Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 5:43 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

:lol:

But they'll still be wearing Saints colours, so they still merit some support.

It could be a chance for some very youthful Saints players to show us what they are capable of based on one training session and I feel right sorry for Royce Simmons at the moment! I'll be going to Widnes to watch sparrow legged lads I've never heard of wearing the red vee and hoping they can work a miracle and beat the mighty Cas!

COYS!

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:32 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Well, I copied and pasted the piece from the Saints website which specifically includes stand off in the list of positions he has played. No offence, like, but I would believe the Saints website on this occasion since they have been training him for a few years now.

You really think it's Eamonn writing the squad info? It's sone guy with alot time on his hands who obviously as wrote down the wrong info. I've Bern watching Josh since the age of 15 for England and St Helend and I can assure you he as never played Stand off. The lad also played centre for Chorley before moving to Blackbrook, where funnily enough he also played centre.

For England U15 and U16 guess where he played? Centre. For Saints U18 guess where he plays? Centre. He as filled in on the wing for the U20's so I guess they've got summat right.

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:39 pm  

Obsessive Saint wrote:

You really think it's Eamonn writing the squad info?

No. I assume the people writing the squad info are given the squad info by people who train the squad. Why should I assume it's Eamonn?

For England U15 and U16 guess where he played? Centre. For Saints U18 guess where he plays? Centre. He as filled in on the wing for the U20's so I guess they've got summat right.

So if he has filled in on the wing, why can he not have filled in at stand off? Have you watched every single game he has played?

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:51 pm  

Saintsfan you're picking a argument for no reason at all. Roby as played on the wing for Saints 1st team. Would you describe him as a hooker / winger? Stop being a ding bat.

I watch 90% of our junior teams. I watch our Scholarship teams home and away. Josh as never played Stand off on all the games I have watched nor as even filled in at that position.

Very poor by the Saints website as it gets people like yourself all excited thinking these young lads can come in and fill valuable positions on our team, without them even doing it at junior level.

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:55 pm  

Obsessive Saint wrote:

Saintsfan you're picking a argument for no reason at all. Roby as played on the wing for Saints 1st team. Would you describe him as a hooker / winger? Stop being a ding bat.

Shut up.

I said he had PLAYED at stand off, not that he WAS a stand off. I just read what was said on the website. And you haven't seen him play in every match so there may well have been matched when he HAS played at stand off. Young players play in many positions, that is the policy at Saints. They get good training that way.

But I'm saying nothing further on that.

Meanwhile, Saints have added another u20s player to their first team today: Joe Greenwood. He's a prop forward. Now, IS he a prop forward in your book or is he a centre? It says PROP FORWARD on the Saints website.

Given that Saints appear to have promoted a PROP FORWARD this weekend, that would suggest one of our other PROP FORWARDS is injured. Since Josh Perry was already out, that leaves us with Jammer, TP or LMS out as well.

I wonder who else will suddenly appear on the Saints website before tomorrow's match!

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 6:57 pm  

I must admit the quality of strength in depth of the Saints side is no where near as good as it was in say 2006. Having said that you have to move with the times and we have copped some pretty horrendos injury lists in recent years and have still managed to reach Grand Finals and Challenge Cup Finals. I can honestly say I would rather have home grown players in our squad even if they aint experienced rather than paying over the hill Australians who are past it. Home Grown players are going to get vital experience playing over the next few weeks which will stand them in great stead in the future. Makinson looks a real talent from what I have seen of him and looked at home at Full Back when Wello went off injured last Friday. Jamie Foster has been sensational this season scoring plenty of Tries and Kicking Goals, Jonny Lomax has been great at Scrum Half, Shaun Magennis has played well considering he has been shunted up to the Front Row. The future's bright at Saints and when we get all our injured players back we will be in fine fettle.

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:00 pm  

Joe Greenwood is actually a second rower! I kid you not.

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:08 pm  

Obsessive Saint wrote:

Joe Greenwood is actually a second rower! I kid you not.

Well, if you look at the Saints site, you will see that as a first team member, he is a prop forward. Presumably that is what he is going to play tomorrow.

And besides, wasn't Tony P a second rower when we recruited him? Yet he seems to play prop to me.

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:16 pm  

You're the editor for the Saints website and I claim my £5. To be fair Joe is a very big lad for his age but needs to fill out. Will probably move to prop when he does.

However you can't have a lad playing wide Second row for the U18's and U20 then have him then play right down the middle at prop for the first team. There is no papering the cracks here it's very poor editing by the Saints website, that's all I'm trying to say.

Without trying to sound ar&ey you should get down to the scholarship games that start next week. Some excellent talent at U15 and U16 level and they're great matches. Saints play Hull next week.

Re: Squad for Monday : Sun Apr 24, 2011 7:19 pm  

Obsessive Saint wrote:

You're the editor for the Saints website and I claim my £5.

No, I'm just curious after reading something on RedVee about the 19 not being the actual 19 and that things are worse than they appear from the stated 19. I've been hopping on and off the Saints site this weekend to see which u20s players are going to be joining us tomorrow.

It may be a case of desperation by Saints that they are having to recruit to these positions and the lads they are picking are the best fit for tomorrow. I doubt it has anything to do with the editing. We let go of a lot of players last season and that was an error by the club. If we have to field a team tomorrow and we have too few or no props available, for example, then it appears that Joe Greenwood is going to have to play prop.