with:

Eckersley
Miski
Farrell
Wardle
Marshall
French
Smith

Admittedly Farrell isn’t great at centre these days but I think Eckersley did a brilliant job at full-back last season & French is miles better at 6 where he can have greater influence on the game.

Faz just hasn’t got the mobility or speed to play centre anymore.

I was going to post exactly that.

He's "ok" covering centre during a match but starting - That ship sailed a couple of years ago

[Firestarter]

Even though I'm loath to move Bevan, I think we go with

French
Miski
Eckersley
Wardle
Marshall
Farimond
Smith

Everyone in a position they are familiar with, with Bevan not in his best position.

Surely this is the strongest backline available

[Charriots Offiah]

Even though I'm loath to move Bevan, I think we go with

French
Miski
Eckersley
Wardle
Marshall
Farimond
Smith

Everyone in a position they are familiar with, with Bevan not in his best position.

Is Farrimond fit? He was missing from the reserves last weekend. I would keep Bevan at 6, you need your best players to have the ball in their hands when attacking. Regarding his performance at fullback on Saturday, I can’t understand why he was defending so deep.

Others saying he was pulled from reserves to cover Bevan potentially being out.

I hope so.

[widdenoldboy]

Even though I'm loath to move Bevan, I think we go with

French
Miski
Eckersley
Wardle
Marshall
Farimond
Smith

Everyone in a position they are familiar with, with Bevan not in his best position.

Surely this is the strongest backline available

Agree, there are injury worries over French and Miski though, I can see Douglas coming in?

[Wiganer Ted]

Even though I'm loath to move Bevan, I think we go with

French
Miski
Eckersley
Wardle
Marshall
Farimond
Smith

Everyone in a position they are familiar with, with Bevan not in his best position.

Surely this is the strongest backline available

Agree, there are injury worries over French and Miski though, I can see Douglas coming in?

Thought Bevan's problem was illness rather than injury?

[Southern Softy]

If Miski's fit, he plays. If not, I'd give Douglas a chance on the wing. Maybe Eckersley to centre but FB looks his best position on past performances and keep Bevan in the halves where he's comfortable. If that doesn't work, then Farrimond comes into the picture.As for centre, Walters can cover that, surely. I seem to recall playing most of a season with Isa and Farrell in the centres, so we should be able to manage. Defence is the priority, judging by the last couple of games.
Useful that Cameron Smith's out.

[josie andrews]

If Miski's fit, he plays. If not, I'd give Douglas a chance on the wing. Maybe Eckersley to centre but FB looks his best position on past performances and keep Bevan in the halves where he's comfortable. If that doesn't work, then Farrimond comes into the picture.As for centre, Walters can cover that, surely. I seem to recall playing most of a season with Isa and Farrell in the centres, so we should be able to manage. Defence is the priority, judging by the last couple of games.
Useful that Cameron Smith's out.

And Andy Ackers!

[southportcdm]

As it's now been confirmed that Keighran is out for months rather than weeks we can't afford to play Faz or Walters at centre for so long. Eckersley will have to play centre (his best position) which means Bevan to fullback so long as Farrimond is fit. Unless we make an emergency signing (e.g. Brierley or a centre) we're going to struggle until Jai returns. Such a shame for Adam who was playing really well this season. I suppose the one upside could be that Eckersley gets a prolonged stint at centre which will be informative if Adam decides to return to the NRL next season.