Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 7:07 am  

St. Rughead wrote:

Could go with:
Lomax
Makinson
Turner
Percival
Swift
Wheeler
Walsh
Amor
Roby
Laffranchi
Jones
Manu
Wilkin

Hohaia
Soliola
LMS
Walmsley

Very true, I stand corrected haha! I was working under the assumption that he'll go with 5 props.

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:01 pm  

I believe the team is

Lomax
Makinson
Percival
Turner
Swift
Wheeler
Walsh
Amor
Roby
Walmsley
Manu
Wilkin
Lms

Wello
Jones
Sia
Laffranchi

Not the team I'd be going with. Bench looks week.

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:14 pm  

St pete wrote:

I believe the team is

Lomax
Makinson
Percival
Turner
Swift
Wheeler
Walsh
Amor
Roby
Walmsley
Manu
Wilkin
Lms

Wello
Jones
Sia
Laffranchi

Not the team I'd be going with. Bench looks week.

Not much size on the bench but excellent starting pack.

I really really don't see the point of Wellens on the bench, especially when Jones is there. Richards would be far more useful.

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:17 pm  

St pete wrote:

I believe the team is

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Not the team I'd be going with. Bench looks week.

The bench looks light, but we're starting with 3 props to soak up the early physicality, perhaps. We've still got 4 props in the 17 and Sia is a beast off the bench. Just because Jones is lighter, it doesn't mean he won't make an impact if he comes on in the back row.
The selection of Wellens is baffling, however. Hoahaia, for all his faults, would be a better call, never mind the stack of forwards he's left out for him.

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:40 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

The bench looks light, but we're starting with 3 props to soak up the early physicality, perhaps. We've still got 4 props in the 17 and Sia is a beast off the bench. Just because Jones is lighter, it doesn't mean he won't make an impact if he comes on in the back row.
The selection of Wellens is baffling, however. Hoahaia, for all his faults, would be a better call, never mind the stack of forwards he's left out for him.

We look very light IMO.

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:43 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Not much size on the bench but excellent starting pack.

I really really don't see the point of Wellens on the bench, especially when Jones is there. Richards would be far more useful.

It's disgusting that a faded fullback is being used as a utility when he can't play any position other than fullback. Looks like we going to be flogging robes again this year.

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 4:57 pm  

Wello on the bench, what a joke

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:05 pm  

St pete wrote:

We look very light IMO.

All those good lads like Thompson, Walker and Greenwood, never mind the alleged rising star of Savelio and the proven grit of Flash, all sat in the stands for Wello.

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:10 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

All those good lads like Thompson, Walker and Greenwood, never mind the alleged rising star of Savelio and the proven grit of Flash, all sat in the stands for Wello.

This is madness! No, this is Saints!!

Re: 19 man squad announced : Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:39 pm  

Assuming that the line up is correct, I'd assume that he has to be playing Sia as a 2nd prop.

Either that or LMS to move up to the front row when Walmsley goes off.

Not happy that Roby will have no interchange; unless the plan is to use Wellens for 20 minutes at hooker to give robes a rest before and after half time.