Hurrell has returned to Saints. Eribe Doro, Conner Carr and Fenton Rogers all return on loan for the clash with York.

I assume we will line up like this:


Hooley
Okunbor
Blake
Gill
Carr
Meadows
Lilley
Lawrence
Ott
Scurr
Fulton
Gee
Doro
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Hallas
Bayliss
Rogers
Michael

Gee and Gill on the left side again with Meadows - expect that to be targeted.   Still, I thought Gill looked a lot fitter last week than he did when he came back from his previous injury.  


Hallas playing a stint at hooker doesn't fill me with joy but we're down to the bare bones.   I expect that if Keyes or Holmes were fit then Meadows would probably miss out after his below par game last week.  


Can't see us winning this unless we have a miraculous turnaround in form.    

I can see us winning this. The first game we had 3 in game injuries and lost by 3 scores. Second game we had 2 in game injuries and lost by 2 points. As long as we keep 17 players uninjured and on the pitch, we have at least a 50:50 chance in this game. It’s not a done thing. At all. 

I was hoping we might have either Keyes or Souter back fit for this weekend. I suspect with our first choice 1, 7 and 9 missing it will be a tough ask.

We've really struggled to match York physically in previous encounters, we know what Doro will bring but Rogers lm not sure how fit he is? I suspect Nobby will be targeting a pretty dull but low error gameplan designed to make York work for their points. In the previous two games and in particular the last one we gifted them far too much ball by our own impatience and mistakes.


There is clearly still enough quality in the likely side but it will need a massive improvement on recent efforts.