Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:26 pm  

nice to see a distant relation of mine,young hookem ,in the team.

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 1:33 pm  

Good on the club for getting a squad together for this. Realistically if Catalans are on form they should win with plenty to spare. Hopefully certain posters wil bear that in mind before they hit the 'Submit' button.

Gets the suspensions for Savelio, Johnstone and Wynne out of the way, of course.

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:40 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Good on the club for getting a squad together for this. Realistically if Catalans are on form they should win with plenty to spare. Hopefully certain posters wil bear that in mind before they hit the 'Submit' button.

Gets the suspensions for Savelio, Johnstone and Wynne out of the way, of course.

Its likely to be around 30 degrees in Perpignan at kick off time so have to question does playing this game with such a makeshift squad to get Savelio back actually benefit us at all .
If we were going to cancel a game it should be this one

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:49 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Its likely to be around 30 degrees in Perpignan at kick off time so have to question does playing this game with such a makeshift squad to get Savelio back actually benefit us at all .
If we were going to cancel a game it should be this one

Its about fulfilling our obligations to get fixtures played. Its not a game I'd be expecting to win currently anyway so might as well get it done and have as many players available for the derby as possible.
We've been cleared to play and can legitimately assemble a squad so unless we want a 24-0 walkover awarded against us then we presumably have to play.
FWIW it seems the club have done everything they can to get the game on rather than cynically trying to play the system which should be lauded.

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 3:52 pm  

edinburgh yorkie wrote:

nice to see a distant relation of mine,young hookem ,in the team.

I’ve watched him a few times EY, against Lancashire he was all but running the show, but he made a couple of errors not finding touch from penalties, very busy all match, not outstanding but noticeable. It’s good to finally see these lads coming through.

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:21 pm  

IMO lots of positive things to play this. Get our games played up. Taylor match time. 3 players banned to end. Give youngsters game time. I really hope the usual suspects bear the weakness of our squad before having a go at the lads.

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:37 pm  

Irregular Hoops wrote:

Hope we get a couple of debutants, always good to see.

Hookem looked to have a bit of attitude in him (in a good way) in the Academy game. Is Wallis a forward?

William Wallace grandad killed fifty men

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 4:57 pm  

hull2524 wrote:

IMO lots of positive things to play this. Get our games played up. Taylor match time. 3 players banned to end. Give youngsters game time. I really hope the usual suspects bear the weakness of our squad before having a go at the lads.

Can't say fairer than that

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:21 pm  

Think I’ll get my Bonnie Tyler albums ready.

Re: Catalans Away : Wed Aug 11, 2021 5:36 pm  

bonaire wrote:

Its likely to be around 30 degrees in Perpignan at kick off time so have to question does playing this game with such a makeshift squad to get Savelio back actually benefit us at all .
If we were going to cancel a game it should be this one

Spoken like a true supporter.