Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:49 am  

Lefranchie whilst new to the country was anonymous! Didn't realise he was playing until about 5 mins to go.

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:33 am  

It's only round two and early days so no need to panic yet. As people have said, laffranchci is new, perry been out a year etc but I do sort of agree with the OP.

We cant just rely on robes to pull us out the crap and stand up. Last night was crying out for a jammer style run to lift the crowd and players.

I've said it all thru the close season, we will struggle in the pack. We've had a good pack over the past god knows how many years but a fear for this pack.

I might be wrong and hope i am but just feel we are short on quality props.

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:42 am  

Had you been playing a better team you might not have been so lucky....

Salford looked tired midway through that 2nd half

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:47 am  

Dean Richmond wrote:

Had you been playing a better team you might not have been so lucky....

Salford looked tired midway through that 2nd half

If we'd have been playing a better team, we might have played different.

If and buts mate

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:13 am  

St pete wrote:

I've said it all thru the close season, we will struggle in the pack. We've had a good pack over the past god knows how many years but a fear for this pack.

I might be wrong and hope i am but just feel we are short on quality props.

I don't buy this, yes we have lost graham which was always going to be a major blow, but we have added laffranchi who looks like a Darren Britt type prop, we have effectively got a new prop on perry, added flanaghamn, and a much improved Dixon. We had the luxury of rotating props last night to rest lms which we haven't done for years. We are on the best position since 2006 when we had balou cayless graham Maurie and fozzie

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:15 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

I don't buy this, yes we have lost graham which was always going to be a major blow, but we have added laffranchi who looks like a Darren Britt type prop, we have effectively got a new prop on perry, added flanaghamn, and a much improved Dixon. We had the luxury of rotating props last night to rest lms which we haven't done for years. We are on the best position since 2006 when we had balou cayless graham Maurie and fozzie

We might have numbers are prop but I don't think we have quality.

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:17 am  

Saddened! wrote:

We missed LMS as well and Tony Puletua was coming back from an injury that kept him out last week. Laffranchi was playing his second game in this country and Josh Perry is also easing his way back in after barely playing in the last 12 months.

what he said has somebody hacked your user name

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:24 am  

St pete wrote:

We might have numbers are prop but I don't think we have quality.

The only quality we have lost is graham and there is no player on the world that could replace him. The team has to adapt to his loss and get away from relying on him. I think laffranchi will add the quality to our pack, give him a few games.

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:29 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

The only quality we have lost is graham and there is no player on the world that could replace him. The team has to adapt to his loss and get away from relying on him. I think laffranchi will add the quality to our pack, give him a few games.

I know what your saying and I hope im wrong but I just think we lack a top quality prop.

I think laffranchci is doing ok but I still think we miss a out and out good prop.

Re: your pack without graham : Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:55 am  

St pete wrote:

I know what your saying and I hope im wrong but I just think we lack a top quality prop.

I think laffranchci is doing ok but I still think we miss a out and out good prop.

Ideally for sure we would have signed another prop, but then none were available. Am not sure griffin that Geezer from Leigh would add anything in quality, the only other option was Gibbs, and I have no idea what he would have added. We could do with a other prop but then am sure evey other team would say the same. The likes of Warrington and Leeds have ageing props, wigans recruitment appears to have been woeful, maybe hull hudds and cats will cause us problems, but our pack should be able to compete with any of them.