Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:42 pm  

Shall we get a banner made up saying

WEVE GOT INJURIES, PLEASE HAVE SYMPATHY!

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:44 pm  

Wandering Warrior wrote:

Shall we get a banner made up saying

WEVE GOT INJURIES, PLEASE HAVE SYMPATHY!

HOPE YOU MENTION ARE INJURIES EVERY MINUTE EDDIE!

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:45 pm  

jinkin jimmy wrote:

And the reason you're not getting too far is because you seem to think he is better than he is (awful grammar but you get the point). Best at Wigan certainly but that doesn't take much. Overall I'm happy with him now but he's certainly not exceptional. His biggest asset up to now has been staying fit (unlike Buderus, who is plainly in a different league in terms of ability but has been dogged by injuries). Let's hope he's back soon before Micky Mac proves he is in fact dispensible!

EDIT: By staying fit, I mean his availability week in, week out.

Do you think we'll miss him on Friday?

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:54 pm  

there's no doubting that this will be a fantastic, bruising and intense game. i'll be sky + it as i'll be at the HJ. IMO the battle will be won in the halves, with eastmond and tomkins, if eastmond steps up like he did against us then saints will win and if tomkins does then wigan will win. i don't care who wins i just hope they knock seven bells out of each other and i'm looking forward to seeing graham vs fielden.

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:56 pm  

Summer Rugby wrote:

there's no doubting that this will be a fantastic, bruising and intense game. i'll be sky + it as i'll be at the HJ. IMO the battle will be won in the halves, with eastmond and tomkins, if eastmond steps up like he did against us then saints will win and if tomkins does then wigan will win. i don't care who wins i just hope they knock seven bells out of each other and i'm looking forward to seeing graham vs fielden.

Tomkins will not be 100% which is a huge worry

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:57 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Do you think we'll miss him on Friday?

Yes. I think his omission could well be the difference between winning and losing. FWIW I actually chose him for sponsors' MOM last season. I think it was against Salford. I remember someone posting on here that whoever chose him needed his head examined lol.
However, I recall a post of yours comparing him favourably to just about every hooker in the comp whereas IMO there are plenty of his standard or better. As I said earlier, though, that's not to say I'm unhappy with him atm. Is he doing a good job? Yes. Could he be replaced easily by other (not all) hookers in this comp? Again, yes.

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:02 pm  

wigan_knight wrote:

Tomkins will not be 100% which is a huge worry

it is. oustanding player with a huge future. i'd be worried aswell going into this game (if i were a wigan fan) imo Leuluai doesn't have the same creativity and drive as Sam.

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:04 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

No Ainscough??

Why would there be? He is at Castleford for the season.

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On the subject of Deacon/McIllorum, Deacon has to be in there as Micky Mc is only just back from injury and to go with no back up in a game such as the one on Friday is a huge risk.

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:17 pm  

AJ wrote:

Why would there be? He is at Castleford for the season.

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On the subject of Deacon/McIllorum, Deacon has to be in there as Micky Mc is only just back from injury and to go with no back up in a game such as the one on Friday is a huge risk.

I'd rather play an extra Forward (Farrell/Feka) and move O'loughlin to 6 or 9 as an interchange rather than play Deacon who's been missing for 3/4 weeks and before that was missing tackles for fun and looked way off the pace IMO.

Re: 19 Men Squads : Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:23 pm  

phelps injury isnt serious, they decided not to risk him on fri.

coley is the main worry. there gonna make a decison about him thursday night.