Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:18 pm  

St pete wrote:

But why should flanaghan loose his spot to a fullback ?

Probably because Brown might see the opportunity of Wellens offering a little bit more in linking the forwards with the backs in a similar role to what Wilkin is doing now. Wellens is a good reader of the game, him and Wlikin offer communication in the middle of the park. In the same way Lomax is rejuvenated in his new position a similar thing could happen to Wellens at loose forward, the coaching staff need to have a look at it over a couple of games before dismissing it straight away.
There is nothing wrong with Flanagan he,s similar to Roby a grafter, plenty of tackles good in support but just lacks a bit of creativity at the moment. Saints were at there best with creativity from 1, 6, 7, 9 and 13 its looking as though positions 1, 7, 9 is stablised so if Brown can get a bit more creativity option from 13 that might short term off set the no 6 problem until Gaskell gets more involved and game influential.

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 4:22 pm  

Brown has stated in the post match blurb on the Saints website that Hohaia's natural position is at 6, so I don't expect to see Gaskell given another chance there.

Brown doesn't half talk BS!! One minute he's a fan of Gaskell at six, next minute Hohaia is the dog's goolies there. He can't half talk but I'm already skeptical about everything he says!

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 5:34 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Probably because Brown might see the opportunity of Wellens offering a little bit more in linking the forwards with the backs in a similar role to what Wilkin is doing now. Wellens is a good reader of the game, him and Wlikin offer communication in the middle of the park. In the same way Lomax is rejuvenated in his new position a similar thing could happen to Wellens at loose forward, the coaching staff need to have a look at it over a couple of games before dismissing it straight away.
There is nothing wrong with Flanagan he,s similar to Roby a grafter, plenty of tackles good in support but just lacks a bit of creativity at the moment. Saints were at there best with creativity from 1, 6, 7, 9 and 13 its looking as though positions 1, 7, 9 is stablised so if Brown can get a bit more creativity option from 13 that might short term off set the no 6 problem until Gaskell gets more involved and game influential.

How many players go we want linking the backs to the forwards?

We've got wilkin and lance in the halves, we've hot lomax acting as a third halfback (like brown stated last night) and now we want wello as well!

Terrible idea, keep it as it is and wello will have to wait for his chance at fullback if lomax gets hurt or loses form.

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:24 pm  

It ha dcrossed my mind that brown would move either Lomax or Wellens to play as a pivot at 13. He did the ska Edith Kevin brown at one point.

Two points from me though - that we don't really need to sacrifice muscle for another pivot and een if we did want that extra ball player, I think we could be underestimating Flash's all round game.

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:26 pm  

Wello has a fight on his hands to get in the back row on merit, flash has been very good there so I wouldn't want him dropped

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:36 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

Wello has a fight on his hands to get in the back row on merit, flash has been very good there so I wouldn't want him dropped

I thought Flash was excellent last night.

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:50 pm  

Remember Wello will no longer have to play the full 80 so we could get more out of him.

I have faith.

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:03 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

I thought Flash was excellent last night.

Exactly, he has to earn his spot, and is he really better than our other back rowers?

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:26 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

Exactly, he has to earn his spot, and is he really better than our other back rowers?

It doesn't work like that at Saints though does it?

Re: J-Lo the magnificent : Sat Mar 09, 2013 7:31 pm  

Brown's confirmed that Wello will be loose. Whether we like it, or not, it seems like it's gonna happen. Personally, I like Flanagan at loose, and it would be unfair to bench him to bring Wellens in.