once this meaningless game v samoa is done and our players fly back to blighty who should be our half back pairing..young dec and livett or should brown waltz back in but at who`s expense

I am sorry but you have to stick with this two. Why change?

agee..let the youth blossom but will smith sit brown on bench..gotta feeling one will be ousted

well you not mentioned Gidley there, Ratchford will go to fullback, so it seem 4 into 2 now although 1 person on the match thread said he did not know Patton was playing.

Did Evans pick up a knock at the end of his charge maybe a space at centre? Gidley played well at FB tonight and who knows what effect the international will have on the other contenders, I would have no qualms sticking with Patton/Livett

At the 20 minute mark I said to my mate is Patton playing (it was a genuine question) to which my mate said "don't know I've not seen him"

Patton was nowhere until Morgan Smith came on. Was it Morgan Smith coming on or Dwyer going off that changed the game.

Morgan Smith was keeping Dwyer out of the team until his injury last season. It's only time and he'll be the bench replacement for Clark.

Dwyer's mistake last season was to get cheeky over money and upset TS. Dwyer's form was patchy too. Morgan was biting at the bit looks to be as good as last season,and Tony has a long memory.

Was it Wigan Dwyer was wanting to go? I won't stand in his way.

Patton still had 2 try assists last night, when he was off kicking duties with a leg strapped up. He does need to learn how to impose himself on a game but he will only pick that up with game time. I want to see him wanting to be on the ball more, he is a talent. Livett looked great last night some of his pick ups were brilliant, especially for his try, good to see the errors never put him off his game. If Patton is injured I'd perhaps rest him next week and put ratchford in the team (he has to play if fit at FB or halves. Morgan Smith just did everything simple from dummy half and we looked better for it, I enjoy a good scoot from Clark but it doesn't really allow half backs to get involved and running support lines is difficult when you don't know where the attack will end up.

Please Tony don't put brown back in to this team.

It was a great win, but lets not kids ourselves too much - we scored 3 quick tries that had nothing to do with half backs - two were directly off the back of Saints mistakes, and one was down to a great offload by Russell. Had those mistakes not happened, we would still of been 14-12 down. They did happen, and suddenly we're 16 points ahead.

Patton, Livett, Gidley, Ratchford - I don't care - the one clear thing is though - Brown should NOT get back in that team!! He will, but he shouldn't!!!

Someone tell me (because I can't be bothered): what is the win - lose ratio with and without Brown "starting" the game?? Have we won a game with him in the starting line up yet??

Brown should get nowhere near this team at the moment as he's been dog poo so if Smith does put him straight back in the team he truly has lost the plot.

Maybe so, but our first try [iwas [/ifrom a clever short pass by Patton, and Gidley had effectively stepped into the half-back space for his equally good pass to Cooper.