Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 3:02 pm  

i did think that Ben Karalius might have got a call up

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 3:07 pm  

Yeah Ashe or Wellens at half back. Question is who covers when he goes off after 15 minutes?

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 3:21 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Yeah Ashe or Wellens at half back. Question is who covers when he goes off after 15 minutes?

Makinson could cover FB if either go off, however if anyone else gets a knock we could be struggling big time.

I would not be surprised to see Meli take a shift in the back row at some point, or at least get involved more than usual from centre, as it is asking an awful lot of debutant juniors (Hale/Thomson/Greenwood) to play long spells against Hudds monster pack.

June is a crucial month in terms of where we are going to finish in the table, bearing that in mind I'll settle for a spirited and commited performance and no more injuries, anything else from this game is a bonus, I'd certainly take another draw right now.

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 3:48 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Yeah Ashe or Wellens at half back. Question is who covers when he goes off after 15 minutes?

You!

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 3:50 pm  

What injury has Puletua picked up?

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 4:30 pm  

pmack17 wrote:

What injury has Puletua picked up?

It's a common condition called, "I've signed the last contract of my career syndrome".

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 4:35 pm  

Chris Saint wrote:

Makinson could cover FB if either go off, however if anyone else gets a knock we could be struggling big time.

I would not be surprised to see Meli take a shift in the back row at some point, or at least get involved more than usual from centre, as it is asking an awful lot of debutant juniors (Hale/Thomson/Greenwood) to play long spells against Hudds monster pack.

June is a crucial month in terms of where we are going to finish in the table, bearing that in mind I'll settle for a spirited and commited performance and no more injuries, anything else from this game is a bonus, I'd certainly take another draw right now.

Agreed. June will be critical as you say. Meli has to get through a hell of alot more work than he has done in recent weeks. He is big enough to play in the back row and its about time we saw some hard work from him.

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 4:41 pm  

Didn't Graham have a rest last week, Maybe Royce has decided he can only push those playing with knocks so far without risking worsening those injuries.

TP and Graham have had alot of game time whilst carrying knocks. You win nowt at this point in the season and with the CC being 2 weeks apart, followed by the exiles game 3 weeks later, this maybe the part of the season where Royce has decided to spell those who have had to carry this injury hit team over the last few months

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 4:45 pm  

pmack17 wrote:

What injury has Puletua picked up?

Royce said he had 'bumps and bruises' before the Sheffield game, which is why he missed the Sheffield game.

Flannery didn't last long, did he?

Re: 19 Man Squad : Thu May 12, 2011 4:45 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

Didn't Graham have a rest last week,

Only insofar as he didn't play as many minutes as he usually does!