Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:30 pm  

I still struggle to see why people want Addy at 13. IMO he isn't big enough so doesn't bring enough physical pressence to the team. It is like playing with only 5 forwards. For me he is only ever going to be a fill in hooker/half.

Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:41 pm  

8ULL5HITT4 wrote:

Daft as it may seem we probably didn't need as many Super League standard players.....The ones we recruited with Championship experience have generally shown up well. Leigh have several of the better Championship standard players and hardly any of SL standard. It's an entirely different ball game in the Championship and that's where we have gone wrong. Perhaps we should hold back the better players until the middle eights when they will play a game that suits them.

That remains to be seen owd lad

Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:45 pm  

j.c wrote:

That remains to be seen owd lad

I presume you are expecting some to be snapped up by SL clubs..........The one's that haven't had a shot at it maybe. Never say never.

Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:57 pm  

I'd pick Addy at 13 every week. He's creative, good short kicking game and grabs a try.

Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:03 pm  

8ULL5HITT4 wrote:

I presume you are expecting some to be snapped up by SL clubs..........The one's that haven't had a shot at it maybe. Never say never.

Possibly at the end of the 2016 season.
McNally is a pretty decent players these days who is still young as are Brierley,Barlow and Armstrong.
Liam Kay is looking like a top winger and Tom Spencer is a big prop who should keep improving.
The one thing they all need tho is to remain fully professional.

Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:15 pm  

Cibaman wrote:

I think its very important that we finish above Leigh. If we cant finish above them in the league I wouldnt be confident of beating them in the Middle 8's at their ground. And thats a game I think we will have to win.

I agree that we should be pacing ourselves but I think we'll need to step up a gear when we travel to Halifax and London at the end of May. If we get through those games ok then the objective should be for Lowes to know his best 17 and start stepping things up for final 5 games of the regular season.

I don't see why we would fear going to Leigh, we'll face tougher opposition than Leigh in that split. We got sucked away from the gameplan in that opening game, hopefully we will have learnt lessons from that game. We need key players fit, hopefully Ferguson, Blythe, Lauaki, Davies, Baille to add to the squad that came up short in our opening fixture.

Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:21 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I don't see why we would fear going to Leigh, we'll face tougher opposition than Leigh in that split. We got sucked away from the gameplan in that opening game, hopefully we will have learnt lessons from that game. We need key players fit, hopefully Ferguson, Blythe, Lauaki, Davies, Baille to add to the squad that came up short in our opening fixture.

Correct, but you shouldn't fear anyone. Our motto is, Respect everyone Fear no one.

Re: Dewsbury Away : Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:43 pm  

j.c wrote:

Possibly at the end of the 2016 season.
McNally is a pretty decent players these days who is still young as are Brierley,Barlow and Armstrong.
Liam Kay is looking like a top winger and Tom Spencer is a big prop who should keep improving.
The one thing they all need tho is to remain fully professional.

I can't imagine which clubs will take the risk....... I think there was probably more chance during franchise era. I don't doubt they are worth a shot along with a few other Championship players but I think they would have to be exceptional. Maybe if quota system was further restricted. There are 2 less clubs in SL this year so a surplus of players with SL experience.

[Bullseye]

Re: Dewsbury Away : Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:21 am  

redeverready wrote:

I still struggle to see why people want Addy at 13. IMO he isn't big enough so doesn't bring enough physical pressence to the team. It is like playing with only 5 forwards. For me he is only ever going to be a fill in hooker/half.

I agree. I’d have him on the bench to cover backrow, halfback and hooker. He’s great cover thanks to his versatility and would mean that if we lost one of our pivotal players during a game we’d have some insurance. As for starting 13 I agree about his physical presence.

[Bulliac]

Re: Dewsbury Away : Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:48 am  

To be fair to Danny, he showed a heavy 'physical presence' to take his first try - those defenders weren't messing about...or to quote Stevo, "playing tiddly-winks".