Well broncospwn was one of the Chicken Littles freaking out about Hodges last week, when there was never any doubt he would play. So it's understandable to confuse his sarcasm for gullibility :P
I don't see what's so bad about shifting one of the back rowers to cover number 7. I'm not that worried about Locky then being the focal point for attack, all it means is McCullough, K. Hunt and Hodges will then need to take on a bit more playmaking responsibility, which they are capable of.
In any case, the Broncos aren't going to blow the Storm off the park with attack. We're going to beat them by hurting them. 7 forwards bashing the shit out of Cronk, Slater, Inglis, Smith and Finch will go a long way to shutting down the Storm's attack. If it's a trench battle up front, the Storm have no chance.
Even with Wallace if we tried to match them with an open, free flowing attacking game, we'd fall to bits. As good as our defence has been there's no doubt on the fringes we struggle against guys with fast footwork. And as much as I hate to say it, Slater would carve us to shit.