Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 6:44 am  

I thought Hall on the whole was pretty solid defensively on Boxing Day.

I remember the outcry when he left the club in that swap deal. He was at that point, probably one of our better players. He's had a fair few critics hasn't he since coming back. You don't turn into a poor player overnight. Give the lad a chance.

Personally, I'd be happy with him starting.

As for the pack, we also have Shaw and Lingard who could also be utilised

Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:36 am  

PopTart wrote:

I'm not being negative for the sake of it. I'm just saying where we are weak.
I think you'll find it hard to find a Cas fan who agrees with you about Hall.

Moving McMeekan simply weakens the front row. I'd rather have Pitts or even Croft in SR.

I don’t care whether Cas fans agree. I watched a few Cas games back end of season where Hall played right centre and he was one of Cas’s better players and certainly has solid defensively. What Cas fans may say won’t change what I watched.

We have to accept that we may be weakened whomever we move. Pitts moving from 13 weakens us as does Mckmeeken etc. we may have to hope Vagana is fit so he can slot straight into right SR without disrupting the pack too much.

Will be interesting to see how Powell shuffles if needed. Hopefully a couple come back so it makes it easier.

Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:20 am  

lets just hope no one picks up an injury this weekend

Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:32 am  

If Vagana’s fit we’ve got an awesome pack. I’d move Hall to second row if not. He’s a grafter and he runs okay lines, and I’d sooner see Rourke in the centres than Pitts or Cozza covering second row.

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Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:43 am  

Yes I like the Rourke point.

Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:50 am  

I think we’ll be alright… just. Another injury against Goole and we’re digging in a bit, which is a shame for round one. Leeds are down a handful too though - I’m backing us.

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Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 11:58 am  

I'm less worried about Seth than I am Scott.
Firstly he's looked awesome so far and is going to be a star performer for us....so will be missed.
But he's had a lot of fitness issues and was hoping we'd be able to sort it out for him.
Time will tell.

Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:11 pm  

A thumb fracture isn’t too bad either. Quite a clear timeline, can stay fit, and doesn’t knock your confidence too much. He should slot straight back in.

Feel for Scott, he was looking great. But once we’ve got a SR back we can move Hall into that centre spot and we should be fine. I get what people are saying about Hall not being a world beater, but I do think he’s got massive improvement in him and he just stalled a bit.

Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:15 pm  

Butcher wrote:

If Vagana’s fit we’ve got an awesome pack. I’d move Hall to second row if not. He’s a grafter and he runs okay lines, and I’d sooner see Rourke in the centres than Pitts or Cozza covering second row.

Yeah, Renouf and Vagana won't be available for the Goole game but most probably will be available for our first SL game, TJ will be having his first run out against Goole though. Seth's out for 8 weeks and Scott is nursing a torn hamstring, so hopefully he can recover and get back on the pitch sooner than later. Like you say anymore and we're running into trouble already which is a bit crazy tbh.

Re: Leeds away first up. : Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:20 pm  

see the squads out cozza griffin vagana nikotemo and atoni missing out of forwards but m russel TJ Doyle all back