Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:31 pm  

No Hallas either due to injury.

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:36 pm  

Pack looks a better, I wouldn't fancy playing against it so that's a good sign..
A couple of bigger front rows and its ok...
Whats wrong with Lumb?
How come no Lilley? they are 2 good players to be out..

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:56 pm  

The absence of Lilley and Lumb is concerning! I personally would line up like this:

19. Johnny Campbell
2. Ethan Ryan
4. Ross Oakes
3. James Mendeika
5. Iliess Macani
6. Leon Pryce
7. Joe Keyes
8. Liam Kirk
0. Scott Moore
17. Ross Peltier
11. Colton Roche
0. Kevin Larroyer
20. James Bentley

14. Oscar Thomas
15. Jon Magrin
31. Mikolaj Oledzki
0. Johnny Walker

For the first time this season the pack looks good! I'd have Thomas on the bench to cover the halves for when Moore needs a spell and Keyes moves to 9. I've gone for a 3rd prop on the bench and experience in Walker as I believe Swinton will try bully us and we need to front up to this and have our pack earn a platform for our halves to work from.

Missing Lilley and Lumb is big especially Lilley's kicking game. But seeing that squad I am confident the lads can get the win.

[Bulliac]

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 2:18 pm  

Think Leon could do more kicking, though we need to be much more on the front foot or it hardly matters about who's actually doing the kicking.

[Bullseye]

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 2:46 pm  

No Hallas means Halafihi is bound to figure on the bench or even start since I can’t see Beattie making one change to the halfbacks to bring Keyes in then making another during the game to move him to dummy half.

So Moore and Halafihi I think will play since Moore won’t be fit enough to play 80mins.

I’d prefer Campbell at fullback and Thomas on the bench for his versatility but expect it’ll be Thomas at fullback again. Not sure what Beattie will do with the props. I’d definitely play Walker for this game knowing how Swinton play it. Peltier, Magrin and Oledzki make up the four with Larroyer, Roche and Bentley as the backrow. I think Kirk might miss out. Jordan Roberts will probably end up on the bench.

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:02 pm  

Odds on a Scott Moore and Josh Barlow punch up?

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:10 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Odds on a Scott Moore and Josh Barlow punch up?

Odds on a Josh Barlow punch up...

Edited for accuracy

[Bullseye]

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:13 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Odds on a Scott Moore and Josh Barlow punch up?

Barlow will be involved in some argy bargy that's for sure. He's a few sandwiches short of a picnic. he'll throw a load of swinging arms in the tackle then refuse to take the ball up like last time.

Having Moore, Walker and Larroyer on the field will add much needed experience for dealing with his antics.

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 3:43 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Barlow will be involved in some argy bargy that's for sure. He's a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

Runs in the family. Hardly surprising that his brother is currently suspended after being in court for kidnapping a doping agent. I can only assume their parentage is sibling based.

Re: Round 3| vs. Swinton (Away) : Fri Feb 17, 2017 5:04 pm  

I really want to see Campbell ahead of Thomas for this one. While Thomas has more skills than Campbell in terms of passing amd kicking, he's also prone to an error at crucial times (Keighley & Rochdale) we simply have to be solid at the back. This is going to be a good old fashioned championship slug fest. Lets use a vastly experienced championship player.