Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:26 am  

Charlie Sheen wrote:

If Oledszki is fit enough I'd definitely put him on the bench instead of Walters or Ormondroyd. If Dwyer is fit again then I'd put him on the bench ahead of Walker, there's no way Golding should be dropped after his last 2 performances.

I think Saints will have too much for us though. I think they'll win by 10.

Agree with that other than I feel Saints could take this with around 20 to spare.
I think that the game against Hull will have taken a bit out of our older forwards and we don`t have the backup to rotate due to injuries.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Tue Mar 13, 2018 9:54 am  

I was at Warrington last week and in the first 20 minutes I thought Saints looked as quick as Melbourne did in the WCC.

They have a ploy of attacking up the middle of the ruck area. Looking to expose the gap that is left behind the markers. They did a lot of running into that channel last Friday night and Warrington struggled to cope. One thing for certain is they are going to play an expansive style of football and look to move the defence around a lot.

Richardson is a handful and moves them well alongside the field, surprised Lomax is playing at 6 as he doesn't actually offer that much. It's a bonus if Walmsley isn't fit but the focus has to be on stopping Roby as he was phenomenal again last week.

Defensively they were very strong as well, only conceded tries from kicks last week, conceded 2 points the week before so the attacking game needs to be on point as well if Leeds are going to get anything from the game on Friday night.

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:05 am  

One thing we must keep to a minimum is the unforced errors (stating the obvious, I know). Warrington failed to do that and Saints were ruthless. By the end, the extra defending Wire had to do, coupled with chasing the game, inflated the score somewhat, I thought.

Warrington's opening five minutes of the second half might be the worst they'll play all season.

[Matt_Horton]

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Tue Mar 13, 2018 10:48 am  

gulfcoast_highwayman wrote:

One thing we must keep to a minimum is the unforced errors (stating the obvious, I know). Warrington failed to do that and Saints were ruthless. By the end, the extra defending Wire had to do, coupled with chasing the game, inflated the score somewhat, I thought.

Warrington's opening five minutes of the second half might be the worst they'll play all season.

And being on the back end of a 12-6 penalty count as well.

[Frosties.]

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:58 pm  

Golding
Briscoe
Watkins
Hall
Moon
Myler
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
JJB
Dwyer
Delaney
Mullally
Handley
Ormondroyd
Walker
Oledzki
Smith
Walters

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:12 pm  

Bad miss having Garbut out.
My guess for Friday and 20 points at least hammering by Saints will be:

Golding
Briscoe
Watkins
Handley
Hall
Moon
Myler
Mullally
Parcell
Singleton
Ablett
Delaney
JJB

Dwyer
Ormondroyd
Oledzki
Walters

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:58 pm  

Not looking promising

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:03 pm  

Walmsley missing from Saints' 19.

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:53 pm  

All we need is Barba, Richardson and Roby to miss out and we are in with a shout. 37-10 to Saints.

Re: RD 6 | St Helens v Leeds Rhinos : Thu Mar 15, 2018 5:24 pm  

There's more snow forecast for tomorrow evening, so might be worth setting off a bit earlier