Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:42 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Rush has said that they are giving him until the last minute to prove his fitness, so that will be why he is in the 19.

But like said above: there isn't the cover in the backs to suggest that he's still uncertain to play.

IMO they must be pretty confident that he'll make it.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:53 pm  

leeds werent at the races on sunday but they also went into that game blind, they had no idea what we were going to do....most of us in the stand im sure couldnt remember the last time we played rugby like it was a joy to watch....MR and KC will have had an extra week with the lads but tony smith will have a far better idea what we might come up with.

makes for a great game

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:16 pm  

feilds of knowsleyRD wrote:

leeds werent at the races on sunday but they also went into that game blind, they had no idea what we were going to do....most of us in the stand im sure couldnt remember the last time we played rugby like it was a joy to watch....MR and KC will have had an extra week with the lads but tony smith will have a far better idea what we might come up with.

makes for a great game

Sorry but that's a weak excuse and I'm sick of seeing it.

Fair enough to an extent it would affect them, but missing tackles and being generally poor just means that they were poor and not that they didn't have an effective game plan!

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:24 pm  

Albion wrote:

But like said above: there isn't the cover in the backs to suggest that he's still uncertain to play.

IMO they must be pretty confident that he'll make it.

Or they have made an error by not putting in an extra back in the 19.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:42 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think you can still call players from outside the 19 up can't you?

I'd prefer makinson on the wing and Meli switching to centre.

As would I.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:51 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Or they have made an error by not putting in an extra back in the 19.

I would hope to think that they have planned the squad with it in mind.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:39 am  

I think we'll go with:

Wellens
Gardner
Shenton
Soliola
Meli
Hohaia
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Laffranchi
TP
Flannery
Wilkin

LMS
Clough
Flanagan
Magennis

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:11 am  

TheVee wrote:

I think we'll go with:

Wellens
Gardner
Shenton
Soliola
Meli
Hohaia
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Laffranchi
TP
Flannery
Wilkin

LMS
Clough
Flanagan
Magennis

I'd take that! Shame about Wheeler but we carry on. Not a bad replacement in Sia.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:28 am  

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.

Could that have been due to fatigue after 60 minutes of work in the pack?

I reckon Wheeler will play, that its a rouse to stop them planning bombs for Meli on the wing and I think they'll bring in Makinson if he's not right.

Re: Squad For Friday Announced : Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:32 am  

I can't see them playing Sia at centre. Not against Bridge and Atkins. Leave him in the second row and if Wheels isn't man enough to play then Makinson or Foster should come in with Meli moving to centre.