Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:02 pm  

mistermoo wrote:

Surely if there was a doubt over Wheeler Gaskell would be in the 19 man squad?

Why? Wheeler is in the squad to play centre rather than in the halves.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:09 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Then who fills in? No one in the 19 man squad can do that.

Sia?

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:10 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Sia?

The squad named seems to suggest that this will be the case.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:15 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Some may drop Flanders?

Okerly Dokerly!

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:38 pm  

Royce Squad for Friday:

1. Makinson
2. Foster
3. Meli
4. Shenton
5. Wheeler
6. Gaskell
7. Lomax
8. TP
9. Roby
10. LMS
11. Wilkin
12. Flannery
13. Clough

14 Soliola
15 Laffranchi
16 Hale
17 Hohaia (not to be used unless injury to Wheeler)

Perry,Wellens,Gardner & Flanagan rested due to big game next week. (rotation is the key)

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 3:35 pm  

If one of the 19 is injured then you can always replace him with a player outside of the 19 - so Makinson or Foster could play

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:43 pm  

Stay on topic.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:22 pm  

Albion wrote:

I'd go:

Wellens, Gardner, Shenton, Wheeler, Meli, Hohaia, Lomax
Perry, Roby, Laffranchi, Puletua, Soliola, Wilkin

LMS, Flanagan, Clough, Magennis

If Wheeler is out/not 100% (as rumoured) I can't see any other choice than to put Soliola there: no Makinson or Foster in the squad shows that Meli won't be shifted from the wing.

To put Soliola as centre to Meli would be a nightmare. Doesn't anyone remember the GF? Soliola is too slow and easily stepped.

Can't a player from outside the 19 be called up to replace an injured player? I thought the 19 was a guide rather than set in stone?

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:06 pm  

Awesome squad, it's a case of who do you leave out of the 19 and there are players not in the 19 who are easily capable of filling in. It's unlike us to be in such a position and we should enjoy it while it lasts.

I'd personally go with the same side as last week except Soliola in the back row, Flannery to the bench, Magennis to miss out. Should Wheeler miss out, Soliola to left Centre, Meli wing and the rest of the side stays the same. Imagine Puletua, Soliola and Meli on the left hand side? That could cause ALOT of problems for Warrington.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:09 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

To put Soliola as centre to Meli would be a nightmare. Doesn't anyone remember the GF? Soliola is too slow and easily stepped.

Can't a player from outside the 19 be called up to replace an injured player? I thought the 19 was a guide rather than set in stone?

I agree, I wouldn't play sia centre, he's to slow and comes out the line to much and with the likes of briers playing that could be costly.

I'd put sia in the 2nd row in place of flannery, bring tommy makinson in the squad to play wing and move Meli to centre. (if wheeler out)