Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:49 am  

Wirefan wrote:

You know what I berated TS for saying the Wigan loss would galvanise and help us, but that game does seem to have given us the boot up the ass we needed at the right stage of the season.

It seems to have made us an 80 minute team which is an good thing, we've won the second half the past 2 weeks after switching off the previous 4 games. We'll need to be at our best to finally win the big prize but I would like to think Wigan will as well.

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 12:30 pm  

Personally id have Sandow on the bench if he is 80%. Could be a game changer that we need if we are struggling, and Clark could easily do 80 mins. I hear Mr Dwyer has been a bit greedy in his contract negotiations with Mr Smith.........

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:08 pm  

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... nd_Bailey/ Looks like Ryan is fit and available for Saturday and Chris Sandow having a fitness test in a couple of days. The question you have to ask yourself if you were TS, is that is the gamble worth it on undoubtedly an under cooked player. We have fallen foul before in this final with bringing back injured players. I would definitely stay with Dec Patton in the halves.

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/spo ... nd_Bailey/ Looks like Ryan is fit and available for Saturday and Chris Sandow having a fitness test in a couple of days. The question you have to ask yourself if you were TS, is that is the gamble worth it on undoubtedly an under cooked player. We have fallen foul before in this final with bringing back injured players. I would definitely stay with Dec Patton in the halves.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:22 pm  

well, would we be ballsy enough to put sandow in the 19 at the expense of another fitter player option to keep them on their toes?

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:34 pm  

Difficult choices. I think I would keep Patton, particularly as he is a good goal kicker and it could easily come down to goals on Saturday. He has certainly put himself about in the last few games and made some good kicks on the last tackle. I have the suspicion that Sandow would get smothered out of the game by Wigan as he will not be match fit. But I would swap Bailey for Philbin I think. He is a lot bulkier and good in defence.

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 1:40 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

Difficult choices. I think I would keep Patton, particularly as he is a good goal kicker and it could easily come down to goals on Saturday. He has certainly put himself about in the last few games and made some good kicks on the last tackle. I have the suspicion that Sandow would get smothered out of the game by Wigan as he will not be match fit. But I would swap Bailey for Philbin I think. He is a lot bulkier and good in defence.

I agree with the Sandow concerns. I think his weapons will be somewhat nullified by the Wigan smother defence. Patton is much stronger in the defensive line than Sandow also.

Bailey will probably be brought in for Philbin. I think we will need that bit of mongrel if things start getting tasty if they start playing Wigan football if/when they are down. I do think Joe is worth another contract and will definitely be one for the future.

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:45 pm  

If Sandow is fit he got to play for me , he destroyed wigan at the DW earlier in the season and can come up with match winning plays

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:22 pm  

Not having a back on the bench cost us badly in 2013. I'd put Bailey on the bench for Philbin and sandow for Smith but only if he passes the fitness test. If we are losing with 30 to go we can send sandow on against a tiring defence where he can hopefully get us back in to it. Or as equally plausible he can step on if one of our backs picks up an injury so we can shuffle the pack and still function as an attacking unit.

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:51 pm  

CW8 wrote:

Not having a back on the bench cost us badly in 2013. I'd put Bailey on the bench for Philbin and sandow for Smith but only if he passes the fitness test. If we are losing with 30 to go we can send sandow on against a tiring defence where he can hopefully get us back in to it. Or as equally plausible he can step on if one of our backs picks up an injury so we can shuffle the pack and still function as an attacking unit.

2 backs on the bench?
Toby King
George King
Sandow
Bailey

Re: No need to change the team : Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:55 pm  

After Salford's fairytale finish, I'm guessing a last minute 35 meter drive from Bailey, a quick PTB and Sandow spins out a long pass for Lineham to touchdown in the corner to level it, before Patton scores the winning conversion on the hooter...