Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:29 am  

Bateman will have to deal better with having a target on his chest. He’s a big fish now and players will go after him. He had a poor start but by the end he looked really dangerous.

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:40 am  

Hoping Gildart can play, think he’s week to week?

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:52 am  

I really think that we need to bring Hank back. With Field being out for 6 weeks, there's a need for more back support + he can kick too.

Isa should never be picked a centre again either (not his fault before anyone starts). Leave the guy in the middle and let him set the tempo for the defence.

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:55 am  

NSW wrote:

Hoping Gildart can play, think he’s week to week?

Gildart's the one I worry about, how often do groin strains turn into hernia ops, really hope I'm way off the mark with this one.
Hopefully Manfredi is close otherwise it could be a very short challenge cup run if we're drawn against anyone decent with our current backline

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:08 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

I really think that we need to bring Hank back. With Field being out for 6 weeks, there's a need for more back support + he can kick too.

Isa should never be picked a centre again either (not his fault before anyone starts). Leave the guy in the middle and let him set the tempo for the defence.

Agree re Isa, he’s a cracking secondrow but a liability in defence on the wider channel against more mobile centres.

In relation to the Hanley debate I thought he went ok too.

He’s probably not robust enough to play week in week out though.

We tend to use our wingers as extra forwards early in the set coming out of our half.

We have 3 wingers who generally do this well and generate good post contact meters.

Hanley seemed to lose contact every time he tried to do a similar carry. He’s not developed enough yet for that style.

I’m in the keep him on the wing for now camp but I’d also say I agree with others who think we need to bring Hankinson back from his loan spell now.

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:18 pm  

Hardaker will be fullback again next week so it will be bordering on the masochistic if we don't bring Hankinson back to fill a centre spot plus he's by a mile the best goal kicker at the club

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:29 pm  

jonh wrote:

I’m in the keep him on the wing for now camp but I’d also say I agree with others who think we need to bring Hankinson back from his loan spell now.

I think the club will give French a min of two weeks before he plays (like they did with Hastings). Add onto that Field is out for 6 weeks, Gildart is out (no idea on how long) both wingers & you don't want young lads playing every week too.

Bringing him back, just loosens things up a little

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:36 pm  

Do we definitely have the option with Hankinson? I can't understand why it hasn't happened already if we do. He played last week for London so he's cup tied but we could still do with him next week even if Gildart is back.

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:41 pm  

Lam confirmed we do but said we hadn’t considered it last week. I wonder if the salary cap plays a part? If they have room but want to save it for later in the season, that may impact on it.

I feel for Hankinson really. He’s been sat twiddling his thumbs for a couple of years and now he’s not here he’d walk a place had he stayed. It still would probably be short term though.

Re: Team Next Week/Jai Field Injury : Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:46 pm  

The obvious move is to bring Hankinson back, it's not obvious to Lam though.
He's a far better goal kicker than Zac and these missed pens and conversions will cost us games if the problem isn't sorted.
The right centre position was his and last night showed why we need a big man/good tackler at right centre. I really do doubt Thornley would have scored that try had he been facing Hanks.
On ly two problems, is there an option to bring him back and even if Rads/IL did would Lam play him? Somehow I doubt it.