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Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:00 pm  
I think so, with the addition of Drinkwater, Brown, Burns etc.. we might give people a run for their money. I think the best team going into the 8's is this:

1. McNally
2. Brown
3. Smith
4. Worthington
5. Dawson
6. Ridyard
7. Drinkwater
8. Moi Moi
9. Higham
10. Weston
11. Hock
12. Patterson
13. Hansen

14. Burns
15. Tickle
16. Acton
17. Dixon

Reserve squad:

Pownall
Higson
Tonga
Armstrong
Kay
Foster
Reynolds
Spencer
Hood
Hopkins
Maitua
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:01 pm  
Good players, but team cohesion and organisation in such a short time will be the tricky against established SL teams.
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:05 pm  
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Good players, but team cohesion and organisation in such a short time will be the tricky against established SL teams.


True, but where it matters most is in the halves, and Drinkwater and Ridyard seem to play well together.

Sticking a few wingers on the flanks isn't going to hurt the team organisation.
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:29 pm  
I believe team spirit will take us through, the lads knew who the stools were and they are gone, what's left want the big prize and have the CV not to look like rabbits in headlights when it matters
Pack and halves are very strong and we have a back line more than capable of finishing it off. Higson will be in any 17 we go with
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:07 pm  
Looks a good team on paper and seems fully capable off matching it with the top SL teams in the 8s. Ours will most likely be

O'Brien
Carney
Say
Griffin
Caton Brown
Lui
Dobson
Kopzcak
Tomkins
Griffin
Murdoch Masila
Jones
Flanagan

Kenny
Burgess
Mateo
Huaraki

Got a sneaky feeling our game will be first and on Sky.
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:41 pm  
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I believe team spirit will take us through, the lads knew who the stools were and they are gone, what's left want the big prize and have the CV not to look like rabbits in headlights when it matters
Pack and halves are very strong and we have a back line more than capable of finishing it off. Higson will be in any 17 we go with



Decent post that Mo.
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:09 pm  
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I think so, with the addition of Drinkwater, Brown, Burns etc.. we might give people a run for their money. I think the best team going into the 8's is this:

1. McNally
2. Brown
3. Smith
4. Worthington
5. Dawson
6. Ridyard
7. Drinkwater
8. Moi Moi
9. Higham
10. Weston
11. Hock
12. Patterson
13. Hansen

14. Burns
15. Tickle
16. Acton
17. Dixon

Reserve squad:

Pownall
Higson
Tonga
Armstrong
Kay
Foster
Reynolds
Spencer
Hood
Hopkins
Maitua
Harper
Whiting


Your bench isn't imposing enough, would you really play Dixon and Tickle before Reni Maitua ? :shock: Hopkins would be in too for his size!
If Willie Tonga can show us tomorrow the skill and ability that made him a Kangeroo, then he would be in the centre before Greg Worthington which is unfortunate, as he has been playing really well!
The wingers I dont know too much about ? ive seen Brown on youtube in the NRL and he looks really good, Dawson has been playing for Saints although they have not had their best season,yet! Higson had a shocker at Bradford and probably did more to allow them back in the game however, since then he has redeemed himself and gone from strength to strength ! it would be a an injustice if he was dropped now without having the chance to shine, for his hometown club!
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:15 pm  
I find it sad that moving into the 8s, fans will be asking who is that in the 99 shirt. This is not a criticism of Leigh but of the system, the transfer deadline should have been much earlier.
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:28 pm  
Hard on the players who have to lose their places too!
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Re: Strong squad but is the team good enough? : Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:30 pm  
reffy wrote:
I find it sad that moving into the 8s, fans will be asking who is that in the 99 shirt. This is not a criticism of Leigh but of the system, the transfer deadline should have been much earlier.


It should reffy but, looking back at wakey last season, if you can't beat them - join them!
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