FORUMS FORUMS






RLFANS.COM
Celebrating
25 years service to
the Rugby League
Community!

   WWW.RLFANS.COM • View topic - Saints resting 9 players ??
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Coach17868
JoinedServiceReputation
Apr 24 201113 years45th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
18th Mar 24 13:3918th Mar 24 11:24LINK
Milestone Posts
15000
20000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:29 am  
Strictly speaking this has little to do with Wakefield, however, with Saints making 9 changes for their fixture against London today, the result could have serious implications for our super league survival.
Although it's not unusual for sides to rest players in the week before (and after) a cup semi final, Saints choosing to make 9 changes for this game could be hugely important towards deciding which club faces the drop.
Having come unstuck just a few weeks ago when they rested 5 players, so many changes and with London fighting for survival almost gifts the 2 points to the opposition and with the LLS almost in their hands, they can easily afford to sacrifice a win.
They say that lightening doesn't strike twice but, for a side to have lost only 2 games all season to make so many changes against the bottom side, who the RFL believe "need" to be in the top flight could their be "dark forces" at work.
Clearly Trinity along with all of the other clubs under threat, still have their future in their own hands, especially as we still have to face London but, are they getting a deliberate helping hand ?
MKcat 
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach17
JoinedServiceReputation
Aug 16 200816 years303rd
OnlineLast PostLast Page
18th Feb 24 21:297th Apr 23 13:24LINK
Milestone Posts
0
100
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:36 am  
If we won a few games there would be no problems now.So the replacement players must be decent players to be on the Saints books.
Any updates on the players we are bringing in,re CC statement.
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Club Coach17868
JoinedServiceReputation
Apr 24 201113 years45th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
18th Mar 24 13:3918th Mar 24 11:24LINK
Milestone Posts
15000
20000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:43 am  
MKcat wrote:
If we won a few games there would be no problems now.So the replacement players must be decent players to be on the Saints books.
Any updates on the players we are bringing in,re CC statement.


As I said, they rested 5 players a few weeks back and came unstuck so, it's reasonable to assume that, by resting 9, they will struggle to win.
I'm not suggesting that they are breaking any rules, as all of the players will be from their own playing roster but, they appear to be "throwing" the game, which is certainly against "the spirit of the game".
RankPostsTeam
International Star325No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Aug 17 201212 years303rd
OnlineLast PostLast Page
27th Sep 21 22:221st Sep 21 10:58LINK
Milestone Posts
250
500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:44 am  
If we go down we’ve no-one to blame but ourselves. To be quite honest on our current form we deserve it.
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain565
JoinedServiceReputation
Sep 19 20149 years276th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
17th Sep 22 17:5613th Sep 22 16:39LINK
Milestone Posts
500
1000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Signature
If I was short sighted I could become a referee!

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:47 am  
Why do they need to rest players for a cup game against Halifax ?
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain1559No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Nov 14 20149 years267th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
19th Sep 23 04:368th Feb 23 06:40LINK
Milestone Posts
1000
2500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:03 am  
ball-in-hand wrote:
Why do they need to rest players for a cup game against Halifax ?

Agree,
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
International Star4974
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 07 201410 years96th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
18th Mar 24 21:0816th Mar 24 09:56LINK
Milestone Posts
2500
5000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:35 am  
What Sts do is up to them!

I’ll assume that the players selected for the London game are listed in their 2019 SL squad and as such their selection is as valid as any other player.

Maybe they’ll select a couple of Juniors from the Academy but given their superb record of talent production I won’t presume to second guess their judgement.

At the end of the day, Wakefield Trinity are responsible for winning enough points to stave off relegation and shouldn’t be looking outside the club for favours.

Sts are doing what’s best for Sts not trying to manipulate the relegation battle
trin77 
User avatar
RankPostsTeam
Player Coach475No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Sep 24 200617 years289th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
22nd Sep 23 21:1415th Sep 23 22:06LINK
Milestone Posts
250
500
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530
Location
The Merrie City
Signature
WAKEFIELD TRINITY WILDCATS

NEVER FINISHED BOTTOM OF SUPER LEAGUE
NEVER RELEGATED
NEVER INVOLVED IN FAKE MERGERS

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:43 am  
To be fair it's still a decent saints side with a lot of quality players. That would compete with most if not all current sides in SL. I think saints will win fairly comfortably Wakefields fate is in our own hands. We shouldn't be worrying about other clubs or conspiracy theories.
RankPostsTeam
International Star906No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
Mar 02 201410 years189th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
18th Mar 24 18:3812th Mar 24 18:00LINK
Milestone Posts
500
1000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:48 am  
The Avenger wrote:
What Sts do is up to them!

