No way back for Mose? : Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:30 pm  

Just wondering after a great front row performance last week, is there really any way back for Mose Masoe? I thought Amor, Savelio, Walmsley and Richards were great last Friday and never took a backward step! I wonder if Cunningham see's Masoe's injury as a blessing in disguise following the pack display? On the otherhand this could fire Masoe up for a devastating finish to his Saints career???

Thoughts?

Re: No way back for Mose? : Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:56 am  

Well worth a spot on the bench. Richards isn't a great player, Thompson should be in ahead of him. Mose should be on the bench and used properly he's a fantastic asset.

People would do well to not read too much into the Leeds win. They have won the Challenge Cup, which is an exhausting experience despite the relative ease of the win. They'll have spent the remainder of the weekend celebrating, then a large part of the week smooching sponsors and attending celebratory functions. They also rested some of their best players. We wouldn't have won that game if they hadn't rested those players, nor would we if they hadn't played in the Cup final when they did.

It also wasn't a superb performance. It was better, but with 15 to go we were hanging in there.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:18 am  

It's down to him to fight his way back into the team now. No more complacency.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Wed Sep 09, 2015 6:13 pm  

After a season of nightmare injuries we are - finally - getting closer to being able to field a decent side.

Now the proposal is we should start dumping players?

I really don't understand some fans.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:54 pm  

Would probably put Mose back in the 17 for this game at the expense of Flanagan and Thompson, plenty of running in the back row with LMS, Wilkin, Greenwood and Sav. I reckon Mose will respond to avoid the possibility of no longer taking part in the remainder of the season.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Thu Sep 10, 2015 6:29 pm  

I'm told he won't play for saints again unless we have severe injuries. The reason being work ethic, attitude and for the benefit of team spirit.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:34 pm  

St pete wrote:

I'm told he won't play for saints again unless we have severe injuries. The reason being work ethic, attitude and for the benefit of team spirit.

That maybe the mantra this week, but next week they may say without Walmsley and Savellio in the same team, we don't have enough forwards to match everyone else, so Mose needs to come back.

Or maybe we lost our way due to Turner leaving the middle of the park.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:02 pm  

We were arguably even more leaky without Turner so I really don't know what we're gaining leaving him on the bench.

Walsh's defence .... well, what do I need to say which isn't obvious?

As for Mose - we needed him tonight. Saints' weakness is always from the 20th minute onwards (both halves) against Cas. When their mobile (and fit) guys come at us we desperately need a big forward to take some of the zip out of their feet.

The thing is - Mose played an absolute blinder in the last Cas game in that precise role. His charging 30m run with a handful of minutes remaining (putting us in A1 field position) SHOULD have been the game. It certainly wasn't his fault we blew the match through stupidity.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:31 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

We were arguably even more leaky without Turner so I really don't know what we're gaining leaving him on the bench.

Walsh's defence .... well, what do I need to say which isn't obvious?

As for Mose - we needed him tonight. Saints' weakness is always from the 20th minute onwards (both halves) against Cas. When their mobile (and fit) guys come at us we desperately need a big forward to take some of the zip out of their feet.

The thing is - Mose played an absolute blinder in the last Cas game in that precise role. His charging 30m run with a handful of minutes remaining (putting us in A1 field position) SHOULD have been the game. It certainly wasn't his fault we blew the match through stupidity.

I too think he is worth a bench place; it all went downhill a bit when Richards and Thompson came - especially Richards, he is not quite a big man but is slower than a big man.

I thought Flash did well when he eventually came on, whatever he gives (questionable) he gives 100%.

Re: No way back for Mose? : Thu Sep 10, 2015 11:34 pm  

The thing is - Mose's supposedly dropped because his "attitude" isn't right. And yet how many backs were turned resulting in tries tonight?

Ridiculous.