Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Fri May 22, 2015 8:13 am  

I'd leave Powell and Hampshire out but I think it will be Sutton and Hampshire.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Fri May 22, 2015 10:18 am  

Shaun has named six props and IMO he'll go with five v Catalans with Patrick to the 2nd row.

Lloyd will miss out IMO and maybe Hampshire which would be wrong to me.
He wasn't great v HKR but neither were our halves who've been poor away from home all season.
It's the halves that need a shake up. I'd put Hampshire at 6, Smith 7 and Williams as bench half/hooker. Give Catalans something to think about.
If they see Williams and Smith as halves again Lo Fres and Monas will know it will be same old, same old from us. The same game plan that's only won one away game all season.
Carney will have had a word with his old mate Campese and he'll have put him right about a few things. Carney and Dureau will be their halves probably.

We need to win this.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Fri May 22, 2015 11:20 am  

I'm looking forward to seeing how Bowen goes as I feel Wane will give him a chance. Think he'll be chomping at the bit to impress and we may see a glimpse of what we saw in rare patches last year. What he lacks in pace these days he makes up for in other areas, albeit he does have is downfalls.

Keeping the halves is okay with me, as I don't think they're behind the problems we have away from home. We've already tried changing it with Williams early on this year and now George is settling in now I think it would be silly to revert back again.

If we keep our heads over there like we did last year and not get wound up by their antics and time wasting then we'll do okay. James Child was outstanding in handling it in 2014 and let's hope we let him referee the game this time around and we keep our heads. A win over there could be massive for our season and be a kick-start for this run of games coming up for us on the road.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Fri May 22, 2015 4:44 pm  

Father Ted wrote:

Shaun has named six props and IMO he'll go with five v Catalans with Patrick to the 2nd row.

Lloyd will miss out IMO and maybe Hampshire which would be wrong to me.
He wasn't great v HKR but neither were our halves who've been poor away from home all season.
It's the halves that need a shake up. I'd put Hampshire at 6, Smith 7 and Williams as bench half/hooker. Give Catalans something to think about.
If they see Williams and Smith as halves again Lo Fres and Monas will know it will be same old, same old from us. The same game plan that's only won one away game all season.
Carney will have had a word with his old mate Campese and he'll have put him right about a few things. Carney and Dureau will be their halves probably.

We need to win this.

Hampshire's had a reasonable run of games, perhaps time for him to step down. After all, he's hardly set the world alight whereas Smith is our entire kicking game and Williams seems to be developing nicely. The biggest puzzle in my mind is how Powell is getting in ahead of Logan.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Fri May 22, 2015 4:57 pm  

jinkin jimmy wrote:

The biggest puzzle in my mind is how Powell is getting in ahead of Logan.

Agreed, I remember watching these two in the warm up, passing the ball from the ground. Logan was as fast as Dermott. I'd imagine the first receivers would prefer him. A bit smaller and not as quick thinking in open play as Powell but 2nd fittest in the club.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Fri May 22, 2015 6:58 pm  

J L Hooker wrote:

Agreed, I remember watching these two in the warm up, passing the ball from the ground. Logan was as fast as Dermott. I'd imagine the first receivers would prefer him. A bit smaller and not as quick thinking in open play as Powell but 2nd fittest in the club.

He may be fit but he's incredibly slow. Logan looks like he's running through treacle at times.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Fri May 22, 2015 10:05 pm  

Wigg'n wrote:

J L Hooker wrote:

Agreed, I remember watching these two in the warm up, passing the ball from the ground. Logan was as fast as Dermott. I'd imagine the first receivers would prefer him. A bit smaller and not as quick thinking in open play as Powell but 2nd fittest in the club.

He may be fit but he's incredibly slow. Logan looks like he's running through treacle at times.

Agreed but still looks far more comfortable at hooker than Powell.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Sat May 23, 2015 11:47 am  

MadDogg wrote:

Agreed but still looks far more comfortable at hooker than Powell.

Oh I agree. I think Logan has been treated terribly by Wane. He's in the side for 2/3 weeks then out for 6 weeks, then back in for a couple then out for months. As soon as he has a bad game he gets dropped but other young lads get plenty of chances.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Sat May 23, 2015 2:20 pm  

[quote="jinkin jimmy"]Hampshire's had a reasonable run of games, perhaps time for him to step down. After all, he's hardly set the world alight whereas Smith is our entire kicking game and Williams seems to be developing nicely. The biggest puzzle in my mind is how Powell is getting in ahead of Logan.[/quote


Waney has already said he is playing Powell because he can cover a half back position if needs be.

Re: Catalan Dragons (away) : Sat May 23, 2015 4:33 pm  

Typical 'Away' performance so far.

Penalties killing us.
Powder-puff goal line defence.
Clueless going forward.