Re: Squad for HKR : Wed Oct 02, 2024 3:47 pm  

I'd like a bit more impact from Vaughan and Musgrove this coming match.

Re: Squad for HKR : Wed Oct 02, 2024 4:24 pm  

The Cooke Report wrote:

Well you will get all the VR decisions then. Smith and the West side teams is a joke. As for the Ref we will have to play him too. Still Rovers by 16

I hope I haven’t got the tenor of this post wrong but I’m going with “Poundland Redvee”.

Re: Squad for HKR : Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:21 pm  

Yeah i'd start Vaughan, i think the more involvement he has from the get go the better. He can set the pace and lay a platform for Philbin, Harrison and Musgrove to pick up when he has a rest.

Re: Squad for HKR : Thu Oct 03, 2024 12:42 pm  

Watched the away game from earlier in the year, and the first home game, we're more than their equal, I put the second home game down to fatigue after the Wigan and Saints games, Friday is totally mouth watering. Have a feeling we'll turn it on and it won't be as close as the Saints match but we shall see.

Re: Squad for HKR : Fri Oct 04, 2024 6:54 am  

I think HKR are very strong and they have been getting better of late. We will need to be at our very best & have some good fortune to progress. I don't think it is just a case of us turning up with a desire to win as I am sure we'll have that. I would start with Vaughan as I think he is best at taking the ball up in the very tough early stages

Re: Squad for HKR : Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:11 am  

Stop Mikey Lewis and put pressure on his kicks and we’ll go along way to stopping them.

Now The Wire.

Re: Squad for HKR : Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:58 am  

Crowther is in the 17 tonight. Musgrove has been dropped.

Re: Squad for HKR : Fri Oct 04, 2024 11:07 am  

Abe Froman wrote:

Crowther is in the 17 tonight. Musgrove has been dropped.

Wow that's a bit of a surprise, I thought Sam would go with the same 17.

Re: Squad for HKR : Fri Oct 04, 2024 11:15 am  

One of the things I was impressed with last week was the "shielding" of the players that were lined up to take the St Helens kicks. There were usually 2 or 3 people dropped back. ((I appreciate the Dufty one went wrong but we had plenty of players in the frame)
To go a step further it would be even better if we didn't end up in a situation where the kicks could be challenged. That is easier said than done when you have players like Hall, Burgess and Hiku carting the ball up on those early plays. I don't think it is their pack that makes the yards when we are going set for set. We need to put a lot of energy into stopping those early carries from gaining momentum. We know in play offs we are allowed to stay on in the tackle a bit longer and it is a fine line to tread but we need to contain them.

Re: Squad for HKR : Fri Oct 04, 2024 11:32 am  

Matt King's kitten wrote:

Wow that's a bit of a surprise, I thought Sam would go with the same 17.

KR are a different beast, so I guess Burgess wants a bit of longevity of work rate in his forwards. I guess we'll also be a bit fatigued against their fresh legs, so it makes more sense to have the option of Crowther-type 80 minutes player than an impact one.