Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:57 am  

I think it's going to be a tough match. The Dragons will be tired. They've had a difficult play off series. If they were playing anyone else I'd be cheering them on. But if we play like we did against Cas - and this season we can never be sure how we are going to play! - then we have a great chance of winning the game.

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:57 am  

I think Henserson is their main threat at hooker. When he's on the field he's running the game. The other night when he returned to the field at hudds I thought he changed the game.

Catalan also have a good big tough pack with Lima, elima, Anderson and whitehead all capable of doing some serious damage with and without the ball.

I don't particularly rate their halves tbh and we always stand a chance against a team with no halves like ourselves.

We can't kick to Oldfield on the wing, he's a dangerous runner and has pace.

Is certainly 100% put Escare under the high ball. He's a accident waiting to happen on kicks but also very quick and elusive runner and on his day can be top quality.

It's going to be a very tough game, they are blessed with quality players

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:40 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

I think it's going to be a tough match. The Dragons will be tired. They've had a difficult play off series. If they were playing anyone else I'd be cheering them on. But if we play like we did against Cas - and this season we can never be sure how we are going to play! - then we have a great chance of winning the game.

Catalan's should feel a bit hard done by here, they played a day after wire but have to play you 24 hours' earlier than Wire, surely in the interest of fair play the Warrington Wigan game should have been played Thursday and your game Friday.

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:43 am  

chissitt wrote:

Catalan's should feel a bit hard done by here, they played a day after wire but have to play you 24 hours' earlier than Wire, surely in the interest of fair play the Warrington Wigan game should have been played Thursday and your game Friday.

Then Warrington or Wigan will have a 24hr advantage when preparing for the Grand Final. Having that advantage comes with finishing top and having Club Call.

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:57 am  

chissitt wrote:

Catalan's should feel a bit hard done by here, they played a day after wire but have to play you 24 hours' earlier than Wire, surely in the interest of fair play the Warrington Wigan game should have been played Thursday and your game Friday.

The team finishing top earn the advantage of an extra days prep for the grand final.

As for catalans, I don't care how we do it, just that we do it. I think we should use a similar game plan to Cas and hopefully it should yield similar rewards.

Walmsley in for Laffranchi and Jones in for wheeler, and the rest to stay the same

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:09 pm  

I've got to admit, Thursday's game is unnerving me a bit.

Everybody seems to be tipping us to reach the final forgetting that Catalans are in great form and destroyed us in our last game.

I think if we replicate the Cas performance we'll be fine but it's not as cut and dried as some seem to think.

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:02 pm  

it all depends on what team of ours turns up.....jekyll or hyde..??

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:44 pm  

RIGSBY wrote:

it all depends on what team of ours turns up.....jekyll or hyde..??

Who's better at rugby?
Mr Hyde seems to get a negative press, but I'd wager he's the better player.

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:06 pm  

Blobbynator wrote:

I've got to admit, Thursday's game is unnerving me a bit.

Everybody seems to be tipping us to reach the final forgetting that Catalans are in great form and destroyed us in our last game.

I think if we replicate the Cas performance we'll be fine but it's not as cut and dried as some seem to think.

Absolutely. Catalans are more than capable of turning up and putting thirty points on us.

I'm really worried about Thursday to be honest and I'm a saints optimist!

Re: catalan. : Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:39 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Who's better at rugby?
Mr Hyde seems to get a negative press, but I'd wager he's the better player.

his behaviour is all over the place but i wouldnt mind him in our front row next year