Quote Originally Posted by Bulldog Joe View Post
I know it won't happen, but the best way to win matches is not to concede first possession to your opposition. With our expected ruck set up it won't matter who we keep forward, because they will mostly be spectators.

I hope I'm wrong but Tim English is not competitive enough to be any threat to NicNat.
It should be avoided at all costs. We need Naughton to be injury free for the rest of the year and putting him in the ruck against NN in the hope that he can nullify him enough to give us a chance of winning one game is too high risk as far as our season is concerned.

I see what you're getting at and agree that if Martin doesn't play we're stuffed (we may be stuffed even if he does play), but I reckon Stevo has neglected the 'Martin being present detail', and he was actually on that plane.