Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Fri Apr 14, 2017 7:16 am  

Upanunder wrote:

How about England, who probably won't be fully match fit, on the first set completely ends Gale, Westwood style.
Takes his 10 mins, rudderless Cas get squashed, Wakey get 2pts and England gets a month off to get fit.

2 birds.....1 stone......bosh

Yeah - there's no doubt that Gale is the man for Cas' but having said that I don't for one minute think they are just a one man team - just that if he wasn't been playing
I would fancy our chances!

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Fri Apr 14, 2017 5:12 pm  

Well, it worked for Warrington
I'm in no doubt that Sutcliffe is worth a lot more to Leeds than one big dumb lug is to Warrington.

I've not mentioned it before, and I've only seen the game once, but after that incident I was watching the Leeds kicker at the end of every set ignoring the ball, and I reckon kick pressure was a key activity.
It seemed that the kick pressure was not about just pressure, it was about getting to the kicker in the window of opportunity and making sure you put him on his booty no matter what, and they got away with it all game.
I think that was a large part of why the Leeds kicking game was poor, but there is a ref and linesman, so....I dunno.

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Fri Apr 14, 2017 9:02 pm  

Hope our injury list isn't too long after the Cas game...

Both centres were crook and BJB looked injured

We might need to go with something like

Grix, Jowitt, MCB, Gibson and Johnstone???

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Sat Apr 15, 2017 11:11 am  

I am suprised that there are only 2 changes to the 19 for Monday both enforced

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Sat Apr 15, 2017 11:23 am  

Grix
Johnstone
Gibson
MCB
BJB
Williams
Finn
Allgood
Wood
Fifita
Ashurst
Kirmond
Arona

Huby
England
Hadley
Miller

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:40 pm  

Think the team v Wigan may look like...

Jowitt
Johnstone
Gibson
Jones-Bishop
Caton-Brown
Miller
Williams
Huby
Finn
England
Ashurst
Hadley
Arona

Subs.Fifita, Hirst, Wood,Kirmond

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:47 pm  

Was unfortunate that Grix had his 1st stinker of the season v Cas. Whether he was bad enough to justify giving Jowitt a chance to win his shirt back is debatable though.

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:12 pm  

Rather over critical 'stinker'. Yes he over weighted 2 grubbers, which had they come off, he would of been a hero.
Can't remember him spilling a high ball.
Sent a poor pass to Johnstone, but Gale sent quite a few along the ground.
Would say his Grix's game was not up to high standards he has been setting, but not a 'stinker'.

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:23 pm  

thebeagle wrote:

Rather over critical 'stinker'. Yes he over weighted 2 grubbers, which had they come off, he would of been a hero.
Can't remember him spilling a high ball.
Sent a poor pass to Johnstone, but Gale sent quite a few along the ground.
Would say his Grix's game was not up to high standards he has been setting, but not a 'stinker'.

No, he didn't have a stinker you're right, not up to his usual standard yes, but the bullets he was deflecting weren't usual standard either.
And anyway, he isn't the best fullback in the league, Hardaker is.....apparently..

Re: Team for the bank holiday games : Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:39 pm  

Just shows the high standard Scott Grix has set himself this season when two ineffectual kicks to the corner result in over the top criticism.