Re: Starting partner. : Wed Oct 18, 2017 9:54 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

Brown...you don't pay £130k to have the current England international sit it out or on the bench.

He's Only in the squad. Means naff all that, Brown will not get a game ahead of Widdop, Gale & Williams. Any of those three will start against Australia and if we come close or do the unthinkable and win there is no way on gods green earth Bennett will swap and change a winning half combination.

Re: Starting partner. : Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:04 am  

Brown will only get in if Steve Price thinks he warrants it, I have a feeling that he will choose Patton over Brown in the halves.

Re: Starting partner. : Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:47 am  

This is the advantage of Price over Smith. He will not have his favourites and will pick on performances (according to his sound bites anyway).

If you listen the full interview on the BBC RL podcast it’s quite encouraging that he wants to have input right through the system from junior development all the way up, using his own performance trainers. Hopefully we’ll have something closer to Wigan’s system where the talented youth end up fulfilling their potential more often than not. We don’t have a great record of this under Smith unfortunately - remember how good Rhys Evans looked when he first broke through?

Re: Starting partner. : Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:05 pm  

I've read a rumour this morning that widnes want patton. I'd be disappointed if he wasn't given a fair crack with us first really. A season long loan wouldn't be too bad but we have released/ sold 9 now and only 4 in.

Re: Starting partner. : Wed Oct 18, 2017 12:57 pm  

I don’t think Price wants Patton out on loan by the sound of it from the interviews. He features firmly in the plans, whether that’s from the bench or a starting spot.