Why you available could even be an upgrade

Litten
Mcintosh
Wynne
Mitch
Barron
Gale
Hookem
Evans
Lovodua
Sao
Lane
Griffin
Stavely

Balmforth
Brown
Satae
Fash

No Shaul, Houghton or Taylor as a nice message that not earning your wage or playing with passion for your hometown club isn't acceptable and won't be tolerated, Griffin can count himself very lucky we've alot of injurys.

Mcintosh is awful defensively and makes a lot of mistakes

One of the worst starting wingers we've had for a few years

Just Gale and potentially McNamara. Vulikijapani back the week after, other all longer term.

Would of liked Mitch back this week for his defence and physicality, I'm not sold on Cam Scott at all even though he's injured, have we no decent academy centres.

I'd of thought we d of used the loan market with the scale of the injurys of possibly signed a good young player from the championship but seems we're adrift with no real plan

Thats the time to blood young players when the team is winning and confidence is high.
We do the opposite

to be honest when you look at the recruitment under Hodgson it is really poor.
I agree with you McIntosh is a pretty average S/L player but with Lovodua the best of a bad bunch.
It must be going through Adam Pearsons head do go with another recruitment year with Hodgson or do we replace him now and run with an in house coaching team for the rest of the season.
Whatever he does in my opinion the club will go through two more average seasons before some of the younger players mature which hopefully several will do.

two months out with a serious back injury and straight back into the first team.I know we are short of players but really is that the right thing to do?

If hookem is fit then best to leave benny mc for another week but if not we Don't really have any option but to play him. I wonder if we have a reserve game he could play in

Thats what i thought reserve games were for,to help previously injured players get some match fitness,drop underperforming players for a reality check,and promote academy players as a road to first team football