: Tue May 26, 2009 5:40 pm  

If we have the best case scenario with injuries-

1 owen
2 wainwright
3 shenton
4 evans
5 dixon
6 goldy
7 chase
8 sarge
9 netherton
10 higgins
11 ferres
12 widders
13 westy ( he needs to take some of the organising pressure off the halfs)

14 feather
15 huby
16 sione
17 jones (playing hooker interchange)

18th man boyle

: Tue May 26, 2009 5:45 pm  

If all those returning are fit:

1. McGoldrick
2. Owen
3. Shenton
4. Evans
5. Dixon
6. Westerman
7. Chase
8. Sargent
9. Netherton
10. Huby
11. Ferres
12. Jones
13. Faumuina

Bench: Feather, Higgins, Boyle, Widders.

Completing 19: Clayton and Wainwright.

: Tue May 26, 2009 5:49 pm  

GIANT DAZ wrote:

well i hope ya dont

You would.

: Tue May 26, 2009 5:51 pm  

[quote="Fully"] If all those returning are fit: [quote/]

That is what is worrying me - there is a temptation here to go in with someone 70% and then be down to 16 players inside 10 minutes. Or worse, people hiding with injuries and we end up playing soft.

Huddersfield are beatable, but you need to control them for a while and give little away. We need to play this game like and NRL game, territory and posession..... I know it is said a lot but Sunday needs an arm-wrestle and line speed all the way through.

Cheap penalties and field position and we'll be onto a loser, but a disciplined and controlled display and we can win.... If we can hang in there and not be forced into trying to win it in the first half....... You can't win the game in the first half, but you can sure as hell lose it!

Easy game from the armchair I know, I gave up playing (badly) 9 years ago and coaching after 2 seasons!

: Tue May 26, 2009 5:57 pm  

mdean wrote:

Fully wrote:

If all those returning are fit:

That is what is worrying me - there is a temptation here to go in with someone 70% and then be down to 16 players inside 10 minutes. Or worse, people hiding with injuries and we end up playing soft.

Huddersfield are beatable, but you need to control them for a while and give little away. We need to play this game like and NRL game, territory and posession..... I know it is said a lot but Sunday needs an arm-wrestle and line speed all the way through.

Cheap penalties and field position and we'll be onto a loser, but a disciplined and controlled display and we can win.... If we can hang in there and not be forced into trying to win it in the first half....... You can't win the game in the first half, but you can sure as hell lose it!

Easy game from the armchair I know, I gave up playing (badly) 9 years ago and coaching after 2 seasons!

Which is why you spell players. Netherton can be replaced by Boyle on the half-hour mark, with Jones filling in at hooker for the next thirty mins, and then Netherton comes back on for final twenty.

Widders in all honesty plays the last 20 mins anyway, so there is only Owen and McGoldrick who will play full match. They are both very fit lads so I'm sure they'll be more than raring to play.

We have to dominate the ruck area as you say, and not let Huddersfield win the 'wrestle'.

Watching Robinson and Hodgson are also key, and we have to watch out for our wings this time.

Wainwright in all honesty is too slow to play against the likes of Hodgson, Cudjoe, Aspinwall etc because of their speed - he'll get caught out.

: Tue May 26, 2009 6:45 pm  

Fully wrote:

If all those returning are fit:

1. McGoldrick
2. Owen
3. Shenton
4. Evans
5. Dixon
6. Westerman
7. Chase
8. Sargent
9. Netherton
10. Huby
11. Ferres
12. Jones
13. Faumuina

Bench: Feather, Higgins, Boyle, Widders.

Completing 19: Clayton and Wainwright.

Not so bad eh? That looks like a team that can do the job to me

: Tue May 26, 2009 6:47 pm  

Tigerpie wrote:

Not so bad eh? That looks like a team that can do the job to me

be amazed if goldy is not in the halves sunday!!!

: Tue May 26, 2009 6:53 pm  

WRE wrote:

be amazed if goldy is not in the halves sunday!!!

So will I, but to be honest so long as we have Goldy or Westy at 6 i'll be happy. I'd prefer Westy simply because he has a kicking game, and we'll need a good kicking game to win this one

: Wed May 27, 2009 6:51 am  

Fully wrote:

Which is why you spell players. Netherton can be replaced by Boyle on the half-hour mark, with Jones filling in at hooker for the next thirty mins, and then Netherton comes back on for final twenty.

Widders in all honesty plays the last 20 mins anyway, so there is only Owen and McGoldrick who will play full match. They are both very fit lads so I'm sure they'll be more than raring to play.

We have to dominate the ruck area as you say, and not let Huddersfield win the 'wrestle'.

Watching Robinson and Hodgson are also key, and we have to watch out for our wings this time.

Wainwright in all honesty is too slow to play against the likes of Hodgson, Cudjoe, Aspinwall etc because of their speed - he'll get caught out.

Looked quick enough to me on Friday chasing back on numerous occasions to defuse dangerous situations. Close to our MOTM for me at HKR and I'd be very surprised if TM ommitted him from the 17.

: Wed May 27, 2009 7:10 am  

smoking monkey wrote:

Looked quick enough to me on Friday chasing back on numerous occasions to defuse dangerous situations. Close to our MOTM for me at HKR and I'd be very surprised if TM ommitted him from the 17.

100% agree - unfortunately wainy just seems to have his knockers i'm afraid and fully may be one of them. mad mick is a real grafter and offers the team a hell of a lot that goes un noticed and is not appreciated by some - unfortunately i think his contratc reflects that too. keep up the good work wainy - you'll do for me. i'm sorry but untill we have a super star of a winger then we are in no position to get on wainwrights back in all fairness!!!