Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 3:56 pm  

I know we are not playing well enough for wholesale changes and any changes are likely to be due to players carrying knocks. So who comes in and who drops out for the Bradford game.
It may be the only game all season where we really get chance to rest one or two.
George King, Patton, Mitch Brown and maybe Louis Johnson???
With Roberts taking a knock he may be given a week off. I dont think we can afford to leave Clark out completely but maybe start him on the bench. Cooper has had a few knocks recently.
Sita to maybe do bigger stints.
Thoughts?

Re: Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:34 pm  

Deus Dat Incrementum wrote:

I know we are not playing well enough for wholesale changes and any changes are likely to be due to players carrying knocks. So who comes in and who drops out for the Bradford game.
It may be the only game all season where we really get chance to rest one or two.
George King, Patton, Mitch Brown and maybe Louis Johnson???
With Roberts taking a knock he may be given a week off. I dont think we can afford to leave Clark out completely but maybe start him on the bench. Cooper has had a few knocks recently.
Sita to maybe do bigger stints.
Thoughts?

Not seen Luis Johnson do anything in the 19s to warrant a 1st team place

Re: Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 5:35 pm  

I think that you can add Harvey Livett to that list.

I would expect that Cooper will be rested due to Hamstring strain and Benny is probably overdue a rest. I would expect Smith to do a lot more minutes.

It may be a case of some of the big guns starting the game but then being withdrawn once we have, hopefully, built up an unassailable lead.

Re: Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:31 pm  

Reading the report of the HKR game it looks like Cooper and Crosby will not be playing.

Re: Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:09 pm  

Deus Dat Incrementum wrote:

I know we are not playing well enough for wholesale changes and any changes are likely to be due to players carrying knocks. So who comes in and who drops out for the Bradford game.
It may be the only game all season where we really get chance to rest one or two.
George King, Patton, Mitch Brown and maybe Louis Johnson???
With Roberts taking a knock he may be given a week off. I dont think we can afford to leave Clark out completely but maybe start him on the bench. Cooper has had a few knocks recently.
Sita to maybe do bigger stints.
Thoughts?

George King and Patton are good shouts. I am quietly baffled why Sita does so few minutes so a longer stint would be interesting to see how he goes

[Uncle Rico]

Re: Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:22 pm  

Agree with G King and M Brown. Definitely like to see Livett given a go perhaps with Patton in the halves to give Brown and Roberts a rest.

Aren't we light in the forwards if Crosbie and Cooper are injured as well as BMM? Perhaps Moran to come in?

Re: Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:29 pm  

A decade ago, we'd be fearing this game.

Re: Changes for this weekend : Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:30 pm  

When you start looking at who you'd like to rest in the forwards e.g. Clark, Hill & Westwood and then you look at those with knocks i.e. BMM, Cooper & Crosby it makes you think just how thin we are.
Roberts is a must for a rest as he was struggling from the same time that HKR lost Lunt.

Re: Changes for this weekend : Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:06 pm  

Ratch

Lineham
Atkins
Goodwin
Charnley

K. Brown
Roberts

Hill
Clark
G. King
Currie
Hughes
Philbin

M. Brown
Akualoa
Westwood
Livett

Re: Changes for this weekend : Tue Apr 17, 2018 3:03 pm  

The Railwayman wrote:

George King and Patton are good shouts. I am quietly baffled why Sita does so few minutes so a longer stint would be interesting to see how he goes

I would think if you increased his minutes you would lessen his impact, the guy is a wrecking ball, not sure that can be maintained for too long?

That said if he could do that for 40 mins a week it would be a result!