If he is ready then he should play; simple as that.
I imagine if we were playing the Roosters this week, supporters would be salivating at the prospect of Tom playing and giving us a chance of victory.
Instead...
We are playing the Knights and I also imagine many of our supporters have already banked the 2 points and fail to see the benefit of Tom playing.
Personally, I think we are ripe for the picking on Friday. A massive game against the Raiders has worn us out, we have one eye on the bye and could be forgiven for being complacent against the last placed side.
DANGER GAME!!!!
We need this 2 points to push for the top 4 and open up a gap within the top 8. We need to head into the bye with our tails up, and we need to take advantage of playing weaker opposition; other teams take advantage so we must also.
Tom will go a long way to ensuring we don't let this one slip like the Raiders did in Newcastle a month ago.