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Re: We are killing Lomax at scrum half. : Wed May 30, 2012 5:02 pm  
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All sensible points.
If you did move Lomax to rotation hooker, who would you play at #7, Lance?
To be fair, I could see a Lance - Gaskell partnership working, with lance playing at 1st receiver.


Well, I'd prefer a genuine scrum half but since we can't even field a reserve Hohaia is the only realistic possibility (unless you're thinking of a shot-in-the-dark such as Swift). Provided Lance concentrates on moving the ball quickly and accurately to his play-maker and doesn't entertain any delusions of grandeur I think we should be ok. It's better to keep him in the defensive line where his defensive workrate will be most useful rather than playing him at full-back where it would be irrelevant.

However, if we we went down this road, my personal preference would be to use Lance in the hooking role. I just have faith that Lomax could really work out at #7 for us following his showings last season.


I don't have a problem with using Lance at hooker. I just don't think he has the ability to outshine Lomax in that role. At best he'll be another running hooker (if he decides to run - something he's done very little of so far) too close to Roby to cause defences to change their patterns.

Saving Roby's body is a good call, but regarding our predictability with him on for 80, can this also be at least partially put down to our inability at #6 onwards to test the defence, meaning a Roby carry is not only the best option, but since we're lacking instruction from wide it has also become the automatic selection?


Having no width certainly doesn't help Roby. After all, it's hard to bluff your way through the ruck area if you don't have any cards. However, whilst Roby is an extremely damaging runner - that's kind of all he is. Defences are only too aware that they need to shut him down at the point of origin because once he gets out of the ruck the damage is done. They also know he's very unlikely to split them apart in any other way (say with subtle hands and trickery) and so whilst dealing with him is difficult - it's not complicated. If you know what I mean.

We need to add some complexity to the dummy half position. That way the opposition is always forced into making split second decisions when adjusting their defensive pattern. And more decisions equals more mistakes.
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Re: We are killing Lomax at scrum half. : Thu May 31, 2012 7:51 am  
Thats a few pages of reason... Quick email them to Saints!!
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Re: We are killing Lomax at scrum half. : Thu May 31, 2012 11:42 am  
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Thats a few pages of reason... Quick email them to Saints!!

You don't need to. Mike Appleton has been reading RLFans this morning so he'll be well aware of the 'few pages of reason'! :wink:
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Re: We are killing Lomax at scrum half. : Thu May 31, 2012 11:50 am  
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You don't need to. Mike Appleton has been reading RLFans this morning so he'll be well aware of the 'few pages of reason'! :wink:



Yeh but he'll also see my pic of herman munster, so that will level out the maturity question. :lol:
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Re: We are killing Lomax at scrum half. : Thu May 31, 2012 11:54 am  
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You don't need to. Mike Appleton has been reading RLFans this morning so he'll be well aware of the 'few pages of reason'! :wink:


He has indeed. Seems he's a big fan of my work :lol:
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Re: We are killing Lomax at scrum half. : Thu May 31, 2012 12:03 pm  
Should mike appleton be worried he has Saints fan and Saddened peaking through his window to see what is on his PC. Or should we all be worried that Saddened and Saints Fan are on and the same person. talk about split personality!!!


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Re: We are killing Lomax at scrum half. : Thu May 31, 2012 6:54 pm  
seems only like last month that we where all shouting the praises of lomaxskell,but seeing Gaskell might be on his way J-Lo seems to be wilting as a scrum half.But as folk say he is not one,tho didn't do a bad job with Gaskell around. Lets try & keep hold of Gaskell.On another slant surely Saints ought to keep all their players apart from them that have announced they are going home,Brown might want to keep Gaskell,Foster etc.etc.As Rush is only this season coach he should not have any input in saying who is going or who is staying for next seaon.Come to that he has not said a great deal anyhow.The season is over for us for silver ware,top 6 or 5 is the best & maybe shock people by going to O.T. C.O.Y.S.
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