Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 2:59 pm  

It's a bit of a trial by fire to put him in against Warrington.

But that's fair in a way. If he copes with the pressure and makes a few decent chances, people will back off. If he is hopeless then I guess it's back to plan B (Lance).

Assuming there is anything in this as it could be all a bit of gamesmanship.


I do have one reservation that worries me slightly.

Last year Percival went very well at Centre he was then rested and got injured.

If we got injuries in the centre's we would have to split up a half back pairing for cover at centre.

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:14 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

I don't think we would be bringing anyone in at this stage. I imagine Jones and Percival will start at centre v Warrington with Turner at 6 and Wheeler as back up for both positions.

Unless we've moved lance on? It was clear from the end of last season brown was willing to give lance a chance at 6, if he wasn't planning on it, why not have jones and meli in the centres and run with turner at 6 then? At least he'd of had some experience going into the new season.

Then there was all the talk that we were trying to move lance on anyway but failed, and failed to bring in a 6 so lance was going to do it, and now a few weeks before the season it's changed again? Something must of changed it imo

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:15 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

Unless we've moved lance on? It was clear from the end of last season brown was willing to give lance a chance at 6, if he wasn't planning on it, why not have jones and meli in the centres and run with turner at 6 then? At least he'd of had some experience going into the new season.

Then there was all the talk that we were trying to move lance on anyway but failed, and failed to bring in a 6 so lance was going to do it, and now a few weeks before the season it's changed again? Something must of changed it imo

I haven't actually seen comments from Brown that state Hohaia was going to play 6 this year though. It's all been an assumption by the fans and the media.

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:28 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

I haven't actually seen comments from Brown that state Hohaia was going to play 6 this year though. It's all been an assumption by the fans and the media.

If that's the case why give him the 6 shirt, and have him train there? Must be a bit of a slap in the face for the guy ...

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:38 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

If that's the case why give him the 6 shirt, and have him train there? Must be a bit of a slap in the face for the guy ...

Yes it probably is a bit of a kick in the balls for him. I can't comment on the squad number thing but as far as training is concerned, Hohaia isn't the only one who has trained at 6.

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:02 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Yes it probably is a bit of a kick in the balls for him. I can't comment on the squad number thing but as far as training is concerned, Hohaia isn't the only one who has trained at 6.

Well maybe he should do something about it then. All he does is get the ball and stand still clueless til he gets tackled or hospital pass it to someone. I've got little sympathy for someone taking well over £100k a year from saints and delivering nothing on the pitch

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:20 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

Well maybe he should do something about it then. All he does is get the ball and stand still clueless til he gets tackled or hospital pass it to someone. I've got little sympathy for someone taking well over £100k a year from saints and delivering nothing on the pitch

Me neither mate.

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:27 pm  

Saint Simon wrote:

Well maybe he should do something about it then. All he does is get the ball and stand still clueless til he gets tackled or hospital pass it to someone. I've got little sympathy for someone taking well over £100k a year from saints and delivering nothing on the pitch

Take the 6 shirt from him then and tell him to play or be left out! I have little sympathy for him losing his place, but there were better ways to go about it ... At least so he didn't go to the press and talk about him playing there!

We finally got rid of the silly sia having the 4 shirt thing now we have a 6 whose not playing stand off!

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:10 pm  

St pete wrote:

The only comparison with pryce is colour and size. Pryce was quicker off the mark, had a genuine eye for a gap, better rugby brain and most importantly pryce had the winning mentality.

I posted regular last year how frustrated I get with Turner, he's got the makings of being a top player but seems to lack that extra effort.

Which was exactly what many people said about Pryce, he could be great or he could be totally anonymous. Turner doesn't have the highs or lows of Pryce, but they can be equally frustrating, and are likely to go through their careers without ever really fulfilling the promise that they have.

Re: Halfbacks for 2014 : Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:27 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

Which was exactly what many people said about Pryce, he could be great or he could be totally anonymous. Turner doesn't have the highs or lows of Pryce, but they can be equally frustrating, and are likely to go through their careers without ever really fulfilling the promise that they have.

A lot depends on how preseason has gone. If he's been doing a lot of work there it could make a big difference. Plus he'll be more settled at Saints now