[Frosties.]

2018 | Your First Choice 17 : Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:06 pm  

With under a month until the new season starts & England internationals returning to training today. Bear in mind Galloway & Ferres will miss the start of the season through injury. What would your first choice 17 be?

Mine which I found very tough

Walker
Briscoe
Watkins (c)
L. Sutcliffe
Hall
Moon
Myler
Garbutt
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
Ward (vc)
Cuthbertson

Dwyer
Mullally
JJB
Peteru

There is a lot of depth this year with Golding, Delaney, Keinhorst, Handley, Ormondroyd, Lilley, Newman, Smith, Oledzki, Jordan-Roberts, Walters all battling for places in the squad. Then adding Ferres, Galloway & Alex Sutcliffe when they return from injury.

Walters & Ormondroyd apparently the form players in pre season so far.

Re: 2018 | Your First Choice 17 : Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:13 pm  

Yeah would pretty much go with that 17. Still only question mark IMO is whether he starts Cuthbertson at prop or loose or who gets that's 2nd second row spot between Ablett and JJB.

A potential different lineup could be

(1-7 the same)

Cuthbertson
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
Ward
JJB

Dwyer
Delaney
Garbutt
Mullally

Peteru is still a bit of an unknown how he'll go over here and with the WCC a couple of games in he might go for the more experienced lineup with that in mind.

Re: 2018 | Your First Choice 17 : Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:30 pm  

Looks a good shout for away at wire. If Delaney is fit I'd always find him a place.

Re: 2018 | Your First Choice 17 : Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:37 pm  

Delaney should be released imo it's a case of when he gets injured nowadays not if he's become a passenger on a starting 13 contract.

Re: 2018 | Your First Choice 17 : Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:41 pm  

I'm not convinced that the level of direction the team will receive from Myler and Moon at 6&7 will be sufficient.

Re: 2018 | Your First Choice 17 : Tue Jan 02, 2018 7:47 pm  

Frosties. wrote:

With under a month until the new season starts & England internationals returning to training today. Bear in mind Galloway & Ferres will miss the start of the season through injury. What would your first choice 17 be?

Mine which I found very tough

Walker
Briscoe
Watkins (c)
L. Sutcliffe
Hall
Moon
Myler
Garbutt
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
Ward (vc)
Cuthbertson

Dwyer
Mullally
JJB
Peteru

There is a lot of depth this year with Golding, Delaney, Keinhorst, Handley, Ormondroyd, Lilley, Newman, Smith, Oledzki, Jordan-Roberts, Walters all battling for places in the squad. Then adding Ferres, Galloway & Alex Sutcliffe when they return from injury.

Walters & Ormondroyd apparently the form players in pre season so far.

I’d probably go with the same 17, if Ferres can get fit and find some form I think he may be more effective than JJB.

We have the strongest squad in Super League IMO, we have some really good players not in our starting 17. We could have a 2nd choice squad as

1 Golding
2 Handley
3 Keinhorst
4 A Sutcliffe
5 Newman
6 Cam Smith
7 Lilley
8 Oledski
9 Walters
10 Galloway
11 Ferres
12 Delaney
13 Ormonroyd

Re: 2018 | Your First Choice 17 : Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:09 pm  

Frosties. wrote:

With under a month until the new season starts & England internationals returning to training today. Bear in mind Galloway & Ferres will miss the start of the season through injury. What would your first choice 17 be?

Mine which I found very tough

Walker
Briscoe
Watkins (c)
L. Sutcliffe
Hall
Moon
Myler
Garbutt
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
Ward (vc)
Cuthbertson

Dwyer
Mullally
F
Peteru

There is a lot of depth this year with Golding, Delaney, Keinhorst, Handley, Ormondroyd, Lilley, Newman, Smith, Oledzki, Jordan-Roberts, Walters all battling for places in the squad. Then adding Ferres, Galloway & Alex Sutcliffe when they return from injury.

Walters & Ormondroyd apparently the form players in pre season so far.

swap ablett and jjb around and I think you've got it. If all fit of course.