LEE Radford admits he's facing the biggest dilemma of his Hull FC coaching career so far in selecting a team to face Wakefield Wildcats.
Hull head into Sunday's match at the KC Stadium with just Tom Lineham and Bobby Tyson-Wilson as the only players not fit for selection out of the entire first-team squad.
It's left Radford with a headache which he says has seen the intensity rise at training with everyone desperate to force his hand.
"We've had a 14-day turnaround and everybody in the squad is pretty much fit now," Radford told the Mail.
"I have a lot of decisions to make this week and they're going to be tough decisions.
"There is obviously the half-back combination, there's my centre combination and my front row too and that's before we get to the bench.
"There are some real tough decisions for me to make this week and this is probably the first time I've had to make these sort of decisions. They're headaches, but ones that I want as a coach."
The return to full fitness of Jason Crookes provides Radford with his first choice to make, with the wing man fighting alongside Liam Colbon for a spot.
The same competition lies in the front row with seven fit props all vying for a place, but it is in the halves where no doubt most of the focus will once again lie.
After returning from a minor injury with two games from the bench, Richard Horne is in contention to win back his starting role.
A return for Horne would leave either Jordan Rankin or Jacob Miller disappointed, a fact not lost on Radford.
"I will go with my gut feeling, but it's about training this week and how the players perform," adds Radford.
"The players are pushing for selection in training at the minute and there is nothing in it when it comes to some of the positions.
"It was like that with the decision between Liam Watts and Paleaaesina recently and it is the same with Miller, Rankin and Horne this week, there is nothing in it.
"It comes down to training and how the players impress. Certainly this week more than any other so far, what the players do at training will sway my decision."
