Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:33 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Is Greenwood a 2nd rower then?

Yep

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:35 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Yep

Ta mate Had it in my head he was a prop for some reason. Certainly a few young lads going to be pushing through in next couple of years then hopefully.

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:39 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Ta mate Had it in my head he was a prop for some reason. Certainly a few young lads going to be pushing through in next couple of years then hopefully.

He's pretty big so that's probably why. He's been a second rower coming through the ranks but I'd imagine he can probably play prop if needed to.

Certainly a lot bigger and different than the likes of Ashurst and Dixon coming through in recent years.

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:36 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Ta mate Had it in my head he was a prop for some reason. Certainly a few young lads going to be pushing through in next couple of years then hopefully.

You have to credit our youth system, so many young lads have come through over the past few years, its great to see.

From a squad point of view, it's extremely healthy. We have several players competing against each other for spots in the 17, and the young players will feed of that. Hopefully NB will give players like Greenwood, Hand etc a shot against the so called "lesser teams" during the season and it will be gat to see how they develop.

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:44 pm  

I think Greenwood'll be involved a lot more this season, especially with the losses of Dixon and Magennis. He had a good game last night and ran a good line for his try, hopefully he can become more than a Salford-destined backrower like Dixon and Ashurst.

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:46 pm  

St. Rughead wrote:

I think Greenwood'll be involved a lot more this season, especially with the losses of Dixon and Magennis. He had a good game last night and ran a good line for his try, hopefully he can become more than a Salford-destined backrower like Dixon and Ashurst.

I presume that's part of the reason the likes of Ashurst and Dixon were let go.

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:04 am  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I presume that's part of the reason the likes of Ashurst and Dixon were let go.

Neither Ashurst or Dixon ever produced anything, they were solid backrowers but that's about it. Personally, I thought Dixon was worth keeping hold of, but since he's gone, it looks like Greenwood will have to step up this year. I just hope he can bring a bit more and stand out from the typical back rower we tend to produce.

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:05 am  

Out of the young lads who came on I thought the lad on the wing Percivel (sp) did very well and was worthy of a mention.
With Puletua,Perry,Wheeler,Clough all missing the squad looks ok

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Mon Jan 14, 2013 11:55 am  

Percival had pace. I kid you not, a Saints winger with pace.

Very hard to judge against a really poor Huddersfield side but all contributed and looks a little promising.

Re: Thoughts on the new recruits : Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:31 pm  

Percival is a very good young centre. I expect he played on the wing on Friday just to give him a bit of experience. He's also a decent goal kicker.