Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:06 am  

rugbyleague88 wrote:

Will be interesting when the likes of Holroyd, Smith, A. Sutcliffe and Lui return who will be the casualties in the team.

Holroyd when fit will replace Vuniyayawa Lui will be back at 6 with Sutcliffe moving back to centre. Smith will probably make the 17. A Sutcliffe will only come back in if the injuries pile up.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Thu Jun 03, 2021 5:02 pm  

Well, got an email saying i e been allocated a ticket for this as they did a second ballot!

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:57 pm  

fanstanningley wrote:

Holroyd when fit will replace Vuniyayawa Lui will be back at 6 with Sutcliffe moving back to centre. Smith will probably make the 17. A Sutcliffe will only come back in if the injuries pile up.

I reckon that`s probably right which is a shame for Alex but maybe with him going to Cas it`s the logical outcome.
If Liam was going to Cas then maybe Alex would replace him at centre.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Thu Jun 03, 2021 7:53 pm  

Call me old fashioned but I’d like to see a 17 including Oledzski, Prior, Tetevano, Holroyd and King.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Thu Jun 03, 2021 10:33 pm  

Seth wrote:

Call me old fashioned but I’d like to see a 17 including Oledzski, Prior, Tetevano, Holroyd and King.

I agree Seth. Go with your strengths. Whether Tommy is fully fit remains to be seen though.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:40 am  

Seth wrote:

Call me old fashioned but I’d like to see a 17 including Oledzski, Prior, Tetevano, Holroyd and King.

Not convinced we need to go with all 5.That would mean having 2 props on the bench plus Dwyer that then only leaves one spot left between Smith, Gannon,Thompson,Walters Donaldson When all fit i'd prefer to bring Smith on to 13 and move Tetevano up to prop then bring on another back rower to replace either Mellor or Martin.Prior generally plays long minutes so i just don't see the need for 5 props.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Fri Jun 04, 2021 6:45 am  

Seth wrote:

Call me old fashioned but I’d like to see a 17 including Oledzski, Prior, Tetevano, Holroyd and King.

Agreed...Bench of Holroyd, king, Smith, dwyer when/if everyones fit.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Fri Jun 04, 2021 11:15 am  

We need to be very careful in not bringing players back too early against Saints……… especially in the forwards. They may be vulnerable after the cup semi and our focus should be only on those players 100% fi5.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:26 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

I agree Seth. Go with your strengths. Whether Tommy is fully fit remains to be seen though.

Yeah I’m sure he will need some steady short stints to reintegrate and get to somewhere like, it’s a shame there’s no reserves for this very reason. If all 5 are on form it would be one hell of a prospect for the rest to play off that rotation.

Re: RD 9 | St Helens (H) : Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:30 pm  

fanstanningley wrote:

Not convinced we need to go with all 5.That would mean having 2 props on the bench plus Dwyer that then only leaves one spot left between Smith, Gannon,Thompson,Walters Donaldson When all fit i'd prefer to bring Smith on to 13 and move Tetevano up to prop then bring on another back rower to replace either Mellor or Martin.Prior generally plays long minutes so i just don't see the need for 5 props.

One back row on the bench with prior at 13 doing the big minutes and tetevano rotating at prop would be my preference. If smith cements a place at 13 then it puts pressure on the 5 middles to play for 4 spaces. Good competition either way.