Re: Blake Austin. : Sun May 05, 2019 10:44 pm  

sally cinnamon wrote:

It's worrying that we keep having this issue of our forwards being battered in to submission.

Happened in the Challenge Cup Final last year and then in the Grand Final as well, these were given on here as the reasons why Patton and Roberts were not able to dictate those games.

Perhaps an overhaul is needed - is it time to take a hard look at old favourites like Hill, Cooper, Westwood, Currie and ask are they able to cut it against the very best packs? What about BMM and Hughes - would Saints and Catalans take them?

A number of posters have been saying we need to strengthen our pack for a while. Hill, who once stood out, is nowhere near as effective as he was in his pre Captaincy days.

Our pack of 2019 should not even been discussed on the same URL as the 2011 one.

Morley (capt)
Monas
Carvell
Anderson
Westwood
Harrison

Grix
Wood
Cooper
Solomona

Re: Blake Austin. : Sun May 05, 2019 11:31 pm  

I think we need a bigger guy on the bench for sure. We lack something without Hill and coops.

Re: Blake Austin. : Mon May 06, 2019 8:18 am  

Never understand why Hilly and Coops go off at the same time. Does SP not see the impact it has on the game like we do.

Re: Blake Austin. : Mon May 06, 2019 9:32 am  

sally cinnamon wrote:

Happened in the Challenge Cup Final last year and then in the Grand Final as well

Perhaps an overhaul is needed - is it time to take a hard look at old favourites like Hill, Cooper, Westwood, Currie and ask are they able to cut it against the very best packs? What about BMM and Hughes - would Saints and Catalans take them?

Come on, you know I was referring to one game And in that game we did clearly lose the forward battle so inevitable that Austin wouldn’t get a decent platform for us to see how he copes against the top opposition.

Although for what it’s worth I do think we need one more decent big forward for when Hill and Cooper come off. It IS noticeable and tends to coincide with our lull periods in games.

Re: Blake Austin. : Mon May 06, 2019 9:34 am  

I would say give daz clark or Austin captaincy

Re: Blake Austin. : Mon May 06, 2019 10:08 am  

I think our pack isn’t too far off. We are lightweight in the second row, but if Currie finds his attacking form that would be a positive. BMM should certainly be at least the equivalent of Solomona, but I’m not convinced he has ever been full fit since arriving. J Clark looks to be a machine, but again lightweight. A Waterhouse style 2nd row would make all the difference to our pack.

Re: Blake Austin. : Mon May 06, 2019 10:53 am  

I think we need to use BMM as Salford did. He started a few games before his rest and I hope it continues. He showed at Salford he can do a lot more minutes than he has at Wire.

Re: Blake Austin. : Mon May 06, 2019 12:02 pm  

Shazbaz wrote:

Never understand why Hilly and Coops go off at the same time. Does SP not see the impact it has on the game like we do.

Yeah i'd rather start with Hill And Tasi, and have Cooper coming off the bench when Tasi comes off. Then when Hill is rested Cooper will still be on the field, we do seem to lack go forward when they are both off and it seems to be the same for each game where we start to ship points. That's how it seems anyway i could be wrong though?

Re: Blake Austin. : Wed May 08, 2019 1:46 pm  

Bmm is only good 5 yards out and with a small guy in front of him. Too lazy and work shy, Currie since coming back has been very poor as well.

Re: Blake Austin. : Wed May 08, 2019 1:59 pm  

Bobby Digital wrote:

Bmm is only good 5 yards out and with a small guy in front of him. Too lazy and work shy, Currie since coming back has been very poor as well.