Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:38 pm  

Wellens (capt)
Gardner
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Eastmond
Puletua
Roby
Graham
Soliola
Flannery
Wilkin

Bench

Moore
Clough
McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Ashurst

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 2:42 pm  

foz11 wrote:

Wellens (capt)
Gardner
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Eastmond
Puletua
Roby
Graham
Dixon
Flannery
Wilkin

Bench

Moore
Clough
McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Ashurst

Your team, or the actual team? I'd get Soliola in there for Dixon.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:55 pm  

foz11 wrote:

Wellens (capt)
Gardner
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Eastmond
Puletua
Roby
Graham
Dixon
Flannery
Wilkin

Bench





Moore
Clough
McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Ashurst

Never. I'll wait for the 19 man squad to be named first. Why no Soliola?

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 4:30 pm  

I wonder if Lomax will be on the bench? I'm thinking that this match will only be the second outing for Kyle since his operations and he only spent 30 minutes on the pitch last time out. Surely he won't yet be ready to put in a full 80 against Wigan?

In spite of the temporary loss of our coach and the disruption that will possibly cause to training and preparation, I'm looking forward to the Magic match to see how we go in a competitive environment.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 4:59 pm  

Wellens
Gardner
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Eastmond
Graham
Roby
LMS
Soliola
Flannery
Wilkin

Moore
Clough
Puletua
Dixon

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:03 pm  

Am thinking Foster will play for his goal kicking abilities, Moore to cover Eastmond, Roby to play most of the match.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:14 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Moore to cover Eastmond

I don't think that's a good idea. He needs time to learn his own part properly after the messing about of last season. Surely it would be better to have Lomax, a halfback, covering for Eastmond?

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:45 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I don't think that's a good idea. He needs time to learn his own part properly after the messing about of last season. Surely it would be better to have Lomax, a halfback, covering for Eastmond?

When did Lomax last play at halfback for Saints.
Genuine question, and I don't mean in a friendly.

I'm trying to think of the U18 and U20 games v Wigan and I can't recall him playing in any of the halfback positions.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:46 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I don't think that's a good idea. He needs time to learn his own part properly after the messing about of last season. Surely it would be better to have Lomax, a halfback, covering for Eastmond?

Moore will be on the bench anyway as interchange hooker so it makes sense.

We can't afford both Moore and Lomax on the bench against a pack like Wigan.

Re: Team for the weekend : Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:53 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Moore will be on the bench anyway as interchange hooker so it makes sense.

But he's not really very good there (and I'm not blaming him for that; he just needs to have time and space to develop his own position).

We can't afford both Moore and Lomax on the bench against a pack like Wigan.

Can we afford to compromise on creativity and organisation at halfback given Wigan's defence? That was our downfall last season. It's a tricky one and unfortunate that our first game is against Wigan given the stage of Kyle's return. Maybe Kyle won't feature at all and Lomax will play instead, because it is Wigan? I don't know.