Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:43 pm  

Charnock and Hewitt at the minute.

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:55 pm  

Either of those up to playing in the first team? Charnock looked very comfortable playing in the snow and up to it physically, but I noticed he wasn't given any responsibility and was left out of most attacking moves.

What about the likes of Hewitt and Yates?

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:59 pm  

Charnock could, but Hewitt and Yates aren't quite up to it just yet. Both are still 2-3 years away in my opinion, but I expect the latter will get some game time next year.

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 1:45 pm  

I would hope we will rectify the halfback issue in the pre-season, if not by mid-season.

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 2:16 pm  

Carlos Alberto wrote:

I would hope we will rectify the halfback issue in the pre-season, if not by mid-season.

We said that about the cladding.

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 4:31 pm  

Yates has got a broken hand at the momonet, i think.

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:54 pm  

Sounds about right.

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:06 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

It gets a bit Muddy with Hooper.

I think the plan was Scully to 6, but with Scully's injuries (from memory) Hooper ended up doing quite a few turns at halfback. There was also the odd guest appearance from Lyon at half.

But if you take it as a trio

Long, Martyn, Scully
Long, Scully, Hooper
Long, Pryce, Hooper (scully doing guest apperances)
Long, Pryce, Flannery (At this point I think we can say the 3rd pivot was lost from Saints and we proceeded with only 2, although I'd argue Pryce was more a 13 than a 6, but that's by the by. Flannery was not a pivot)

Long + Pryce alone was not enough for the GF.

Then it all gets messy with injuries again but we get several combo's

Long Pryce
Long Smith
Smith Pryce
Eastmond Pryce
Eastmond Lomax
Lomax + random
Wilkin Wellens

Evolution at its best, we need an ice age to shake it all up again

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:39 pm  

If we don't sign a halfback for next season and don't get the cladding sorted, I won't be renewing my season ticket for the 1st time in 7 seasons.

I'm totally bored of watching this team try to attack, its so boring I can't wait for the game to finish.

I'm also sick of McManus BS reguarding the cladding, he had no intention of getting it done during the last pre season.

Re: We need some halfbacks! : Wed Apr 10, 2013 10:37 pm  

St pete wrote:

If we don't sign a halfback for next season and don't get the cladding sorted, I won't be renewing my season ticket for the 1st time in 7 seasons.

I'm totally bored of watching this team try to attack, its so boring I can't wait for the game to finish.

I'm also sick of McManus BS reguarding the cladding, he had no intention of getting it done during the last pre season.

The two things have one thing in common - DOSH (or lack of it).