Re: Saints at it again... : Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:40 pm  

After watching Cas on Monday I still fancy Saints!

Re: Saints at it again... : Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:55 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Highly rated Pemberton isn't he? Who would you play in the halves then, presumably you're moving Lussick to 9?

Archer and Moss Pemberton may be highly rated but was rubbish in the two A team games I saw him in

Re: Saints at it again... : Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:56 pm  

Bennison is a quality fullback. I get Saints have had to play him on the wing due to the encumbent full back of St Helens, Jack Welsby but this will be his chance to shine. He mullered Wigan playing on the wing so I expect him to rip Cas to shreds. Sambou and Royle are the other ones to wach out for

Re: Saints at it again... : Wed Apr 20, 2022 3:02 pm  

Tigers by 18 !

Re: Saints at it again... : Wed Apr 20, 2022 4:24 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Squad is out for the Cas game, which is on Sky on Friday:

1. Jack Welsby, 14. Joey Lussick, 15. LMS, 18. Kyle Amor, 19. Jake Wingfield, 20. James Bell, 21. Josh Simm, 22. Ben Davies, 24. Dan Norman, 26. Sam Royle, 27. Jon Bennison, 28. Lewis Baxter, 29. Danny Hill, 30. Jumah Sambou, 31. Taylor Pemberton, 32. Shay Martyn, 33. Daniel Moss, 34. George Delaney, 35. McKenzie Buckley, 36. Rio Osaywanbo Corkill, 37. Ellis Archer.

Likely team of:

Bennison
Martyn Davies Simm Sambou
Lussick Welsby
LMS Pemberton Amor
Royle Bell
Wingfield

Norman Baxter Buckley Hill

Get your bets in quick before the bookies spot this...

Can't see Welsby playing many minutes, not sure if Wingfield is fit either. Interesting to see how Hill and Baxter go on their debut.

Re: Saints at it again... : Wed Apr 20, 2022 7:33 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Can't see Welsby playing many minutes, not sure if Wingfield is fit either. Interesting to see how Hill and Baxter go on their debut.

I've known Baxter since he was a kid, be good to see how he gets on.

Re: Saints at it again... : Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:00 pm  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

Bennison is a quality fullback. I get Saints have had to play him on the wing due to the encumbent full back of St Helens, Jack Welsby but this will be his chance to shine. He mullered Wigan playing on the wing so I expect him to rip Cas to shreds. Sambou and Royle are the other ones to wach out for

Sambou is a class player. His younger brother Dayon(also at Saints)is even better. Two more Warrington lads we missed out on!

Re: Saints at it again... : Thu Apr 21, 2022 6:51 am  

Moe syslak wrote:

Sambou is a class player. His younger brother Dayon(also at Saints)is even better. Two more Warrington lads we missed out on!

I havent seen much of Dayon but I will take your word for it! Lets hope he makes it to first grade!

Re: Saints at it again... : Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:29 am  

To be honest (and it pains me to say it) I agree with Woolf on this one.

I don’t believe the Easter schedule is right for the game and hasn’t been for some time. Matches are too intense and players need proper recovery time.

I don’t know the stats but I’d wager more injuries than average occur around Easter and the weeks afterwards.

IMO one of the reasons we lose to Australia is fatigue due to the significant number of extra games we play.

I think it’s a shame for the fans who have booked time off work and bought tickets in advance to watch what is essentially an academy side and also unfair on Castleford who will no doubt welcome a smaller number of travelling fans reducing their income on the day.

Re: Saints at it again... : Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:25 am  

Trainman wrote:

To be honest (and it pains me to say it) I agree with Woolf on this one.

I don’t believe the Easter schedule is right for the game and hasn’t been for some time. Matches are too intense and players need proper recovery time.

I don’t know the stats but I’d wager more injuries than average occur around Easter and the weeks afterwards.

IMO one of the reasons we lose to Australia is fatigue due to the significant number of extra games we play.

I think it’s a shame for the fans who have booked time off work and bought tickets in advance to watch what is essentially an academy side and also unfair on Castleford who will no doubt welcome a smaller number of travelling fans reducing their income on the day.

I think our academy side play Bradford Bulls about 16 hours after the Castleford game has ended, so I doubt the academy lads will play 2 games in 16 hours.

It will be an interesting game, the other one is how Leeds will go against Toulouse nervous time for Hethrington.