Re: Hunslet (H) : Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:19 pm  

I don't think we will rest anyone until the CC in two weeks time when we could potentially be drawn against an amateur outfit.

I expect (and hope) Jimmy will rest the entire squad, put those who haven't played much in and play the U21's as well. I don't want to see one of our first choice players in that CC game. Give others a go to get match fitness for the eatser period, and throw in some U21's.

Re: Hunslet (H) : Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:07 pm  

Rubbish. I want the Bulls to win the Cup, and am already looking forward to Wembley. Hic.

Re: Hunslet (H) : Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:16 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

Rubbish. I want the Bulls to win the Cup, and am already looking forward to Wembley. Hic.

Ironically I reckon we've got a better chance this year than we've had for the last couple of seasons, Wembeerrrllllyyyyy here we come, all too easy


And to be serious for a mo, a decent cup run against 1 or 2 SL teams could maybe tell us more about where we are in competitive terms for the middle 8's.

Re: Hunslet (H) : Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:34 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Squad for Sunday:

Henry, AoB, Sidlow, Mellor, Purtell, Williams, Ferguson, Fleming, Lauaki, Uaisele, Mullaney, Pitts, Baile, Gaskell, Walshaw, Clough, Shaw, Tahraoui, Olbison.

I suspect Jimmy will go with:

Shaw
Uaisele
Baile
Purtell
Williams
Gaskell
Mullaney
Clough
AoB
Sidlow
Pitts
Olbison
Mellor

Tahraoui
Lauaki
Ferguson
Walshaw

With Henry and Fleming missing out.
Personally I would be tempted to give either Clough or Sidlow a week off and give Fleming a run out, but that probably won't happen.

I would put Fleming in for Lauaki, get both of them match fit and sharp before giving Clough or Sidlow a week off. If I were Jimmy I would be playing as many of my first 17 as possible to get them jelling then do a bit of rotating, so its tough on Ulugia after last week but the needs of the team come first.

Re: Hunslet (H) : Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:15 am  

Hunslet 19 man squad:

Jimmy Watson
James Duckworth
Jimmy Keinhorst
Danny Maun
Vinny Finnigan
Andy Kain
Simon Brown
Danny Ansell
James Houston
Jack Lee
Andy Yates
Callum Casey
Rob Mulhern
George Flanagan
Luke Briscoe
Liam Mackay
Brad Brennan
Aaron Lyons
Brett Delaney

Re: Hunslet (H) : Sat Mar 07, 2015 9:26 am  

dddooommm wrote:

Hunslet 19 man squad:

Jimmy Watson
James Duckworth
Jimmy Keinhorst
Danny Maun
Vinny Finnigan
Andy Kain
Simon Brown
Danny Ansell
James Houston
Jack Lee
Andy Yates
Callum Casey
Rob Mulhern
George Flanagan
Luke Briscoe
Liam Mackay
Brad Brennan
Aaron Lyons
Brett Delaney

This dual reg is getting a bit out of hand for me, could understand if they were short of numbers but they have a massive squad and are having to send a side to Hunslet Parkside amateur side to get a game! Wonder if its Leeds saying I want XYZ playing as whats the point in signing a massive squad to not play them so Leeds players can play. Conflict of interests if you ask me Eaton being on the Leeds staff too

[Bulliac]

Re: Hunslet (H) : Sat Mar 07, 2015 10:53 am  

It's largely to our advantage though.

One of the major factors we need over the early season is quality opponents and a bit of intensity. Running up big scores against poor sides won't help us one iota when this qualification bit is over and we have to play SL sides in the middle eights.

To be fair, I pretty much agree with the idea it makes a mockery of the league when it is taken to excess, as it appears to be here, but on the plus side we'll [hopefully] get a better game and the team will get a much better work out. Personally, I'll take the plusses.

Re: Hunslet (H) : Sat Mar 07, 2015 11:26 am  

For me the issue isn't that the players are on loan to play against the Bulls, its the fact that the league is being used as a training ground.

Is the Championship a league in its own right or is it there to train players for SL teams. If it is the latter why not just have a SL reserve division and scrap promotion / relegation.

Another point which I don't really know is how the finances work out for loan players. If the recipient club is paying the salary of the player then this enhances the salary cap for the club loaning the player. I though that amongst other things the salary cap is there to create a level playing field with all clubs able to spend up to the same sum on salaries to make the league competitive.

Re: Hunslet (H) : Sat Mar 07, 2015 1:43 pm  

I thought the maximum number of dual-reg players was five?

Re: Hunslet (H) : Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:31 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

I thought the maximum number of dual-reg players was five?

think its five loan players. not sure if that includes dual reg ones or not.