19 man squad for Wakefield : Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:46 pm  

Matt Cook, Jamie Langley, Rikki Sheriffe, Sam Burgess, Paul Sykes, Nick Scruton, Steve Menzies, Terry Newton, Jason Crookes, James Donaldson, Dave Halley, Tom Olbison, Andy Lynch, Craig Kopczak, Ben Jeffries, Semi Tadulala, Michael Worrincy, Michael Platt, David Solomona.


Please let Halley start. Lynch is there, good to see but no Nero. Could be good for Crookes, played well imo. Kopczak was amazing last night, deserves a place on Monday.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:51 pm  

After his performance against Leeds I can't see how Halley wouldn't be 1st choice

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:53 pm  

Roofaldo wrote:

After his performance against Leeds I can't see how Halley wouldn't be 1st choice

Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes
Crookes
Tadulala
Menzies
Jeffries
Lynch
Newton
Kopczak
Langley
Solomona
Burgess

Cook
Scruton
Worrincy
Platt


That would be my 17, looks capable of beating Wakey imo.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:55 pm  

This is Wakefields 19 man squad:

1. Matt Blaymire
2. Damien Blanch
3. Tony Martin
4. Ryan Atkins
7. Danny Brough
8. Jason Demetriou
9. Brad Drew
10. Danny Sculthorpe
11. Steve Snitch
12. Oliver Wilkes
13. Scott Grix
17. Kevin Henderson
19. Sean Gleeson
20. Tevita Leo-Latu
24. Dale Ferguson
25. Richard Moore
27. Aaron Murphy
28. Kyle Bibb
29. Jay Pitts

Got to say, our 19 looks stronger but Wakey have been impressive this season.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:00 pm  

I'd go with:

Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes
Crookes
Tadulala
Menzies
Jeffries
Lynch
Newton
Koppy
Cook
Langley
Burgess

Solomona
Scruton
Worrincy
Donaldson/Olbison

I'd like to see one of the young forwards getting the final bench spot. We'll need some fresh legs in the middle after the energy sapping derby game. Don't really see the benefit of having Platt on the bench. We have options such as moving Menzies to centre if we get an injury in the backs.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:02 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I'd go with:

Halley
Sheriffe
Sykes
Crookes
Tadulala
Menzies
Jeffries
Lynch
Newton
Koppy
Cook
Burgess
Langley

Solomona
Scruton
Worrincy
Donaldson/Olbison

I'd put Langers in second row and Burgess at LF, he played well there last night and so did Langers, no reason to change them.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:04 pm  

Ewwenorfolk wrote:

I'd put Langers in second row and Burgess at LF, he played well there last night and so did Langers, no reason to change them.

Typo I've edited my post already!

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:05 pm  

given that crossly hasnt been added to the squad they must be pretty certain lynch will be ok. given strong performances from worrincy and cook i'd hope we stick with burgess at loose forward and use langley to spell the props, given crookes wil be starting in neros absence not sure what best bench is, solomona,kopczak and worrincy name themselves but do we put platt as 4th and dont use him unless theres an injury or give olbison/whitehead a shot. Only problem with that bench is all forwards and we'd need a major shuffle on pitch if a back gets injured.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:05 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

Typo I've edited my post already!

Ok, sorry! Langers to go loose forward when Burgess is subbed though, looking forward to seeing hjow Sol plays in his first match back.

: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:08 pm  

mat wrote:

given that crossly hasnt been added to the squad they must be pretty certain lynch will be ok. given strong performances from worrincy and cook i'd hope we stick with burgess at loose forward and use langley to spell the props, given crookes wil be starting in neros absence not sure what best bench is, solomona,kopczak and worrincy name themselves but do we put platt as 4th and dont use him unless theres an injury or give olbison/whitehead a shot. Only problem with that bench is all forwards and we'd need a major shuffle on pitch if a back gets injured.

If Sol is fit, we have a few more creative options. Menzies could revert to centre if needed. I think it'll be a battle of who has the most energy on Monday. It is a slight risk going all forwards on the bench but don't see the value in Platt as a sub just in case we suffer an injury.