19 man squad v Castleford : Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:00 pm  

http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/5228 SAINTS have named an unchanged 19-man squad for Thursday's First Utility Super League Super 8s fixture at Castleford Tigers. Keiron Cunningham will select his 17 from: 2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Jordan Turner, 4. Josh Jones, 5. Adam Swift, 6. Travis Burns, 7. Luke Walsh, 8. Mose Masoe, 9. James Roby, 10. Kyle Amor, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 14. Alex Walmsley, 15. Mark Flanagan, 17. Mark Percival, 18. Luke Thompson, 19. Greg Richards, 21. Joe Greenwood, 25. Andre Savelio, 37. Adam Quinlan. Same as last week.

http://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/page/5228 SAINTS have named an unchanged 19-man squad for Thursday's First Utility Super League Super 8s fixture at Castleford Tigers. Keiron Cunningham will select his 17 from: 2. Tommy Makinson, 3. Jordan Turner, 4. Josh Jones, 5. Adam Swift, 6. Travis Burns, 7. Luke Walsh, 8. Mose Masoe, 9. James Roby, 10. Kyle Amor, 12. Jon Wilkin, 13. Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, 14. Alex Walmsley, 15. Mark Flanagan, 17. Mark Percival, 18. Luke Thompson, 19. Greg Richards, 21. Joe Greenwood, 25. Andre Savelio, 37. Adam Quinlan. Same as last week.

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:52 pm  

Would be surprised to see any change from Friday...thought our 4 props were excellent so no room for Mose to come back in and KC seems to have preferred Flash to Thommo most of season so cant see him getting in either

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:34 pm  

I will be surprised if Mose doesn't come back. I think KC is rotating the players to keep them fresh for the run in. Wouldn't be surprised to see Walmesly miss a week in the next couple of weeks

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:41 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

I will be surprised if Mose doesn't come back. I think KC is rotating the players to keep them fresh for the run in. Wouldn't be surprised to see Walmesly miss a week in the next couple of weeks

Surely he must pick his strongest 17 agsinst cas. It's our biggest game of the season so far.

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:02 pm  

St pete wrote:

Surely he must pick his strongest 17 agsinst cas. It's our biggest game of the season so far.

I completely agree. Our strongest 17 must be played at Cas. We win and were in the Semi-Finals. Its a no brainer for me.

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:30 pm  

St pete wrote:

Surely he must pick his strongest 17 agsinst cas. It's our biggest game of the season so far.

I agree , our loses mean we have no scope for rotation. Strongest 17 all the way for me now

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:17 pm  

No1 Saint wrote:

I agree , our loses mean we have no scope for rotation. Strongest 17 all the way for me now

With potentially only 5 games to go this is the route we have to go down, infact its the only way.

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:17 am  

St pete wrote:

Surely he must pick his strongest 17 agsinst cas. It's our biggest game of the season so far.

I disagree. We should be focussing on winning the GF, and to do that we will need to be on top form, with all our biggest players fit. There is no point winning the next few games only to limp into old Trafford and get mullered by Leeds again, or worse still, the Goons. I would prefer to aim big, than simply to aim to get into the play offs. And yes, to win at OT we need to be in the play offs, but we also need to be smart.

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:31 am  

SomersetSaint wrote:

I disagree. We should be focussing on winning the GF, and to do that we will need to be on top form, with all our biggest players fit. There is no point winning the next few games only to limp into old Trafford and get mullered by Leeds again, or worse still, the Goons. I would prefer to aim big, than simply to aim to get into the play offs. And yes, to win at OT we need to be in the play offs, but we also need to be smart.

For me, though, the smart thing is to go all out between now and the end of the season. We've seen all too clearly of late how easy it is to get into the rhythm of losing games. The win at Leeds has given us a desperately needed dose of confidence and we need to build on that, not undermine it by not taking the coming weeks seriously.

Re: 19 man squad v Castleford : Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:21 pm  

We have no choice but to put the hammer down.

History teaches us that the team which storms up on the rails around the time of the playoffs is very, very difficult to beat - regardless of final position.

We are reasonably healthy. Walsh looks as though he has finally turned a corner. Other sides are beginning to pick up one or two serious injuries.

I mean, I'm not as confident as I would be with Walsh fully fit and combining well with Burns. But things could have been worse, too.

There can be no holding back against Cas. It's 100% or bust.