Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Wed Apr 26, 2017 8:44 pm  

Alan wrote:

A fair point that, Harold. But is Dawson a SL centre? Not in my opinion!

Imo No, but I also think he is only half the winger he is when Tonga is at the side of him.

Losing Tonga was a big blow to us as that side was looking an accomplished edge both defensively and offensively. 3 weeks now for Tonga I reckon.

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:18 pm  

Brown at full back is our best option - he attacks the ball and hence gets us much further up the field than others we have tried there. Our problem is then that we do not have a second centre if he does - I agree Dawson is not a centre.
Naughton looks poor in defence he crucially fell off tackles against Hull KR and would struggle against the Saints wingers.
I am not convinced about Hampshire at 6 - but until he is given a chance we will never know. I am a big Riddy fan, but he looks out of sorts at the minute and there is too much uncertainty about who is Kicking what. I agree with Mr Chairman that Riddy is the most effective with long kicks and bombs. Is it worth giving Reynolds a run at centre? suspect he will be full back on Friday night

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:25 pm  

Markski55 wrote:

Brown at full back is our best option - he attacks the ball and hence gets us much further up the field than others we have tried there. Our problem is then that we do not have a second centre if he does - I agree Dawson is not a centre.
Naughton looks poor in defence he crucially fell off tackles against Hull KR and would struggle against the Saints wingers.
I am not convinced about Hampshire at 6 - but until he is given a chance we will never know. I am a big Riddy fan, but he looks out of sorts at the minute and there is too much uncertainty about who is Kicking what. I agree with Mr Chairman that Riddy is the most effective with long kicks and bombs. Is it worth giving Reynolds a run at centre? suspect he will be full back on Friday night

Who plays at Centre if Brown is FB? Brown to Centre,Hampshire to FB,Reynolds to miss out.

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Wed Apr 26, 2017 10:48 pm  

atomic wrote:

Who plays at Centre if Brown is FB? Brown to Centre,Hampshire to FB,Reynolds to miss out.

Hampshire is not a full back in the memory of mon. He is badly exposed and will be peppered with the high ball relentlessly.

Brown plays and he will rightly be FB. Dawson, even Higson to centre.

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Thu Apr 27, 2017 12:20 am  

Harold Rigby Jnr wrote:

Hampshire is not a full back in the memory of mon. He is badly exposed and will be peppered with the high ball relentlessly.

Brown plays and he will rightly be FB. Dawson, even Higson to centre.

Reynolds is not a FB either.But seems he can't be dropped for love or money.Don't know why they bothered investing in Hampshire..HELLO he's a halfback.Please try playing him there..

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Thu Apr 27, 2017 6:32 am  

[quote="Harold Rigby Jnr"]Hampshire is not a full back in the memory of mon. He is badly exposed and will be peppered with the high ball relentlessly.

Brown plays and he will rightly be FB. Dawson, even Higson to centre


That would be my favoured option too, from what's available. Fingers crossed that Tonga can remain injury-free for the rest of the season, then we can stop mucking about with the full back position - but the guy's recent wretched history of injury does not fill me with hope!

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:16 am  

atomic wrote:

Reynolds is not a FB either.But seems he can't be dropped for love or money.Don't know why they bothered investing in Hampshire..HELLO he's a halfback.Please try playing him there..

I do not disagree, Hampshire will be at 6 If Brown is fit and Reynolds will be dropped. if Brown is not fit then it will be another case of needs must.


All in my opinion obviously

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:01 am  

I really hope we go Brown at 1 & Hampshire at 6, but without Riddy or Reynolds do we have a decent goal kicker ( if we score any tries )

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:11 am  

The Publican wrote:

I really hope we go Brown at 1 & Hampshire at 6, but without Riddy or Reynolds do we have a decent goal kicker ( if we score any tries )

Josh Drinkwater kicked goals regularly for London

Danny Tickle used to also kick goals for fun at Wigan. Ryan Hampshire has also kicked a few for them.

Re: 19 man squad v Saints : Thu Apr 27, 2017 9:53 am  

We are all stating our preferred Halfback partnerships however, against HKR Glen Stewart was 1st receiver
I believe this was reducing the ability for Ridyard to influence the game, something he is more capable of than Stewart! We need Glen to concentrate on being a tough no nonsense second rower!
If Josh Drinkwater is carrying a knock then I would put Ryan Hampshire to scrum half and leave Ridyard at Stand off which is, his best and most influential position!
Our pack needs to get switched on from the off, on Friday against HKR we were not tackling like a Super League side
and certainly not, knocking our opponents over! We must be strong in the tackle against Saints!
The threequarters are a worry, Brown at FB will provide the strength in defence and return the Ball however, the Centre spot has limited options! I've seen mention of Reynolds playing there definitely not! its really time we had a Reynolds free week, thats if, the Coaches can bring themselves to do this, I can't believe all four of them favour him ever week ?