: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:09 pm  

Pretty much the same team for me.... More bothered about the prospect of taking half the Pack off at the same again - that didn't seem to work for me???

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:44 pm  

Tough one this. We've won our opening game so the temptation is to keep everything the same but what's good to see is that any changes we make could even improve the team. It's nice to think that we're looking to strengthen on the back of a win and it's not a knee-jerk reaction to a bad loss. I'd probably go for last week's 17 but I hope we get a chance to see Stef/Sidders/Jewitt at some point over the next month before we start meeting some of the perceived stronger teams when we may have a few injuries and need to utilise our squad.

: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:58 pm  

I'd drop Alker, Stapleton and Cashmere.

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:13 am  

I think perhaps Robbie Paul is getting a bit of unfair treatment here. Part of the problem was perhaps that Alker had such an outstanding game at Hooker, and when the swap was made.... Robbie had a lot to live up to bearing in mind that everything positive was coming from around Alker.

When Robbie came on, he had a different set of props to play with. Stapleton and Cashmere had excellent games around Alker (not that the others didn't, but as far as effectiveness goes... they were the best on the park)... The game plan also changed. Alker was more often than not scooting from the play the ball... making a fast 10.... up quick with a play the ball from the tackle.... leaving Celtic on the back foot. They couldn't handle him. When Robbie came on the game changed. He was passing straight out from the play the ball... which is giving the defensive line a little more time to organise themselves... hence not looking as effective as the scooting run. But... you can't do those types of play that Alker was running for 80 mins... and as correctly stated... Robbie isn't as fast these days, so it has to be changed when he comes on. On the one occasion I noticed Robbie scoot... we looked as effective as when Alker was on the park, and we may have even scored from that set of 6. There will be games when scooting from the play the ball will not be effective... so I think it's a good thing that we have options around the ruck.

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:11 am  

The King Of Birchwood wrote:

I'd drop Alker, Stapleton and Cashmere.

I'd drop all 17 and just play Ratchford and Turner!

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:12 am  

Drop Alker and Smith please

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:21 pm  

Should be a good game, we have quite a few injuries so I think it will be close, will you bring many fans..?

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:29 pm  

Haven't Salford only won about once in 10 years of games at Belle Vue?

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:16 pm  

I have spent many many many dreadful afternoons at Wakefield watching us play like muppets getting beat.
Probably the worse ever being the week after Bradfut whupped us, I actually maintain this was a worse performance than Bradfut
This time with their injuries and our confidence high i expect....................................to be let down again.
Here`s hoping

: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:21 pm  

Same team for me, just the substitution system needs looking at. Taking off Alker, Stapo, Cashmere and Swain at pretty much the same time was far too much. Our defensive line was shocking during that 20 minute spell and I reckon we need at least two of these on the pitch at all times.