Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:49 pm  

21 for The Wire

TOM JOHNSTONE
BILL TUPOU
REECE LYNE
JACOB MILLER
KYLE WOOD
MATTY ASHURST
DANNY KIRMOND
JOE WESTERMAN
JAY PITTS
CRAIG KOPCZAK
JAMES BATCHELOR
ADAM TANGATA
JORDY CROWTHER
JOE ARUNDEL
MAX JOWITT
GEORGE KING
JOSH WOOD
LEE KERSHAW
RYAN HAMPSHIRE
KELEPI TANGINOA
ROMAIN NAVARRETE

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:08 pm  

I would go with -

Fullback – Jowitt
Wing – Johnstone
Centre – Tupou
Centre - Lyne
Wing - Arundel

Stand Off - Miller
Scrum Half – Hampshire

Prop – King
Hooker – Kyle Wood
Prop – Tangata
Second Row - Ashurst
Second Row – Tanginoa
Loose Forward - Westerman

Bench

Koppy
Navarrete
Josh Wood
Kirmond

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:17 pm  

TheDreadnought wrote:

I would go with -

Fullback – Jowitt
Wing – Johnstone
Centre – Tupou
Centre - Lyne
Wing - Arundel

Stand Off - Miller
Scrum Half – Hampshire

Prop – King
Hooker – Kyle Wood
Prop – Tangata
Second Row - Ashurst
Second Row – Tanginoa
Loose Forward - Westerman

Bench

Koppy
Navarrete
Josh Wood
Kirmond

From that three quarter line I'd personally go with:

Tom Johnstone
Joe Arundel
Reece Lyne
Bill Tupou

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:26 pm  

Jowitt
Johnstone
Tupou
Lyne
Kershaw
Miller
Hampshire
Koppy
K Wood
Navarette
Ashurst
Tanginoa
Westerman

J Wood
King
Tangata
Crowther/Batch

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:05 pm  

TrinityIHC wrote:

I think Westerman is a great signing if he can be consistent. A real handful and great offload game. Gives us another dimension and can be swapped out for any of the back 3. Chester not knowing his best side is a benefit, genuine depth all over the place.

Maybe you guys will have better luck with Westerman, but having looked a real star when he broke through at Cas he never matched that promise in either spell at Hull and was generally very disappointing for the Wire. Not terrible, but very ordinary.

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:16 pm  

Warrington's 21 :- Sitaleki Akauola, Matty Ashton, Blake Austin, Keanan Brand, Luther Burrell, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Luis Johnson, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Jake Mamo, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Ellis Robson, Danny Walker, Gareth Widdop https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/51449490

Warrington's 21 :- Sitaleki Akauola, Matty Ashton, Blake Austin, Keanan Brand, Luther Burrell, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Ben Currie, Matt Davis, Luis Johnson, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Jake Mamo, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Ellis Robson, Danny Walker, Gareth Widdop https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/51449490

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:27 pm  

Asgardian13 wrote:

Maybe you guys will have better luck with Westerman, but having looked a real star when he broke through at Cas he never matched that promise in either spell at Hull and was generally very disappointing for the Wire. Not terrible, but very ordinary.

Yeah maybe so, frustrating as he clearly has the potential. I think at least the threat of having a big lad who can get offloads away and another experienced head in the squad will do us well.

Not expecting him to be a world beater or anything but he's just a different kind of problem for opposition to think about than what we have in the pack without him, if that makes sense.

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 2:57 pm  

Asgardian13 wrote:

Maybe you guys will have better luck with Westerman, but having looked a real star when he broke through at Cas he never matched that promise in either spell at Hull and was generally very disappointing for the Wire. Not terrible, but very ordinary.

Westerman never reached his potential and never will, he has an attitude problem and most people know it However, he has the skills and in a team like ours, that's a precious resource.

He's also a game breaker and though I agree that for Warrington he was fairly anonymous, I don't agree so much at Hull, where I always thought he played well.

If we get half a dozen good games from him it could be enough to help get us in the top end of the table. He's at that point in his career when the pressures off, which can be a good thing, he's no longer a kingpin player on a HUGE wage though I'm sure it's still sizeable, how he responds to that we'll have to wait and see, but I don't look on him as a messiah, just a very good journeyman and all teams have them.

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:28 pm  

phe13 wrote:

21 for The Wire

TOM JOHNSTONE
BILL TUPOU
REECE LYNE
JACOB MILLER
KYLE WOOD
MATTY ASHURST
DANNY KIRMOND
JOE WESTERMAN
JAY PITTS
CRAIG KOPCZAK
JAMES BATCHELOR
ADAM TANGATA
JORDY CROWTHER
JOE ARUNDEL
MAX JOWITT
GEORGE KING
JOSH WOOD
LEE KERSHAW
RYAN HAMPSHIRE
KELEPI TANGINOA
ROMAIN NAVARRETE

King back is a bonus, good direct runner so should be ok in these conditions, also you’d hope he had a point to prove. Ditto Crowther who is a player willing to graft.

Re: Warrington : Fri Feb 14, 2020 7:05 pm  

PopTart wrote:

I think (admittedly after one game) that Westerman will prove to be a great signing and will pick up a lot of MoS points through the season.

I know you like your stats and refer to them often Pop Tart. Westerman had, 2 missed tackles, 2 penalties conceded and 4metres av gain v KR. Some fans would have the knives out (Not you by the way) with those stats if Batch or Crowther got them. Goes to show that getting MOM or playing well isn't always about stats. Great try he scored and adds to the squad like all our signings. As we've seen with injuries we need a strong squad and we've noone who wouldn't look out of place in the 17.