Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:01 pm  

The only change from the 19 that was named before the semi final with Catalan sees Matty Dawson come in for Gary Wheeler.

Nathan Brown will choose from:

2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Jordan Turner, 4. Josh Jones, 5. Adam Swift, 6. Lance Hohaia, 8. Mose Masoe, 9. James Roby, 10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 11. Sia Soliola, 13. Willie Manu, 14. Anthony Laffranchi, 15. Mark Flanagan, 16. Kyle Amor, 17. Paul Wellens, 18. Alex Walmsley, 22. Mark Percival, 26. Matty Dawson, 27. Greg Richards, 28. Luke Thompson.

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:03 pm  

Same team as Catalans for me...

Wellens
Makinson Percival Jones Swift
Hohaia Flanaghan
Amor Roby Masoe
LMS Thompson
Turner

Manu Soliola Walmsley Richards

Can see Laffranchi in for Richards though...

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:04 pm  

Same as last week for me.

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:24 pm  

He's said on Facebook that he's going with the same team, but do you believe him?

I wonder weather he'll leave Swift in the same place or swap him for Dawson?
If he anticipates Wane targeting him in defence, he may try and outfox him by moving him around.
If your master plan hinges on Matty Dawson, though, it may not be that great.

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:26 pm  

Dawson on the wing it is then...

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:29 pm  

Same 17.

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:31 pm  

I think Brown will show some loyalty and choose the 17 from last week who got us to this final.
My prediction is that Luke Thompson will play a blinder.

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:33 pm  

It's a tricky one. Swift is more likely to be exposed by Wigan's threequarters, but overall he's clearly better than Dawson. One thing that he does well, despite being small, is making yards when carrying the ball in our own half, either from kicks or from dummy half on tackle 1 or 2. Getting our sets off to a good start is going to be massively important, and Dawson is completely useless in that respect. For me the benefits of picking Swift outweigh the drawbacks, and I'd be inclined to pick him ahead of Dawson, but it's a risk.

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:40 pm  

I'd play swift everytime, but who knows what trick Bonkers Brown is going to pull.

Re: Grand Final 19 man Squad : Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:49 pm  

Dux wrote:

It's a tricky one. Swift is more likely to be exposed by Wigan's threequarters, but overall he's clearly better than Dawson. One thing that he does well, despite being small, is making yards when carrying the ball in our own half, either from kicks or from dummy half on tackle 1 or 2. Getting our sets off to a good start is going to be massively important, and Dawson is completely useless in that respect. For me the benefits of picking Swift outweigh the drawbacks, and I'd be inclined to pick him ahead of Dawson, but it's a risk.

Good balanced post that. I, like most Saints fans, know that Swift has an abundance of potential (a lot of it already fulfilled), but he will be a huge target for Wigan out wide as he still can't pick the wide play in defence.