Team for the Semi : Sun Apr 06, 2003 6:57 pm  

My Team for the semi would be.

1 Connolly
2. Chev
3. McKenna
4. Senior
5. Calderwood
6. Dunneman
7. McGuire
8. Mcdonald
9. Diskin
10.Bailey
11.Furner
12.Adamson
13.Sinny

subs
Feather
Mcdermott
Burrow
Poching

McGuire did enough last night to warrant a start - bet he does not even make the 17. Cummins will play so Chev on bench, Burrow will start so it is either Poching or Danny - bet DP has got the bottle to drop Cummins.

: Sun Apr 06, 2003 7:09 pm  

1 Connolly
2. Chev
3. McKenna
4. Senior
5. Calderwood
6. Maguire
7. Burrow
8. Mcdonald
9. Diskin
10.Bailey
11.Furner
12.Adamson
13.Sinfield

subs
Feather
Mcdermott
Dunneman
Cummins


I would bring Chev and Bailey in even though we won as I could see the semis being a much tougher game and sticking with the winning team may not be enough.

: Sun Apr 06, 2003 7:41 pm  

1. Connolly
2. Chev
3. McKenna
4. Senior
5. Calderwood
6. Dunneman
7. McGuire
8. Bailey
9. Diskin
10. McDermott
11. Furner
12. Adamson
13. Sinfield

14. Feather
15. McDonald
16. Poching
17. Burrow

: Sun Apr 06, 2003 9:29 pm  

The must haves
Connolly
Calderwood
Senior
Dunnemann
McDermott
disko
Wayne Mac
Furner
Adamson
Sinfield
Feather

The competion, for the remaining 6 places
Burrow
McGuire
Poching
Chev
McKenna (can't see him being dropped)
Wardy
Bailey
Franny

So we will have to drop 2 out of those 8
Who will it be
I'll gamble at Wardy and The other is very very hard, but I'll say Chev will be "not fully recovered"

: Mon Apr 07, 2003 6:40 am  

Barring any unknown injuries, I am pretty certain DP will start with the same 13. Subs may be different with maybe chev in for Willie.

Wouldn't be at all surprised if the entire 17 is unchanged. They did the job on Saturday so I'd be inclined to let them do it again.

What I cannot understand is why Leeds are still outsiders for the cup????

: Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:38 am  

Chris

How often do saints lose a really big game. Can they really play that badly again and can we raise our game to the another level - If we don't get off to bad start I think we have their beating

: Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:52 am  

Did they honestly play THAT badly ? I thought they played as well as we let them - our forwards dominated theirs and forced them into errors and restricted their ability to offload.

I wouldn't mind betting that we committed much more "unenforced errors" than they did, whereas all of their handling errors seemed to be forced by our defence.

: Mon Apr 07, 2003 7:56 am  

To be honest, in the greater scheme of things, I think you might as well discount this weeks match as having any sort of effect on the cup match. The logic that we beat saints once therefore will beat them the following week doesn't follow. Look at Giants, beat saints last week yet were given a close ride by wakefield...does this suggest that wakefield are on an even sort of footing with the Saints?
For any cup match you can throw the form book out of the window. The lads did the deed this week, they have to raise their game another level to do the same again, complacency loses matches.

: Mon Apr 07, 2003 9:18 am  

Agree that Saturday's match will have no effect from a Saints perspective, but from our lads perspective they really did get a monkey off their back.

Imagine the effect another late defeat or worse still, a solid hammering might have had on our boys.

: Mon Apr 07, 2003 9:46 am  

My team would be:

1. Connolly
2. Calderwood
3. McKenna
4. Senior
5. Walker (OK, he's not a winger, but his form is better than FC's, but may be injured anyway)
6. Dunneman
7. Burrow
8. McDonald
9. Diskin
10. Bailey
11. Furner
12. Adamson
13. Sinfield

14. McGuire
15. McDermott
16. Poching
17. Feather

Starting McGuire and Burrow together is suicide defensively, and criminal because Dunneman is playing well at the moment.