Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 11:57 am  

Warrington Wolves 21-man squad: Sitaleki Akauola, Blake Austin, Rob Butler, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Jake Mamo, Robbie Mulhern, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Nathan Roebuck, Josh Thewlis, Danny Walker, Gareth Widdop.

Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 11:58 am  

Same as Saturday for me.

Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 12:07 pm  

karetaker wrote:

Same as Saturday for me.

Lineham and Akuaola back for me ... sorry to repeat myself.

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Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 1:09 pm  

Yes I think Price will play Lineham and Akaoula simply because he will wan't them in the cc semi team next week, so will treat this game as a bit of a dry run.

Looking further out though we can probably guess that neither Akaoula or Austin will be retained next year. So I would prefer to see game time limited for both players with Ratchford moving to the halves. That would leave some space for Thewlis, Butler and possibly Doro to get more game time. The regular rounds are really not that important, we don't need to win them all, only finish in the top 5 playoff. And Leeds have demonstrated better than anyone that you can win SL even if you don't finish top 3.

Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 1:22 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

Yes I think Price will play Lineham and Akaoula simply because he will wan't them in the cc semi team next week, so will treat this game as a bit of a dry run.

Looking further out though we can probably guess that neither Akaoula or Austin will be retained next year. So I would prefer to see game time limited for both players with Ratchford moving to the halves. That would leave some space for Thewlis, Butler and possibly Doro to get more game time. The regular rounds are really not that important, we don't need to win them all, only finish in the top 5 playoff. And Leeds have demonstrated better than anyone that you can win SL even if you don't finish top 3.

I understand your thought and would have been with you on this, however this season will be the first time I don’t give a shat what happens in 2022. I selfishly want shat or bust. Play the best players, get the results, win the cups and have zero sentiment for who gets dropped or left out in the midst of doing so. It won’t be the first time there has been player, played consistently to find himself out of the final.

Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 1:38 pm  

I didn't catch the game on Saturday. How did Thewlis go? Does he warrant being dropped for Lineham?

I'm much of the opinion of giving him the best chance to take the 2 shirt next year

Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 1:47 pm  

Philth wrote:

I didn't catch the game on Saturday. How did Thewlis go? Does he warrant being dropped for Lineham?

I'm much of the opinion of giving him the best chance to take the 2 shirt next year

Dropped two balls from the kick off, that aside, did ok other than that.

Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 1:57 pm  

Alffi_7 wrote:

Dropped two balls from the kick off, that aside, did ok other than that.

I said to my mate, that's the first time I've ever seen him drop a high ball then he went and did it again.

Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 2:25 pm  

Lord Tony Smith wrote:

I said to my mate, that's the first time I've ever seen him drop a high ball then he went and did it again.

Yes, normally very composed

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Re: Squad for Salford. : Tue May 25, 2021 3:19 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

I understand your thought and would have been with you on this, however this season will be the first time I don’t give a shat what happens in 2022. I selfishly want shat or bust. Play the best players, get the results, win the cups and have zero sentiment for who gets dropped or left out in the midst of doing so. It won’t be the first time there has been player, played consistently to find himself out of the final.

I think (know ?) Price will play his best team in the cc semi, but in the regular season we don't need to win every match and playing the kids here and there not only brings them on with a view to next year, but also means that if we have injuries this year they can easily step up.