It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 1:22 pm  

FRANCIS Meli and Matt Gidley have both been named in the 19-man squad to face Harlequins RL this weekend.

They return for the Carnegie Challenge Cup Fifth Round tie following their recovery from hamstring and achilles injuries respectively.

Dual registered Jake Emmitt has also been named whilst there is a call up for Jonny Lomax.

Mick Potter’s 19-man squad the match is:

1. Paul Wellens, 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Matt Gidley, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Leon Pryce, 7. Kyle Eastmond, 8. Nick Fozzard, 9. Keiron Cunningham, 10. James Graham, 11. Tony Puletua, 13. Chris Flannery, 14. James Roby, 15. Bryn Hargreaves, 16. Scott Moore, 17. Paul Clough, 18. Matty Ashurst, 22. Andrew Dixon, 24. Jonny Lomax, 25. Jake Emmitt.

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 1:39 pm  

Paddock Punter wrote:

FRANCIS Meli and Matt Gidley have both been named in the 19-man squad to face Harlequins RL this weekend.

They return for the Carnegie Challenge Cup Fifth Round tie following their recovery from hamstring and achilles injuries respectively.

Dual registered Jake Emmitt has also been named whilst there is a call up for Jonny Lomax.

Mick Potter’s 19-man squad the match is:

1. Paul Wellens, 2. Ade Gardner, 3. Matt Gidley, 5. Francis Meli, 6. Leon Pryce, 7. Kyle Eastmond, 8. Nick Fozzard, 9. Keiron Cunningham, 10. James Graham, 11. Tony Puletua, 13. Chris Flannery, 14. James Roby, 15. Bryn Hargreaves, 16. Scott Moore, 17. Paul Clough, 18. Matty Ashurst, 22. Andrew Dixon, 24. Jonny Lomax, 25. Jake Emmitt.

Should be a good game mate esp with Gids and Meli back in the squad,hopefully we shoud win a tough contest.(Saints fan)

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 3:17 pm  

Thats a strong squad, worryingly

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 4:18 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

Thats a strong squad, worryingly

Saints do this to us all the time claim squad full of injuries and come game time up pops a near full squad.
I dont know much about the Saints squad and i sure a Saints fan will put me right,but the two they have brought in to the 19 are a forward and a back so maybe there are doubts over Gidley and a forward (hopefully Puletua who did go of injuried againt HullKR.)

what more worrying, why is it taking so long to announce our team.

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 4:28 pm  

This is the 19 who have the task of sending us through to the quarter finals:

Tony Clubb
Luke Dorn
Ryan Esders
Luke Gale
David Howell
Ben Jones
Luke May
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Chris Melling
Jamie O'Callaghan
Danny Orr
Rob Purdham
Chad Randall
Will Sharp
Karl Temata
Danny Ward
Oliver Wilkes
Dave Williams
Luke Williamson

Likely lineup:
Luke Dorn
Chris Melling
Tony Clubb
David Howell
Will Sharp
Luke Gale
Chad Randall
Karl Temata
Danny Orr
Danny Ward
Rob Purdham
Luke Williamson
Ryan Esders

Bench (from):
Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook
Oliver Wilkes
Dave Williams or Ben Jones
Luke May or Jamie O'Callaghan

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 5:40 pm  

Luke Dorn
Chris Melling
Tony Clubb
David Howell
Will Sharp
Luke Gale
Chad Randall
LMS
Danny Orr
Danny Ward
Rob Purdham
K.Temata
Luke Williamson

Bench (from):
Ryan Esders
Oliver Wilkes
Dave Williams
Ben Jones

I like to stick with Karl T in the second row with either Purds or Williamson,as felt he had a blinder from there against Hull and offered alot with his off loads.
I also have stuck with same bench as Hull game as think we need to start sending out the same squads. Just feel might be to big a game to send Luke May in for what would be i think is his first game of the season.

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 6:52 pm  

alanw wrote:

Saints do this to us all the time claim squad full of injuries and come game time up pops a near full squad.
I dont know much about the Saints squad and i sure a Saints fan will put me right,but the two they have brought in to the 19 are a forward and a back so maybe there are doubts over Gidley and a forward (hopefully Puletua who did go of injuried againt HullKR.)

what more worrying, why is it taking so long to announce our team.

Gids probably could have played at Murrayfield but MP decided not to risk it and leave him for this cup game which is far more important.

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 7:18 pm  

If Puleta not fit great thing for Quins Send Big Karl T on from the start

Re: It's not going to be easy : Fri May 07, 2010 7:49 pm  

windy one 2010 wrote:

If Puleta not fit great thing for Quins Send Big Karl T on from the start

According to the early assessments after he went off at MM, Puletula's injury wasn't anything to worry about. Sorry to disappoint you.

We're a few players off a full squad and both Gids and Meli have had injuries of the niggling variety (achilles for Gids, hamstring for Meli), so I would think their presence on the pitch won't be known about until the very last minute.

Re: It's not going to be easy : Sat May 08, 2010 8:17 am  

Given the title of this thread, who's the man in the middle tomorrow or dare I ask?