Re: 6 and 7 : Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:49 am  

Our 6 and 7 situation is a concern for me. Even when both fit (Which looks unlikely to ever happen), neither are a threat to the line at all. This means they are very predictable and clubs can defend effectively against them.

Other clubs have direct pace/trickery in the halves or at hooker that we can't compete with. I'd love to see us bring in someone like Brierley.

Re: 6 and 7 : Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:51 pm  

barham red wrote:

His downside was his manner on the pitch, enthusiastic yes but he pilloried younger players for mistakes (even his own) and gave off the opinion of a disjointed camp. Rumour has it Chester wasn't sad to see him go. Not sure if that side of Travis has shown itself at Saints.

Either way, your lot don't seem to be doing too badly and we got ourselves a few quid and a couple of halves that if we get them on the pitch are (in our opinion) a lot better than we had so we all move on.

Could have been a HKR man management problem, here at Saints we have got enough strong characters in the team and coaching staff to handle egoistic problems. As for Burns as a player, one of the first names on the team sheet for me, very competitive, niggly and likes to get totally involved whether he plays good or bad, you always need this type of player in your side to keep the team ticking over.
Sooner or later Walsh and Burns are going to click, when that happens I'm pretty confident we can dominate any side in Superleague, hopefully this will come in the play offs, we will have to wait and see.

Re: 6 and 7 : Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:04 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Our 6 and 7 situation is a concern for me. Even when both fit (Which looks unlikely to ever happen), neither are a threat to the line at all. This means they are very predictable and clubs can defend effectively against them.

Other clubs have direct pace/trickery in the halves or at hooker that we can't compete with. I'd love to see us bring in someone like Brierley.

It doesn't concern me as much. Travis is strong and as the half break for the winning try on Thursday showed, if you give him a gap he can punish you.
Aside from that, Burns showed a lot of nouse in the early games when we were without Walsh. I think we have two minor problems - 1) Walsh is still hit and miss and 2)Travis hasn't adjusted to Walsh's return.

For me, with Greenwood and Vea running in the second row channels and Percy and Turner in the centres, we can afford a lack of pace fromt he playmakers, especially if it means us bulking up on brainpower.

Re: 6 and 7 : Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:38 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Our 6 and 7 situation is a concern for me. Even when both fit (Which looks unlikely to ever happen), neither are a threat to the line at all. This means they are very predictable and clubs can defend effectively against them.

Other clubs have direct pace/trickery in the halves or at hooker that we can't compete with. I'd love to see us bring in someone like Brierley.

It shouldn't be as much as a concern when we have Roby and Quinlan as attacking options. We don't need to rely on fast pace in the halves, much better to have smart half backs, Walsh is an organiser and when he gets his timing back will pick out players with the right pass, Burns is an "off the cuff" unpredictable runner will quickly change direction and find a support player.

Re: 6 and 7 : Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:53 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Sooner or later Walsh and Burns are going to click

I sincerely hope you are right, but it's not always as simple as that.

Re: 6 and 7 : Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:05 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

I sincerely hope you are right, but it's not always as simple as that.

Semi, a week on Friday would be nice!