Might seem a bit early considering but for first time since cas I’m excited to see how we get on. No more excuses, big names back, a win under our belt and 2 weeks to prep. Whereas, Wigan have a few injuries and about 8 players in the England squad. I hope we start to turn a corner and see some grit, win or lose. Our attack should be more fluid and hopefully resilient in D. For me, I’d line up like this:

1. Tex (better than litten in attack)
2. Litten (just needs to be on pitch to develop)
3. Carlos
4. Sutty
5. Swift
6. Trueman
7. Clifford
8. Sao
9. Houghton
10. Fash
11. Savelio (far better option than lane, enough said)
12. Griffin
13. Cator
14. Dwyer
15. Satae
16. Taylor
17. Scott (covers litten if Truey or Cliff can’t make 80 mins)

Id go the same. If Andre doesn't play he's as good as gone.

I just don’t get it, he’s not been 100% fit and still outperformed other forwards. He’s the one forward we have who can make something happen out of nothing. I’m not sure what smith’s issue with him is, he was the one who signed him at Warrington.

For me, it’s black and white here. Is his output better than lane, yes… then he plays unless he’s had a big disciplinary issue (which would’ve broke by now)

I honestly cannot see Trueman playing this game. Hi Jake.....you've been injured for a year, and you are coming back in to play Wigan without any time to get your match fitness, against a team that is renowned for putting pressure on legs and limbs.

He’s been in full training for a while and we’ve been playing it safe with recovery. He was also supposed to be ready this week so it’s an extra week down the line as well. We should get some minutes under his belt before we play wakey.

Also, we are playing them at home, now away

1. Litten
6. Tex
14. Trueman

Give Trueman 30 or so mins, unless we get injuries in the backs.

Having him and Dwyer on the bench would leave us lightweight, unless you drop Dywer and use Cator at hooker for a spell

It’s very lucky you pointed this out, for some reason I had it in my head we were having the ‘no home game’ part of season till pitch get a re-laid and that we were away until the salford home game

Going on TS's recent history of not playing to his standards your dropped, then Dwyer should not be any where near the 1st team for this one. His cameo role v Hudds late in the game was total garbage. Agree on Cator to spell Mint if needed later on.

Hoy better than Litten in attack?
How can you say that
Have you seen Hoy make a line break that Litten seems to be able to?
I am really hoping Hoy gets some confidence and comes good but i dont think i am the only one who has been disappointed by Hoy and not just in attack because his defence is non existent.
for the Wigan game i would leave Litten at full back and Scott again on the wing and play Hoy at six with Trueman on the bench.
If Hoy gets his hands on the ball more and utilises his running game which we have not yet seen it may boost his confidence which i think is what is missing in his game

Litten
6 appearances
2 tries
1 try assist
84 carries
3 clean breaks
508 metres
15 tackle busts
20 tackles
13 missed tackles

Hoy
7 appearances
0 tries
2 try assists
137 carries
1 clean break
721 metres
28 tackle busts
22 tackles
18 missed tackles