: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:10 am  

Leeds Line up will probably be;

3.Smith
2.Donald
23.Watkins
4.Senior
5.Hall
6.McGuire
7.Burrow
8.Leuluai
14.Diskin
10.Peacock
11.Jones-Buchannan
18.Ablett
13.Sinfield

17.Kirke
16.Bailey
1.Webb
19.Burgess

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:14 am  

OoOGazOoO wrote:

1. Paul Wellens,
2. Ade Gardner,
3. Matt Gidley,
11. Lee Gilmour,
29. Tom Armstrong,

6. Leon Pryce,
7. Sean Long,

8. Jason Cayless,
9. Keiron Cunningham,
10. James Graham,
17. Paul Clough,
12. Jon Wilkin,
13. Chris Flannery,

14. James Roby,
15. Bryn Hargreaves,
21. Gary Wheeler,
23. Maurie Fa’asavalu.

Not enough 'presence' in the back three and that was the problem we had last year - and a big reason Tony P was drafted in.

Clough is never going to break tackles, Flannery is pedestrian and Wilkin is a good jack of all trades who sometimes suffers in the second row due to the lack of an 'enforcer.'

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:53 am  

eddiewaringsflatcap wrote:

Not enough 'presence' in the back three and that was the problem we had last year - and a big reason Tony P was drafted in.

Clough is never going to break tackles, Flannery is pedestrian and Wilkin is a good jack of all trades who sometimes suffers in the second row due to the lack of an 'enforcer.'

I agree. Tony P gives us something different in the pack and he's a massive loss for us. Let's hope he's back for the Cup game.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 11:37 am  

Hollywood Harrigan wrote:

Yeah, that's how I think it will go too. Good team too. Starting to get boddies back. Who will drop out when Buderus and Lauitiiti are back? Watkins and who? Abbo has been great and so has Kirke. Burgess is solid going forward too and would be a big loss to the team. It's a good position to be in though.

I reckon he'll probably go with a rotation system similar to what TS did in 2004.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:15 pm  

Chris Saint wrote:

I just think our lack of pace anywhere is going to be an issue we just won't get back to stop any Leeds breaks and they can catch us practically everywhere.

In fairness Chris thats what people were saying before the CC semi-final last year, and look what happened there.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:42 pm  

~ No1 Saints Fan ~ wrote:

I doubt Leon would do enough work at loose, plus his ego couldn't handle it.

He plays like a 13 anyways in attack and I'd love to see Wheeler at 6 with Pryce at 13 , as for his ego I think he would be fine , he just didnt like being stuck out on the wing all the time.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:22 pm  

i'd tend to agree, i think as long as he's in a creative position in the centre of the park he'll be happy.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:55 pm  

St Ty wrote:

In fairness Chris thats what people were saying before the CC semi-final last year, and look what happened there.

True but Leeds didn't have Webb (possibly fastest player) or make any clean breaks of note until it was game over as a contest...

I still think we can win i'm not expecting a dramatic roll over by either side i've gone for Saints by +8 in the work sweep

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:56 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

He plays like a 13 anyways in attack and I'd love to see Wheeler at 6 with Pryce at 13 , as for his ego I think he would be fine , he just didnt like being stuck out on the wing all the time.

Let's hope his ego will be fine, because we'll need Leon on top form tomorrow night.

: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:12 pm  

We have to put in a good all round team performance to win this one. One or two star performers won't be enough