I don't mind any of the changes. Ramien is a surprise and wasn't on my radar as a possibility, but he's been shit for a while now and I'm happy enough to see it. Again, why is this guy in line for an upgrade? So far he's a 1-season wonder. Mann is lucky that Edrick is injured. It's good to have Fitz back. We need a team of 17 that is willing to defend first and foremost. Pearce, Watson and Kalyn can create us enough points to win if we can get some resolve back in D.
Bench is a bit light, we'll lose a bit of go-forward when Sione/Guerra come on in the middle... but at least we can rely on those blokes to keep turning up and making their tackles.
The backline shuffle to accommodate a rest for Watson is a bit shit as others have pointed out. I'm not sure it's much worse than a 12 minute spell for someone like Buhrer, though. I don't know why Brown is finding it so hard to find a hooker... although I do pretty much agree with his assessment that no-one he has put there has been up to it.