Not in the squad to face leeds on Saturday, is he injured or dropped? Alson no place for Fox but thats not suprising....

Colbon, Cook, Cockayne, Clinton, Fisher, Galea, Green, Hodgson, Latus, Lovegrove, Mason, Murrell, Sheriff, Taylor, Vella, Watts, Webster, Welham, Wheeldon

Colbon, Cook, Cockayne, Clinton, Fisher, Galea, Green, Hodgson, Latus, Lovegrove, Mason, Murrell, Sheriff, Taylor, Vella, Watts, Webster, Welham, Wheeldon.

Webb, Smith, Senior, Hall, Burrow, Leuluai, Buderus, Jones-Bishop, Ablett, Sinfield, Cross, Bailey, Kirke, Watkins, Hauraki, Clarkson, Pitts, McShane, Singleton.


With Briscoe out and Hall and Fox both missing out...

Latus to play on the wing? Or Cockayne in the 3/4s with Sheriff getting the nod at FB? Cook to play centre?

As long as it's not Vella @ centre again!

Imagine JM will play

Cockayne
Colbon
Welham
Webster
Latus

Rest more or less picks itself assuming Vella is fit to play - with Sheriff and Cook missing out.
Webster, Murrell or even Welham to deputise the kicking duties?

I would have thought looking at that the back-line picks itself.

Cockayne
Latus
Webster
Welham
Colbon
Green
Murrell.


With regards the forwards i really hope that we arnt rushing Vella back too early.

Do we get to bring a specialised kicker on for the goals and penalties?

That bloke from half time against Crusaders could do a job.

Aahhh but whats he like from 3 yards in?

There wont be any penalties with Alibert in charge.

Its Jones-Buchanan not Jones-Bishop in the team

Seeing as Hall and Fox are dropped I seriously hope Sheriff gets the nod at fullback.

I thought Fox had a dead leg and is ruled out through injury. He was a passenger in the second half last week due to it. Wasnt much better before he picked it up mind.
I just cant see Justin picking Sheriff to make his debut against a team like Leeds. He would be a breath of fresh air with ball in hand as he is far more dynamic than Briscoe and possibly Cockayne but he still has a lot of mistakes in his game, particularly when dealing with kicks and he will be cruely exploited in my opinion.

Possibly.
TBH with regard to Fox I would have dropped him anyway.
Now with regard to the high ball none of our FB's are superb anyway I would like to put him in there and try it, Exactly what have we got to lose?

He is pretty good under the high ball to be honest, its balls that are put through on the floor and behind him that i have seen him have issues with over the past 3 seasons. I get the feeling that its a concentration thing rather than an inabilty to actually handle them. I am certain that he will iron it out and become our full back for years to come as i've put elsewhere. I just want to see him iron out his deficiencies in an environment where he wont be hung out to dry if things go wrong.
Look across the river at young Reece Lynn. Sheriff is a better player than he is now due to the way that Rovers have gently progressed him. Hull shoved Lynn in before he was ready, he has made mistakes in the media spotlight and i have already seen him described as Kevin Penny mrk2 by the odd Hull fan. Is that what we would want for our 17 year olds?
In terms of what we have to lose by playing him, probably nothing. In terms of what he has to lose, possibly plenty.
That said if he does play i hope he has a blinder, scores a hat-trick and i end up looking a wally.