Re: Squad for Saints : Wed Jul 05, 2023 5:03 pm  

Smiffy27 wrote:

We are playing the best RL Team in the world & we are short of 5 forwards from our pre-season squad & also most likely missing one of the best attacking players in the game. It is going to be very difficult. Hopefully our fans will carry us through on a wave of positive encouragement.

If the team show effort and desire the crowd will get behind them.

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Squad for Saints : Wed Jul 05, 2023 5:20 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

If the team show effort and desire the crowd will get behind them.

I agree.

I'm not a booing type, and can't speak for others that do, but a fair proportion of the half time unrest may have been aimed at Kendall rather than the team, (we weren't given anything by the man in the middle).

Yes we were poor in execution but for all the ineptitude and basic errors of the first 20 minutes, Kasiano's binning galvanised our efforts for that middle section of the match and into the second half until Myler's try. IF only we could have fashioned something in attack instead of fluffing our lines, a score by us at 60mins would have given us last quarter.

Apologies for the thread drift

Re: Squad for Saints : Wed Jul 05, 2023 5:49 pm  

Right or wrongly, I don't think Alffi's selection will be too far out - unfortunately.
Not really got much else to play with.
And whilst I hate the complaining about missing players it's difficult not to think 'what if'.

I wonder what the 'page number' on the 'Powell Out' thread will be up to by next Monday given it's at 121 as I type. Me thinks maybe 130.

Given where we are now I just want to see effort, desire and minimal 'stupid' errors.

Re: Squad for Saints : Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:39 pm  

Well, Saints are missing Batchelor who has been superb for them and Makinson, who is key at getting them on the front foot.

Our kicking game needs to be A1 with or without Williams and Hurrell is a major weakness in defence which we'll need to exploit.

Will be a tough ask, but will be tougher if we don't meet them head on with House of Pain intent.

Re: Squad for Saints : Wed Jul 05, 2023 6:56 pm  

Missing Sironen as well. 3 quality players. We’re not going to win but like Wires71 says as long as we put a shedload of effort in I’ll be happy.

Re: Squad for Saints : Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:35 am  

William’s is at Wimbledon and ruled himself out against Saints.
To add he said “it’s a must win game”

Re: Squad for Saints : Thu Jul 06, 2023 12:26 pm  

We need to win the 1st set of 6 arm wrestle ... Even when we were playing well, when it came to playing both Saints and Wigan we lost that first set of 6 and then ended up playing the next 25 mins in our own half. ... For me the key to the game ( or at least the first half ) is to not start the game by allowing the opposition to start their first meaningful set on their own forty or the halfway

Re: Squad for Saints : Thu Jul 06, 2023 3:25 pm  

Deus Dat Incrementum wrote:

Similar squad to the team that took the field against Hull FC to win 7/7 in terms of players missing

Dufty; Russell, Minikin, Ratchford, Ashton; Williams, Drinkwater; Mikaele, Walker, Vaughan, Currie, Nicholson, Mata'utia

Interchanges: Philbin, Thewlis, Dudson, Thomas [Whitehead]

Clark, Bullock, Kassiano, Maguire and Harrison all missing from the team that day and we blew Hull FC away in the first half. Ok Hull were poor back then and Saints are a different proposition now but there were similar numbers missing but still managed a decent performance. Would be good to see us heading back towards those levels.

Could be we didn't really miss the ones who were missing & at least we had Big Tom then playing for a gig Down Under.

Re: Squad for Saints : Thu Jul 06, 2023 5:03 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

If the team show effort and desire the crowd will get behind them.

It’s all we ask, win or lose if the effort is there they will be applauded. When it’s not then they get hammered, our eyes are not painted on we can see the difference.

Re: Squad for Saints : Thu Jul 06, 2023 5:20 pm  

karetaker wrote:

It’s all we ask, win or lose if the effort is there they will be applauded. When it’s not then they get hammered, our eyes are not painted on we can see the difference.

Exactly if they give their all and look gutted after losing the crowd will not boo.

If they look like they are going through the motions and all smiles at the end of a hammering then they will get booed.

I can promise that they will not be booed on entering the field at 8pm so really it's in their hands as to whether they hear boos or not.