West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:41 am  

Feeling nervous for this one

In all seriousness, if we don't get 90 i'll be disappointed. I'd rest half the team, still think we should comfortably get a big score. I can see the temptation in trying to match Yorks hiding of them due to the points difference and playing a strong team, but i'd like to see some of the fringe players get a crack and rest some of the others. Last thing we need is Crossley or Minchella getting crocked in 80+ point victory. Still a long season to go.

Pickersgill
Grant
Hitchcox
Oakes
Ricketts
Keyes
Chisholm
Kirk
Halafihi
Wood
Laithwaite
Johnson
Milton

Butterworth
Goodall
Andrade/Davies
King

Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:47 am  

I get what you're saying but I don't think Kear thinks the same way. He'll put out our strongest side, I'm fairly certain of it.
Hopefully the weather can remain relatively dry up until Sunday, the pitch has had a decent spell without being used (I think) so should be in good shape. I'm not expecting us to hit the sort of figures York did yesterday but this could be a good opportunity to work on our attacking structure and set plays, get some confidence boosts for those who need it.

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Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 10:59 am  

I agree Nothus. The only change I'd consider is Halafihi for Hallas.

The pitch was used for the Brdaford cup final at the weekend so hasn't had that much chance to recover unfortunately.

Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 11:26 am  

Bullseye wrote:

I agree Nothus. The only change I'd consider is Halafihi for Hallas.

The pitch was used for the Brdaford cup final at the weekend so hasn't had that much chance to recover unfortunately.

The u19's are down as a curtain raiser on Sunday. And I think the reserves are playing on Saturday. That will have an impact on changes that can be made. As well as the pitch.

Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:34 pm  

I would like to see a big score put on them, to claw back some points difference. Could be important at the end of the season.

Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:39 pm  

Well, there's a clear choice facing Kear this week. Either

1. We pick the strongest available team to go for the points difference

2. We give quite a few players the week off and settle for 'just' winning by about 50

All available evidence from this season suggests he tends to prefer option 1

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Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 12:43 pm  

Anyone watched the Kear post game interview?

Pretty clear that nobody outside the 19 for this week is getting into the side for West Wales.

The reserves play Halifax this weekend and there's a 19s game so run outs for everyone by the looks of it.

Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:28 pm  

Bullseye wrote:

Anyone watched the Kear post game interview?

Pretty clear that nobody outside the 19 for this week is getting into the side for West Wales.

The reserves play Halifax this weekend and there's a 19s game so run outs for everyone by the looks of it.

It seems a slightly weird argument that none of the reserves can play for the first team because the reserves have a game

Isn't the whole point of the reserves to have players for when they are needed for the first team?

It seems like backwards way around to me! I just hope it doesn't come back to bite i.e with someone like Minchella or Keyes getting a bad injury when we are already 100 points in front

Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:48 pm  

I think he will pick a strong 17. I don’t know anything by the way, Elliot said Kear hasn’t mentioned anything to them yet about the team for this week

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Re: West Wales Raiders (H) : Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:51 pm  

paulwalker71 wrote:

It seems a slightly weird argument that none of the reserves can play for the first team because the reserves have a game

Isn't the whole point of the reserves to have players for when they are needed for the first team?

It seems like backwards way around to me! I just hope it doesn't come back to bite i.e with someone like Minchella or Keyes getting a bad injury when we are already 100 points in front

You need to watch the interview to get the rationale.

Basically he wants to approach every game in a ruthless manner so if he rests a bunch of players it's not showing that attitude. So we won't see the likes of Andrade and Goodall in the first team vs West Wales.

I guess they have to prove their case for the reserves and someone has to have a poor game for the first team.