Options open for Naylor

OLDHAM new boys Steve Roper and Nathan Mason are among 22 players from whom Scott Naylor will name his side to face Oxford at Whitebank on Sunday (kick-off 3pm).

Though stopping short of confirming the new arrivals’ inclusion in the final 17, Naylor has promised changes in the wake of a disappointing performance at Hunslet Hawks.

He won’t show his hand until training tomorrow, but he has no shortage of options given that everyone is fit apart from Liam Thompson, Paddy Mooney and Adam Files.

None of those played at Hunslet, so the Oldham boss will be picking from that line-up plus Brett Robinson, Steven Nield, Edwin Okanga-Ajwang, Roper and Mason.