Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:47 pm  

I would go with the following:
Myler
Newman,Hurrell, Sutcliffe, Handley
McLelland, Gale
Mik, Leeming,King
Mellor, Martin
Smith.

Dwyer,Tetavano/Donaldson,Holroyd,Gannon

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:31 pm  

Seth wrote:

Are we sure tetevano will be playing?

Race against time but trying to get him playing this week. But no certainty as of yesterday.

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:37 pm  

For prior, wouldn't it make more sense to rest him next week ahead of the short turn around. Play him this week, rest him on Thursday then he's fresh for Monday

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:20 am  

Would be great to see our strongest possible pack take the field for the first time in a long time. Once we are 16-20 points up against Salford is the time to rest players like Prior IMO, would be happy for him to sit out the 2nd half on the bench if that’s the case.

Myler
Briscoe
Newman
Hurrell
Handley
Sutcliffe
Gale
Oledski
Leeming
Tetevano
Mellor
Martin
Prior

Dwyer
Vuniyayawa
Holroyd
Smith

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 6:53 am  

I said before that I could live with us not making the play-offs this year; however on the basis that if we do make the top six we could rattle a few cages, we need to win this game really.

I'd go strongest possible side and try to win a very important home game, in front of fans, against beatable opposition. The time to rest players has passed until the next pile-up, and you get a self-reinforcing prophecy here - start big, get a lead, then we might be able to rest a couple.

Important to remember that much of the squad *hasn't* played the congested fixtures that the likes of Leeming, Prior, Dwyer have due to bans, COVID and injury. I'm sure Agar will do what's best, although I disagreed with the selection for the first Cats game.

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:06 am  

I have a soft spot for Saford ,but I'm expecting a full 80 minutes from Leeds this week ,they will be hurting

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:55 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

I said before that I could live with us not making the play-offs this year; however on the basis that if we do make the top six we could rattle a few cages, we need to win this game really.

I'd go strongest possible side and try to win a very important home game, in front of fans, against beatable opposition. The time to rest players has passed until the next pile-up, and you get a self-reinforcing prophecy here - start big, get a lead, then we might be able to rest a couple.

Important to remember that much of the squad *hasn't* played the congested fixtures that the likes of Leeming, Prior, Dwyer have due to bans, COVID and injury. I'm sure Agar will do what's best, although I disagreed with the selection for the first Cats game.

Happy to not make playoffs? U tipped us for the title pre-season.

No Leeds team should be happy with finishing as low as 7th.

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:39 am  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

Happy to not make playoffs? U tipped us for the title pre-season.

No Leeds team should be happy with finishing as low as 7th.

Mate you keep saying this but I think I've been pretty consistent in where the club is at this year. I've repeatedly said that the club should be building for 2022, and not just recently.

I might have made one post that was confident based on our notional first choice team in pre-season - shoot me. Our first choice 13 is actually very competitive, but we haven't seen them consistently on the park yet all season. And I don't think any other side in the comp is all that - Saints are decent but their own side we beat in previous GFs would have destroyed the current team IMO.

If anyone on this board plays the long game it would be me!

I'm not saying I'd be delighted if we didn't make the play-offs either. I'm saying I'm not going to be kicking cats around the place if we don't.

You don't just demand results in sport, you have to build and earn them by getting your inputs consistently right. For us the oil tanker has sailed far off course with our talent production, and it's taken a huge effort to shift it back again. This young team will get better, there's no doubt in my mind, as it they do then success is more likely. We are still undercooked this year and clearly missing quality in a couple of key positions. Sezer is in theory a big step in the right direction there.

Where we finish on the table isn't the be-all. Every other side is either improving or going backwards all the time - it's not a fixed target. Winning the SL in modern times is not the accolade it was when the quality of player was generally higher for example. Are we making progress though? Yes absolutely. We could finish 9th this year and I'd still think the team is going in the right direction. We are absolutely capable of winning the title next year IF we get one or two more recruitment/retention decisions right.

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:51 am  

KaeruJim wrote:

Mate you keep saying this but I think I've been pretty consistent in where the club is at this year. I've repeatedly said that the club should be building for 2022, and not just recently.

I might have made one post that was confident based on our notional first choice team in pre-season - shoot me. Our first choice 13 is actually very competitive, but we haven't seen them consistently on the park yet all season. And I don't think any other side in the comp is all that - Saints are decent but their own side we beat in previous GFs would have destroyed the current team IMO.

If anyone on this board plays the long game it would be me!

I'm not saying I'd be delighted if we didn't make the play-offs either. I'm saying I'm not going to be kicking cats around the place if we don't.

You don't just demand results in sport, you have to build and earn them by getting your inputs consistently right. For us the oil tanker has sailed far off course with our talent production, and it's taken a huge effort to shift it back again. This young team will get better, there's no doubt in my mind, as it they do then success is more likely. We are still undercooked this year and clearly missing quality in a couple of key positions. Sezer is in theory a big step in the right direction there.

Where we finish on the table isn't the be-all. Every other side is either improving or going backwards all the time - it's not a fixed target. Winning the SL in modern times is not the accolade it was when the quality of player was generally higher for example. Are we making progress though? Yes absolutely. We could finish 9th this year and I'd still think the team is going in the right direction. We are absolutely capable of winning the title next year IF we get one or two more recruitment/retention decisions right.

Im only teasing you lad. You made more than 1 title prediction btw.

Re: RD 15 | Salford Red Devils (H) : Wed Jul 21, 2021 10:30 am  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

Im only teasing you lad. You made more than 1 title prediction btw.

Well even a stopped clock is right twice a day Marty. Can't wait to see the club get back on its feet again with crowds back in etc., we have a lot to look forward to in amongst the inevitable challenges...