Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:02 am  

chris2925 wrote:

19 man squad to be announced at lunchtime - we can start the discussions all over again after that.

Even then there can be late changes!

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:12 am  

Captain Hook wrote:

Even then there can be late changes!

I'll go and clean my boots just in case.

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:20 am  

Big Ask wrote:

Was thinking how many of these need to happen to give us a chance

1- Austin plays and performs like the first half of the season
2- The props all lift their game and rip into Saints, Hill plays like he wasn’t the Captain (remember those days), Cooper offloads, Sita plays long minutes and skittles the defence
3- Ben Currie reproduces his form of yesteryear
4- BMM plays like his Salford days
5- Patton plays like he did in his early games following his debut
6- Clark performs at his usual standard
7- Discipline is spot on
8- Saints have an off day

this list and your user name on here seem like a perfect fit....a big ask.

IMO Saints will do to us what we did to Leeds when Hicks scored his hat-trick = 30+ points win for Saints.

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 11:51 am  

Oxford Exile wrote:

this list and your user name on here seem like a perfect fit....a big ask.

IMO Saints will do to us what we did to Leeds when Hicks scored his hat-trick = 30+ points win for Saints.

I think we’ll give them a game for around 50/60 minutes, but the big pitch and lack of fitness/morale/structure/form will take its toll and they’ll open up an embarrassing lead in the last quarter. ‘Plucky’ wolves not outmatched in desire, yada yada yada.

Remember we threw EVERYTHING at them in June and couldn’t get it done. Expecting more of the same but from a battered and bruised, patched up side.

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:02 pm  

Big Ask wrote:

Was thinking how many of these need to happen to give us a chance

1- Austin plays and performs like the first half of the season
2- The props all lift their game and rip into Saints, Hill plays like he wasn’t the Captain (remember those days), Cooper offloads, Sita plays long minutes and skittles the defence
3- Ben Currie reproduces his form of yesteryear
4- BMM plays like his Salford days
5- Patton plays like he did in his early games following his debut
6- Clark performs at his usual standard
7- Discipline is spot on
8- Saints have an off day

So on paper, easy victory for us then. I don't give us a hope in hell but bigger upsets have happened. I'm just going to enjoy the day.

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:47 pm  

matt_wire wrote:

I think we’ll give them a game for around 50/60 minutes, but the big pitch and lack of fitness/morale/structure/form will take its toll and they’ll open up an embarrassing lead in the last quarter. ‘Plucky’ wolves not outmatched in desire, yada yada yada.

Remember we threw EVERYTHING at them in June and couldn’t get it done. Expecting more of the same but from a battered and bruised, patched up side.

this sounds about right

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:37 pm  

Big Ask wrote:

You should have registered for email delivery and reduce the painful wait

My missus persuaded her to "rip the plaster off"! and get her brother to open them - no more waiting and dead chuffed with the results.

Hope it all went well for your daughter too

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:52 pm  

matt_wire wrote:

I think we’ll give them a game for around 50/60 minutes, but the big pitch and lack of fitness/morale/structure/form will take its toll and they’ll open up an embarrassing lead in the last quarter. ‘Plucky’ wolves not outmatched in desire, yada yada yada.

Remember we threw EVERYTHING at them in June and couldn’t get it done. Expecting more of the same but from a battered and bruised, patched up side.

Isn't the HJS slightly bigger in playing area?

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 7:42 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Isn't the HJS slightly bigger in playing area?

Yes

Re: Wire team line up for final : Thu Aug 22, 2019 7:57 pm  

Mr Snoodle wrote:

My missus persuaded her to "rip the plaster off"! and get her brother to open them - no more waiting and dead chuffed with the results.

Hope it all went well for your daughter too

Yeah all good

Hopefully the Wire have a projected grade of 3(D) and turn up with an 8 or 9 (A*) on Saturday

Note the old school grades for clarity of which there was no reason to change.