Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:24 pm  

Now Roberts is confirmed, WHO plays with him??

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:30 pm  

Ideally, probably not Brown.

Realistically, Brown. Or Ratchford if a new FB materialises.

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:31 pm  

Interesting one this.

Price said in his interview he highlighted Patton and said he expects him to step up this year. But Brown is still under contract. Hes gone with the England squad but with Gale and Widdop & Williams in the team I'll be surprised he if he features.

I'd much rather see what Patton can do next to a quality half partner than Kevin 'Show and go' Brown.

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:37 pm  

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

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:48 pm  

It will be Brown, or will certainly start off that way.

Ideally I'd have liked Brown to have missed out on England selection so he could have been back in the UK working with the new coaching set up in how he plays for us next season. Brown has had success playing in the right structure previously - we had no attacking structure last season, I think an NRL coach coming in will mean we play with a little more structure in 2018 - which will probably help him, he's not an off the cuff style player.

Roberts plays on the left - or seems to in the video I've seen, is Brown happier on the right? Where did he play for Widnes?

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:59 pm  

With a new coach perhaps Brown will become our missing centre to partner Atkins. Players like Brown & Ratchford are interchangeable these days & could easily deputise as half backs as & when required.

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:05 pm  

ninearches wrote:

With a new coach perhaps Brown will become our missing centre to partner Atkins. Players like Brown & Ratchford are interchangeable these days & could easily deputise as half backs as & when required.

or will that be Bryson Goodwin

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:22 pm  

morleys_deckchair wrote:

ninearches wrote:

With a new coach perhaps Brown will become our missing centre to partner Atkins. Players like Brown & Ratchford are interchangeable these days & could easily deputise as half backs as & when required.

or will that be Bryson Goodwin

I forgot we'd already signed him .

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:31 pm  

ninearches wrote:

I forgot we'd already signed him .

its raining new players

Re: Starting partner. : Tue Oct 17, 2017 1:40 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

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

I’m going to have to agree with you,but at same time regardless of what we paid it doesn’t warrant that it should be automatically him.

I’m really unsure of which half will partner Roberts, neither Brown or Patton done enough last season to be granted to start. I don’t care about this playing behind a crap pack etc, a good player needs to overcome and adapt,it’s not like it wasn’t a regular blight.

Anyway if Smith had still been here I’m pretty sure it would be Brown because of the money factor,be interested to see how Price sees it, roll on the next season.