Know its early doors yet but here goes.



1 kearney

2 sherriffe

3 reardon

4 nero

5 halley

6 sykes

7 orford

8 scruton

9 godwin

10 lynch

11 menzies

12 hall

13 langley



14 l'estrange

15 donaldson

16 worrincy

17 sculthorpe

I'm sure not many will agree!



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Certainly not the RFL if you have two players wearing the same number









Seriously....



I'd go with:



Halley

Sheriffe

Platt

Nero

Reardon

Kearney

Orford

Scruton

Godwin

Lynch

Menzies

Hall

Langley

SUBS

L'Estrange

Kopczak

Sculthorpe

Donaldson



With Sykes providing the backup for pretty much the entire backs.



I don't like putting Sheriffe in there, but he's a better option on the wing than moving Platt or Sykes out there, and I don't agree with moving Halley away from the fullback position after playing so well there last year.



Worrincy I think should be trained up to be our permanent water carrier. It's a position he may be able to excel in.

I'm still in two minds about this. I do think Halley should start at 1 next season though. However if Kearney at 6 doesn't work out or Sheriffe is garbage then Macca may have to seriously consider switching Halley to the wing. I think Sykes is probably worthy of a spot somewhere between 1-6 though and our strongest line up overall may indeed have Sykes at stand off.

I agree with pretty much all of that. I'd like to see what Kearney is like at 6 though first. If he isn't doing so well, then I think the best for the team may well be Sykes at 6, Kearney at fullback and Halley on the wing.



It doesn't feel overly fair leaving Sykes out after he had a good few games at the back end of last season. But his defence isn't good enough for the three quarters, Halley is our player of the year so deserves to keep the same position, and Kearney has the potential to be a quality Stand Off. If I was picking the side, I'd struggle to fit in Sykes for those reasons. However as soon as someone isn't performing, I think he should be banging on the door for that man's place.

1. Halley

2. Sheriffe

3. Sykes

4. Nero

5. Reardon

6. Kearney

7. Orford

8. Scruton

9. L'Estrange

10. Lynch

11. Menzies

12. Hall

13. Langley



14. Godwin

15. Sculthorpe

16. Whitehead

17. Worrincy

Here's mine..



1. kearney

2. Reardon

3. Platt

4. Nero

5. Halley

6. Sykes

7. Orford

8. Sculthorpe

9. L'Estrange

10. Lynch

11. Menzies

12. Hall

13. Langley



14. Godwin

15. Scruton

16. Sherriffe

17. Worrincy

To start the season I'd go with:



1. Halley

2. Reardon

3. Sykes

4. Nero

5. Sheriffe

6. Kearney

7. Orford

8. Scruton

9. L'Estrange

10. Lynch

11. Menzies

12. Hall

13. Langley



14. Godwin

15. Sculthorpe

16. Donaldson

17. Kopczak



But as many people have said, i'd see how Kearney and Sheriffe perform, and if it looked like the best option, put Halley on the wing and Kearney to full back.

There's a theme to all these line ups, the pack virtually picks itself (which is a worry when we get injuries) with no place for kojack. Not that im too upset about that, his defence is ok but he does'nt carry the ball strong enough for mine, but we do have plenty options in the backs.

I don't think you can call it a worry when you pack picks itself.



We have some good youngsters in forwards. Sure all will be used over the season.



Our worry is still in the backs.

Kopzcak is steadily improving, defends well, doesn't give away many penalties and gains an average amount of metres. he'll be used as fourth prop and I think he will be in the starting 17 when fit.

Kopczak just not good enough for mine.

I think pairing Sheriffe up with either Nero or Reardon as his centre would improve his game and shore up our defence on his side. Once to often Sheriffe when paired with Sykes found himself defending 2 on 1 as Sykes has a tendancy to drift in field and leave his winger exposed. Nero and Reardon are a bit more secure defensively and would provide Sheriffe a bit more protection.