Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:38 am  

Here is my effort.
Sio
Mantellato
Goulding
Salter
Dixon
Blair
Kelly
Walker
Calile
Weyman
Larroyer
Mc Carthy
Donaldson

Bailey
Burke
Green
Boudebza/Horne

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:51 pm  

markylever5 wrote:

Here is my effort.
Sio
Mantellato
Goulding
Salter
Dixon
Blair
Kelly
Walker
Calile
Weyman
Larroyer
Mc Carthy
Donaldson

Bailey
Burke
Green
Boudebza/Horne

Couple of notable omissions in Cox, Ollett and Cockayne, but your 17 is as good as any except I would put Burke at 13 and Cox on the bench.

There will be more additions to the squad, who and when is the question.

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:09 pm  

1. Guzdek

2. Sio
3. Goulding
4. Welham
5. Mantellato

6. Blair
7. Kelly

8. Weyman (c)
9. Maybe (Logan Tompkins) He was on loan at Salford cant see him getting in over Micky Mac
10. Bailey

11. Larroyer
12. Donaldson
13. Burke

14. Cockayne
15. McCarthy
16. Walker
17. Green

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 4:53 pm  

Id like to see Carlisle given a good go. Thought his distribution was a lot cleaner then hodgsons to be honest. The scooting from dummy half only comes from game time and reading the game.

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:10 pm  

1, DIxon
2, Sio
3, Goulding
4, salter
5, mantelleno
6, Blair
7, Kelly
8, weyman
9, Carlile
10, walker
11, larroyer
12, McCarthy
13, Donaldson

14, green
15, Horne
16, boobedza
17, bailey

Cox, Charlie, welham, Burke plus younger kids miss out for me. Burke and Donaldson was a 50/50 call I went with Donaldson as his initials are an alcoholic beverage favourite of mine.

Horne on the bench offers flexibility if backs get injured n all I think. Like him in centre me I'd be tempted to start him there if either get injured above welham. I initially put cox on the bench but realised you ideally need a replacement hooker. We look very suspect in the hooking role more then any other position I must admit. Not a team full of big names but hopefully big on minutes, effort and fight.

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Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:25 pm  

I think fullback, wings and left centre are most open. It'll be quite interesting to see the squad numbers when they come out.
We really need another hooker-half.
There's a Scott Murrell shaped hole in the squad, IMO. I'm a bit reluctant to turn on Sandercock, as he seemed a decent bloke who was trying his best. But some of his recruitment and retention decisions were poor, from the outside looking in. Murrell was rumoured to have been moved on in a bid to improve discipline/professionalism iirc. That went well.

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:50 pm  

It's interesting that The Drighlington Dynamo never got picked up by another SL club.

I thought he'd play half a season at 'Fax and be back with Cas or Wakey.

I don't know what he does outside of the game or what his deal is with 'Fax though.

Surprise, surprise, full back is my second most worrying position with the squad as it stands. Hooker is very worrying.

I can't see an out an out specialist at one and it's such an important role. I'd be tempted to try and sign an old hat to mentor Gudzek into the team, we've lost Briscoe, let's hope he instilled enough into the kid and he can put on a bit of meat over the Winter to step up.

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:01 pm  

I think if we play a ball playing 13 we can lose the fullback as the extra pivot and use it as a space running support role which Dixon/mantelleno/sio can done. If we play as an extra pivot at 1, well we then have an issue. But then we could lose size in the pack if we decide to go with that. Conundrums indeed

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:44 pm  

Interesting idea, I know next to nothing of Burke, but could he fulfill that role?

Other posters have said that so I'd be happy to go with that.

The problem then is coming up with a player that can play full back but has the necessary intelligence to structure the defence and be solid with kicks. I don't see that player within the squad, I no longer think that a full back has to have marvelous last ditch tackling technique. If a player gets a one on one run at you it's very much a penalty in Association Football scenario. If you stop them, great, but eight out of ten they'll score.

Re: Whats your team if no more signings? : Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:11 pm  

Looking in as an outsider I think switching Dixon and Mantellato between the FB and Wing duties could work best for you. Play Mantellato at FB in defence and switch to Dixon in attack and get him to follow play continuously.

Another observation is your Back 3 in the pack look pretty lightweight. Larroyer is a decent size but alongside any two of Donaldson/McCarthy/Burke seems a little small. I think it could be an idea for you to start with Bailey at 13 and have Burke on the bench to bring on after 15/20 and push Bailey back upto prop.

Mantellato/Dixon
Sio
Goulding
Salter
Mantellato/Dixon
Blair
Kelly
Weyman
Carlisle
Walker
Larroyer
Donaldson
Bailey

Green
Burke
Cox
(Interchange hooker?)