Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:37 pm  

St pete wrote:

Makes me laugh when people put likes of Swift in their starting 17 when he's only played about 3 super league games and two was against the worst team in super league.

Why not? The players they would be replacing are pretty terrible, so I don't see what we're losing.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Fri Nov 23, 2012 1:56 am  

I'd like to see:

Lomax
Makinson
Turner
Jones/Percival
Meli
Wheeler
Hohaia
Perry
Roby
Clough
Wilkin
Flanagan
Manu

Soliola
TP
LMS
Laffranchi

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Fri Nov 23, 2012 10:22 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Why not? The players they would be replacing are pretty terrible, so I don't see what we're losing.

Because he's not ready to be thrown into super league on a week to week basis as its not good for him.

Why would we play him fullback when we've got makinson, hohaia and wello.

Look at the young lad who got thrown into the deep end at Wigan last year in the elimination play off against Leeds.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Fri Nov 23, 2012 8:22 pm  

St pete wrote:

Because he's not ready to be thrown into super league on a week to week basis as its not good for him.

Why would we play him fullback when we've got makinson, hohaia and wello.

Look at the young lad who got thrown into the deep end at Wigan last year in the elimination play off against Leeds.

He'd be earning his stripes on the wing for me. When he did play he was quite impressive and I think he should be given a few games, we could always rotate him with the timebomb and Gardner

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Fri Nov 23, 2012 11:02 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

He'd be earning his stripes on the wing for me. When he did play he was quite impressive and I think he should be given a few games, we could always rotate him with the timebomb and Gardner

I think it would be common sense to cherry pick games for swift this year so he gets a run in super league without over playing him at this level.

2014 should be the season he looks to establish himself in the first team.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Nov 25, 2012 6:18 pm  

St pete wrote:

I think it would be common sense to cherry pick games for swift this year so he gets a run in super league without over playing him at this level.

2014 should be the season he looks to establish himself in the first team.

Agreed.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:48 pm  

My team would be:

1. Hohaia
2. Makinson
3. Turner
4. Jones
5. Meli
6. Gaskell
7. Lomax
8. Perry
9. Roby
10. Laffranchi
11. Sia
12. Manu
13. Wilkin

14. TP
15. Clough
16. Flanaghan
17. LMS

Depending on Walmsley performance and training if consider dropping Perry from the 17 altogether. He's a total waste of a qouta spot and waste of a salary.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 4:09 pm  

St pete wrote:

My team would be:

1. Hohaia
2. Makinson
3. Turner
4. Jones
5. Meli
6. Gaskell
7. Lomax
8. Perry
9. Roby
10. Laffranchi
11. Sia
12. Manu
13. Wilkin

14. TP
15. Clough
16. Flanaghan
17. LMS

Depending on Walmsley performance and training if consider dropping Perry from the 17 altogether. He's a total waste of a qouta spot and waste of a salary.

Have you had any inside info on how the team is likely to shape up, particularly in the halfs, given Brown's lack of confidence in those we have available to fill the positions? or me, that will be the most intersting choice for him next season, he has identified that we have issues there, but has been unable to bring in anyone to improve things. Would hope that he will be working none stop over the winter with Gaskell, Lomax and Hohaia to see if he can solve the problems, but also wouldn't be surprised to see someone esle given a chance, either from the A team or a player like Turner who has a bit of history playing there.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:00 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Have you had any inside info on how the team is likely to shape up, particularly in the halfs, given Brown's lack of confidence in those we have available to fill the positions? or me, that will be the most intersting choice for him next season, he has identified that we have issues there, but has been unable to bring in anyone to improve things. Would hope that he will be working none stop over the winter with Gaskell, Lomax and Hohaia to see if he can solve the problems, but also wouldn't be surprised to see someone esle given a chance, either from the A team or a player like Turner who has a bit of history playing there.

At the moment its basically fitness and Brown has them doing long long days which is good

Spoke to few lads last week at Langtree park for the footy match but nobody really mentioned positions etc.

I'd guess that lance will be a utility off the bench.

Re: 17 for first game if all fit : Sun Dec 02, 2012 5:42 pm  

From what I'm told Gaskell will have a good chance of taking a spot in the halves.