Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:08 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

"Someone else"?

Connor is our full back, Reynolds is our stand off and Sneyd is our scrum half. No need to completely change the dynamics of the team.

What exactly are the dynamics of Reynolds at Stand Off? He has a bit of pace but he doesn’t exactly have ball handling skill like Connor, which is what I want from my stand off.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:10 pm  

I must admit I'm struggling to hold on to the optimism I had earlier in the season. Last 3 performances have been really poor and we don't seem to be able to address the basic errors we keep making.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:11 pm  

World of Redboy wrote:

What exactly are the dynamics of Reynolds at Stand Off? He has a bit of pace but he doesn’t exactly have ball handling skill like Connor, which is what I want from my stand off.

You remove Reynolds you don't get what you see from Connor.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:14 pm  

This game showed that Hull can be just as lacklustre under Hodgson as Radford.

By the same token Hull could raise their game under Radford and probably can do under Hodgson too. So I'm not writing you off next week.

Have to say though....Connor had his moments, even Sneyd had his moments. But Josh Reynolds....what's the point of him?

Albert Kelly did well for Brisbane this week and even on a bad day you are never going to not notice him like was the case with Reynolds.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:15 pm  

Johnstone been underperforming last few times he has played. Don’t know if he’s trying too hard to take his chance?

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:15 pm  

World of Redboy wrote:

What exactly are the dynamics of Reynolds at Stand Off? He has a bit of pace but he doesn’t exactly have ball handling skill like Connor, which is what I want from my stand off.

Maybe give him more than six games.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:15 pm  

pmarrow wrote:

You remove Reynolds you don't get what you see from Connor.

Agree, for Fonuas first try, he really took the ball into the defensive line.

He cant be making 50 metre breaks to get us out of trouble every set

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:17 pm  

Reynolds has come across on his own, in the middle of a lockdown. Some overseas don’t find their feet until a good few months in.

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:21 pm  

Saints do the basics very well and at speed and they have the forwards to make an impact on any defence.
We are playing with small forwards who are been rolled over and Hodgson has to change the interchanges so we dont have Lane,Fash and Cator on at the same time.
Our bench has no impact at all so i would change the starting 13 and even though Bowden is not match fit i would start him with Sao and let big Chris who is our only real impact forward come off the bench for Bowden.
Hopefully Savelio is fit then we can interchange Lane and Cator
Dont know what to do with Johnstone.Can see the benefit of having two nines but i havnt seen anything from him yet to say he could be a long term replacement for Houghton.He is 23 now so in the age group of Cator and Lane but seems along way behind and is not blessed with any pace that a modern nine needs.
Its a pity that we are having to leave out a strong player like Faraimo unless we give him a run in the forwards

Re: St's up next (Rnd 8) : Fri May 28, 2021 9:24 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

"Someone else"?

Connor is our full back, Reynolds is our stand off and Sneyd is our scrum half. No need to completely change the dynamics of the team.

What’s the saying? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

We certainly need to try to change things as presently we are flogging dead horses. Danny H looks as though he’s lost interest again. Tuimavave not doing it for some time. Sneyd too light weight and soft in attack. Do you think Connor will resign with these poor performances?

If Brett H can do something you think he’d have done it by now but our old complacency can be seen again. Second half was marginally better but damage done.

Hey ho I live in hope and I’m a cancer patient!