Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 11:25 am  

With players coming back from injury and a return to the unussual senario of the team not picking itself.

Who would you choose as the first choice starting 17 for the rest of the season, I'm not saying Royce's choice, but yours.

For me it would be

FB Wellens
Wing Foster
Wing Eastmond
Centre Shenton
Centre Wheeler
Halfback Lomax
Halfback Gaskell
Hooker Roby
Prop Graham
Prop TP
2nd row Soliola
2nd row Clough
LF Wilkin

Subs
LMS
Perry
Flannery
Moore

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 11:27 am  

I knew thus thread was on the way with the discussion this morning

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 11:31 am  

Yeh I felt, it was creeping into alot of other threads and did not want to hack off anyone wanting to discuss the game or detract from Gardners injury.

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 11:38 am  

Providing everyone is fit: ( obviously ade is out)

Wello
Foster
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Graham
Wilkin
Sia
TP

LMS
Clough
Flannery
Gaskell/Moore/eastmond ( I can't decide out of these 3 and would depend on who we was playing)

I'd have magennis as 18th man with Ashe, Dixon, ashurst, makinson and hale all missing out.

I wasn't a fan of having a back on the bench as I liked the old tried trusted way of having 4 good forward on the bench but with having TP at prop gibes us that extra prop I like and can interchange as a prop with clough, LMS.

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 12:27 pm  

Will the Royce Philosophy break through with the fans?

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 12:35 pm  

For me it would be:

FB Wellens
Wing Foster
Wing Makinson
Centre Shenton
Centre Wheeler (or Meli, I can't decide!)
Halfback Lomax
Halfback Gaskell (or Wheeler, I can't decide!)
Hooker Roby
Prop Graham
Prop TP
2nd row Soliola
2nd row Magennis
LF Wilkin

Subs
LMS
Perry
Eastmond/Wheeler (depending on decisions above!)
Moore/Clough (rotate)

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 9:21 pm  

Wellens
Makinson
Shenton
Foster
Wheeler
Pryce
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Graham
Soliola
Magennis
Wilkin

TP
LMS
Clough
Moore / Eastmond

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 9:39 pm  

It's interesting that some have not picked Leon Pryce. It seems we've spent the last year and half using him as a excuse to losing to teams yet now some don't pick him.

Is this because of the way Gaskell has come into the side?

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 9:43 pm  

St pete wrote:

It's interesting that some have not picked Leon Pryce. It seems we've spent the last year and half using him as a excuse to losing to teams yet now some don't pick him.

Is this because of the way Gaskell has come into the side?

Some say Leon has a poor long kicking game, but I thought in recent years (when he's been fit!), that he's developed quite a decent long kicking game. So I don't see that as an issue. Also Wilkin can do any kicking duties from SR/LF.

IMO having somebody with the talent of Leon Pryce in your squad and not playing him would be nothing short of insanity. A fit Leon would feature in any SL side.

Re: Who should play where : Sat May 28, 2011 9:44 pm  

St pete wrote:

Providing everyone is fit: ( obviously ade is out)

Wello
Foster
Shenton
Wheeler
Meli
Pryce
Lomax
Perry
Roby
Graham
Wilkin
Sia
TP

LMS
Clough
Flannery
Gaskell/Moore/eastmond ( I can't decide out of these 3 and would depend on who we was playing)

I'd have magennis as 18th man with Ashe, Dixon, ashurst, makinson and hale all missing out.
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I'd go with that, or possibly Makinson/other youngster on the wing, Meli centre and Wheeler fighting it out for the final bench spot. Depends if Wheeler can string a few games together I suppose, fingers crossed for him.