Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sat Jun 01, 2013 2:59 pm  

For me this is the most balanced side we can out out.

1. Paul Wellens,
21. Tom Makinson,
3. Jordan Turner,
30. Mark Percival,
5. Francis Meli,
37. Gareth O'Brien.
12. Jon Wilkin,

11. Tony Puletua,
9. James Roby,
16. Paul Clough,
4. Sia Soliola,
19. Josh Jones,
10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook,


6. Lance Hohaia,
25. Alex Walmsley,
33. Luke Thompson,
13. Willie Manu,

I understand the arguement for combinations, but Gardners wing was porus last week. Makinson will balance out the defensive line on that side. Wellens will organise the defensive line.
I agree Manu is a bit of a liability in the opening 10 minutes, he tries too much to early.
But we also need a big pack out there to muscle up against Huddersfield, so a prop at 13 it has to be.

Gosh it's nice to see a halfback in the team.

And I would spell Roby first match back, no pots are won in this game.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:03 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

Don't get me wrong, I completely agree he should be rotated as it's his first game back, it would be daft not to. All I was saying is that Roby is one of those players were if this was a big knockout game he could probably come in and play the 80 without issue.

He is one of those players, but there can be a massive difference between being fit and being match fit. Having watched the Giants under Brown for nearly four years I'd expect Roby to come off the bench for you guys after about 20-25 mins.

Either way he will bring back your go forward and makes you a much more dangerous team.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sat Jun 01, 2013 5:08 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Is perry injured again, or just dropped for being rubbish?

No mate its farmers market day in Holmes Chapel

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:28 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

For me this is the most balanced side we can out out.

1. Paul Wellens,
21. Tom Makinson,
3. Jordan Turner,
30. Mark Percival,
5. Francis Meli,
37. Gareth O'Brien.
12. Jon Wilkin,

11. Tony Puletua,
9. James Roby,
16. Paul Clough,
4. Sia Soliola,
19. Josh Jones,
10. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook,


6. Lance Hohaia,
25. Alex Walmsley,
33. Luke Thompson,
13. Willie Manu,

I understand the arguement for combinations, but Gardners wing was porus last week. Makinson will balance out the defensive line on that side. Wellens will organise the defensive line.
I agree Manu is a bit of a liability in the opening 10 minutes, he tries too much to early.
But we also need a big pack out there to muscle up against Huddersfield, so a prop at 13 it has to be.

Gosh it's nice to see a halfback in the team.

And I would spell Roby first match back, no pots are won in this game.

Id go with this but would swap Manu for lms. I feel LMS is a better bench player.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sun Jun 02, 2013 6:03 am  

St pete wrote:

Id go with this but would swap Manu for lms. I feel LMS is a better bench player.

For this reason, I'd start Thompson. Keeping Manu and PMS for impact.
A big ask for Thompson , given the strength of the Hudds pack, but I think he's up to it.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:15 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

For this reason, I'd start Thompson. Keeping Manu and PMS for impact.
A big ask for Thompson , given the strength of the Hudds pack, but I think he's up to it.

I'd start Manu. Hopefully with having GOB in the side, we might start using him proper and not as a battle ram. Manu is lethal if given good ball. Manu and Sia are two strong and very good backrows.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:47 am  

Your biggest problem will be Wellens who will have to keep running the ball from his own goal line which most posts on here say is the bit of his game that's gone. Brough will keep kicking you back having watched us all season if I was NB I'd put a quick lad at full back who can pick turn and run quickly otherwise it will be a long hard evening for Wello and it's hard to attack when every set starts 10/15 yards from your posts !! Interesting see what your thoughts are ??

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:23 am  

fartown since 1961 wrote:

Your biggest problem will be Wellens who will have to keep running the ball from his own goal line which most posts on here say is the bit of his game that's gone. Brough will keep kicking you back having watched us all season if I was NB I'd put a quick lad at full back who can pick turn and run quickly otherwise it will be a long hard evening for Wello and it's hard to attack when every set starts 10/15 yards from your posts !! Interesting see what your thoughts are ??

Lomax is our best at fullback. Lance does not seam to be as good in defense or attack as makinson at fullback. But wellens is the better organizer of the defensive line. So given what is available and that wellens is nailed on to plAy if fit. Then he has to be fullback. His wingers will just have to up their game and do the majority of ball returns.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:33 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

Lomax is our best at fullback. Lance does not seam to be as good in defense or attack as makinson at fullback. But wellens is the better organizer of the defensive line. So given what is available and that wellens is nailed on to plAy if fit. Then he has to be fullback. His wingers will just have to up their game and do the majority of ball returns.

I agree with this. I think the key to counteracting Brough's kicking game is actually our forwards fronting up and preventing him from kicking from behind a dominant pack.

Re: 19 man squad announced for Huddersfield. : Sun Jun 02, 2013 10:46 am  

Dux wrote:

I agree with this. I think the key to counteracting Brough's kicking game is actually our forwards fronting up and preventing him from kicking from behind a dominant pack.

I agree but it will not be easy as our pack are at full throttle at the moment hence Broughy and Robbo getting a lot of time and from good field position.

I'm looking forward to the game I think it will be close but can see us winning it from 50 mins onwards. Due to a good kicking game and heavy pack but the great thing about playing Saints is you can never ever be quite sure !!!!