Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:08 pm  

Alan wrote:

Higson, Ridyard, Hock, Higham, Mortimer, Acton not available through injury/suspension.

Dawson, Vea, Green & Hopkins weren't considered for the Halifax game, for whatever reason.

Mortimer is probably the major reason that Reynolds wasn't selected for a spell. Reynolds had looked jaded (in my opinion) and appears to have come back well refreshed these past couple of weeks, although his goal kicking seems to have gone to pot, during his absence! For what it's worth, my take on that is that he is now stabbing at the ball, and not following through. Consequently he is now not getting any height on his goal kicks. I would rather hope that someone like Paul Cooke should be able to see that and help Ben to rectify it!

So, from a squad of 30 players we actually have Brown, Higham, Hock, Langi, Mortimer and Paterson injured. That's 20%, not even close to 50%. Suspensions (Acton), and retiree's (Weston) 6.7%. The rest (Foster, Green, Higson, Hampshire, Ridyard, Thompson) 20% Jukes has chosen to exclude. And that doesn't even include Hopkins reportedly not in Jukes' good books.

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Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:13 pm  

Centurino wrote:

So, from a squad of 30 players we actually have Brown, Higham, Hock, Langi, Mortimer and Paterson injured. That's 20%, not even close to 50%. Suspensions (Acton), and retiree's (Weston) 6.7%. The rest (Foster, Green, Higson, Hampshire, Ridyard, Thompson) 20% Jukes has chosen to exclude. And that doesn't even include Hopkins reportedly not in Jukes' good books.

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We had a squad of 30 players?

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:20 pm  

LeythIg wrote: We had a squad of 30 players? https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/2017-squad/ Edit: That is a damn good squad and it appears the ROI has been abysmal. I recall a Widnes fan recently posted that Leigh had invested a lot more than Widnes had in their squad.

LeythIg wrote: We had a squad of 30 players? https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/2017-squad/ Edit: That is a damn good squad and it appears the ROI has been abysmal. I recall a Widnes fan recently posted that Leigh had invested a lot more than Widnes had in their squad.

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:46 pm  

Centurino wrote:

https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/2017-squad/

Edit: That is a damn good squad and it appears the ROI has been abysmal. I recall a Widnes fan recently posted that Leigh had invested a lot more than Widnes had in their squad.

Agree with that, we should be in a better position than we are given the investment. Don't think it was a top 8 squad by any stretch, but think top 10 was achievable, whereas we are going into the mpg more in hope than expectation.

Hopefully lessons will be learned whatever division we are in, and we have a management and coaching staff working well with each other and the players.

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:24 pm  

LeythIg wrote:

Agree with that, we should be in a better position than we are given the investment. Don't think it was a top 8 squad by any stretch, but think top 10 was achievable, whereas we are going into the mpg more in hope than expectation.

Hopefully lessons will be learned whatever division we are in, and we have a management and coaching staff working well with each other and the players.

Don't know about all the staff working together degsy told jukes straight after game that it's rubbish to watch and not good enough but not that kindly if you know what I mean

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:56 pm  

Well it is garbage to watch isn't it?! Is he meant to lie?

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:05 pm  

Derek's spot on telling him that . We are crap to watch , i think the decision to stick with jukes has finally got to him & he's realised he's wrong . Derek looked a lonely man at half time on friday ... if we survive he knows what he needs to do

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:16 pm  

LeythIg wrote:

Well it is garbage to watch isn't it?! Is he meant to lie?

I agree it's garbage to watch to predictable

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:29 pm  

Genehunt wrote:

Derek's spot on telling him that . We are crap to watch , i think the decision to stick with jukes has finally got to him & he's realised he's wrong . Derek looked a lonely man at half time on friday ... if we survive he knows what he needs to do

Totally agree Gene, I remarked to my mate about Derek staring into space, at half time,he looked very perplexed.

Re: I can see clearly now : Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:11 pm  

Centurino wrote:

So, from a squad of 30 players we actually have Brown, Higham, Hock, Langi, Mortimer and Paterson injured. That's 20%, not even close to 50%. Suspensions (Acton), and retiree's (Weston) 6.7%. The rest (Foster, Green, Higson, Hampshire, Ridyard, Thompson) 20% Jukes has chosen to exclude. And that doesn't even include Hopkins reportedly not in Jukes' good books.

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Well you twisted that comment to make yourself look a bit of a wally didn't you - read my comment again and have another go and see if you can the figures a bit more accurate

2/10 poor effort