The only person who needs to play out of position is Max and he isn't bad at 6 just superb at no1
I hope Trueman gets some injury free time we really don't want this for half the season!

At the end of the day Rourke would?ve been better at 1 than having Pitts at 6. Stevenson I think is a couple of years away from making the step up. 


I think Powell needs to decide who gets the other centre spot out of Hall/Scott instead of shoehorning both in. 

I don?t think he would?ve at all. I like Roarke but he?s not got the skills of Jowitt and we lose far too much at full back without Jowitt at 1. You?d just be robbing Peter to pay Paul. 

Stevenson may be a bit away from a step up but he?d be better than Pitts at 6 and I?d gather we could compensate for 1 young player in the team. That would be last resort though, I?d much rather us bring in a 6 short term and problem sorted. 


Agree about Hall/Scott though. 


I said to a few people when Pratt didn?t get the starting shirt that he would force his way in and nobody would dislodge him from first team. They?ll have to fight over the other spot. 


No Farrimond again for Wigan. He would be a good short term fix up. 

Personally, I think it's now become a problem that we've got a quota player in Walmsley that the Coach doesn't rate. He's got to be making the team when quota spots are so valuable. Also going into the game I know quite a few people were twitchy with having Pitts in the halves again. Having your loose forward trying to play such an integral part of the teams attacking play is just a shot in the dark tbh, and it just puts all the pressure on Lino and the knock on from that is it makes the opposition's job much easier, shutting down one man instead of 2 options. I know it is what it is, but we've got to just get through this period until we get Trueman and Ruessell back, or find a loan replacement. 
Also on Scott, Powell sees him as a centre, nobody had any problems with his ability in that position previously, in fact, the opposite, he looked very good, and he says that's where he's played the vast majority of his career. There's a big leap between being a powerful meter-eating centre that makes space for his winger and being a fast winger. I think it's unfair for people to judge him in a position he's probably never played before and then want to shove him in the back row because of it. Why he ended up there instead of say, Corey Hall, I'm not sure because he'd have been a better fit imo.,

Yeah, I agree with most of that. Vagana has to come back in; he's our future with a massive ceiling, play him. Rate him or not, we've got to play Walmsley and for me, Scott and Pratt are our 2 best centres that offer something a bit different to each other.There's no way we can keep the Pitts experiment going again, we're just losing so much in terms of options by playing him there instead of moving Max into the halves and playing Rourke at FB. I know Max is the better all-around FB, but needs must, and he's so many leagues above Pitts in the halves, there's no comparison. It's just leaving such a big hole in our team at present. Whereas Rourke playing FB instead of Max doesn't imo, not in the short term anyway. Ideally, Trueman appears and sorts out so many problems.

Sounds like how longs a piece of string with Trueman returning. It?s not good having a herniated disk at his age?? or any age for that matter. Be interesting to see how that pans out, whether he needs Neuro intervention or if it can be managed with injections vis MSK team as I believe Powell said.  
Either way it?s not great, he won?t be able to train so will take a while to get back up to match fitness if the problem is somehow sorted. I personally can?t see him back for a few weeks yet??