Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:09 pm  

Posted in another thread but may be better suited here.

After we saw a marked improvement on Sunday with the team as a whole and the time has passed for rotation, what's our strongest line-up for the rest of the season (barring injuries of course)

We need Mullaney as our 7 he is miles ahead of seijka and if Jimmy can't see that then I doubt hes the man to lead us.

Shaw/mendeika
Williams
purtell
blythe
etu
gaskell
mullaney
clough
O'Brien
sidlow
Pitts
olbison
addy

Ferguson
halafihi
crossley
lauaki

Needs to be our team for the remainder of games I think.

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:18 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

After we saw a marked improvement on Sunday with the team as a whole and the time has passed for rotation, what's our strongest line-up for the rest of the season (barring injuries of course)

We need Mullaney as our 7 he is miles ahead of seijka and if Jimmy can't see that then I doubt hes the man to lead usNeeds to be our team I think for the remainder of games I think.

It's a shame your club could not afford Samutt.

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 2:47 pm  

chissitt wrote:

It's a shame your club could not afford Samutt.

Given the size of our squad, it's not that surprising also as we currently have owners who pay players based on what they're worth rather than what the players think they're entitled to we were hardly likely to throw money at a potentially expensive mistake.

Don't get me wrong, Sammut won games on his own when he played at Bradford. But that wasn't every week and those weeks when he wasn't winning games he was quite anonymous

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:14 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

Posted in another thread but may be better suited here.

After we saw a marked improvement on Sunday with the team as a whole and the time has passed for rotation, what's our strongest line-up for the rest of the season (barring injuries of course)

We need Mullaney as our 7 he is miles ahead of seijka and if Jimmy can't see that then I doubt hes the man to lead us.

Shaw/mendeika
Williams
purtell
blythe
etu
gaskell
mullaney
clough
O'Brien
sidlow
Pitts
olbison
addy

Ferguson
halafihi
crossley
lauaki

Needs to be our team for the remainder of games I think.

Thats what i'd go with however going on Jimmys previous line ups, i suspect it will be Mullaney at 1, Siejka at 7 Gaskell at 6 With Walker replacing Halifihi

[Bulliac]

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:17 pm  

Speaking as someone who [generally] loved watching Sammut, I have to say that yes, he was anonymous some weeks, but on some of the weeks he wasn't winning games for us, he was busy losing games for us.

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:30 pm  

Shaw, Etu, Medieka, Purtell, Williams, Gaskell, Mullaney, Clough, O'Brien, Sidlow, Pitts, Fergie, Addy. Subs, Lauaki, Crossley, Olbison, Blythe.

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:48 pm  

I'd go:

Shaw
Uaisele (I actually think Ulugia is the better player but he seems to have gone awol)
Henry (still not made my mind up about Henry)
Mendieka
Williams
Gaskell
Mullaney
Sidlow
AoB
Clough
Olbison
Ferguson
Addy

Crossley
Fleming
Pitts
Blythe

I'm not happy about having to put Henry in at centre, but at the same time I don't think Purtell is good enough either. In an ideal world I'd put Blythe there and would have either Walshaw or Petersen on the bench. Petersen would be ideal because he can cover loose or hooker, but of course we have no idea if he's good enough or not because SOMEBODY didn't give him a run out during the regular season!

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:26 pm  

And we never will with peterson, Henry would have been in my team but his form has really dived over the past month or so, he was starting to really improve i thought.

Cant really comment on Ulugia as i never really saw him play,

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:40 pm  

Shaw
Etu
Mendieka
Purtell
Williams
Gaskell
Mullaney
Clough
O Brien
Sidlow
Pitts
Olbison
Addy

Halifina
Ferguson
Lauaki
Tahiroui

Siekja/Blythe/Crossley/Fleming/Walshaw/Henry to support and play when injuries occur

Re: Final games and 8's : Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:58 pm  

broadybull87 wrote:

Cant really comment on Ulugia as i never really saw him play,

Ulugia was a drop ball specialist against Featherstone in that first half, which had them camped in our half - something we could do without.