I’ll assume that the players selected for the London game are listed in their 2019 SL squad and as such their selection is as valid as any other player.

Maybe they’ll select a couple of Juniors from the Academy but given their superb record of talent production I won’t presume to second guess their judgement.

At the end of the day, Wakefield Trinity are responsible for winning enough points to stave off relegation and shouldn’t be looking outside the club for favours.

Sts are doing what’s best for Sts not trying to manipulate the relegation battle

You're correct saints can do what they like but that is a particularly weak squad. They are almost gifting an advantage to London in a tight relegation battle ...for the second time. It's not just us affected and it doesn't sit right with me. I wonder how saints would feel if the boot was on the other foot.
RankPostsTeam
Club Captain849No
Team
Selected
JoinedServiceReputation
May 11 20159 years269th
OnlineLast PostLast Page
22nd Sep 23 21:0322nd May 23 14:22LINK
Milestone Posts
500
1000
Milestone Years
0510 1520 2530

Re: Saints resting 9 players ?? : Sun Jul 21, 2019 12:09 pm  
wrencat1873 wrote:
Strictly speaking this has little to do with Wakefield, however, with Saints making 9 changes for their fixture against London today, the result could have serious implications for our super league survival.
Although it's not unusual for sides to rest players in the week before (and after) a cup semi final, Saints choosing to make 9 changes for this game could be hugely important towards deciding which club faces the drop.
Having come unstuck just a few weeks ago when they rested 5 players, so many changes and with London fighting for survival almost gifts the 2 points to the opposition and with the LLS almost in their hands, they can easily afford to sacrifice a win.
They say that lightening doesn't strike twice but, for a side to have lost only 2 games all season to make so many changes against the bottom side, who the RFL believe "need" to be in the top flight could their be "dark forces" at work.
Clearly Trinity along with all of the other clubs under threat, still have their future in their own hands, especially as we still have to face London but, are they getting a deliberate helping hand ?


:lol: You are seriously having a laugh aren't you?!! Dark forces?! Were these in existence when we went down to their place twice and conceded over 80 points?!! If I were a London fan and read what you have put i'd be laughing my head off. Whomever goes down will no doubt deserve to do so, including ourselves, we've had weeks to arrest our slump, and haven't apart from 1 game. We've now got lots of opportunities again in the next few weeks to avoid relegation, so if we don't then we only have ourselves to blame.
Next

REPLY

Subject: 
Message:
   
Please note using apple style emoji's can result in posting failures.
Use the FULL EDITOR to better format content or upload images, be notified of replies etc...

Return to Wakefield Trinity


RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
10m
Challenge Cup 6th Round
Brew
31
15m
Smith - should he stay or should he go
Irregular Ho
179
20m
State of the Nation
K-Diddy
156
24m
Dons v York Sunday 17th March 2024 3pm
Double Movem
41
30m
Shopping list for 2025
mwindass
288
36m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
55527
38m
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
33870
53m
Bulls game
REDWHITEANDB
138
54m
RD 5 St Helens H
Backwoodsman
282
Recent
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
tad rhino
1365
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
33s
Ky Rodwell
Khlav Kalash
58
33s
Other Championship Clubs
Wildthing
75
33s
Bulls game
REDWHITEANDB
138
33s
Challenge Cup 6th Round
Brew
31
43s
Leigh at home
B0NES
382
45s
Injuries
Listenup94
37
47s
Dreadful - Watsons future
Murphy
14
1m
Salford away
Mark_P1973
64
1m
This weeks disciplinary
CW8
991
2m
Todays match v London
rubber ducki
61
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Programmes for sale
Brian Middle
1
TODAY
Aussie programmes and books for sale
Brian Middle
1
TODAY
Widnes programmes for sale
Brian Middle
1
TODAY
Mark Campbell to step down at Fev
RoyBoy29
1
TODAY
RL Podcasts
RL Outsiders
1
TODAY
Oliver Holmes
LeythIg
4
TODAY
New Poster
BarnsleyTrin
9
TODAY
Easy Win for the Wolves Over London Moves Them Top
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Todays match v London
rubber ducki
61
TODAY
Charlie Birdsall RIP
hull2524
12
TODAY
Total rl
Bullseye
4
TODAY
Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup
Tarquin Fueg
73
TODAY
Sheffield
moto748
3
TODAY
Road Roller Required to flatten & Press
Start@1873
3
TODAY
Dragons Condemn Castleford To Another Loss
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Dreadful - Watsons future
Murphy
14
TODAY
Smith - should he stay or should he go
Irregular Ho
179
TODAY
Leigh Leopards Secure First Points Of The Season In Style
Budgiezilla
2
TODAY
Hull FC
PopTart
13
TODAY
Oliver Russell
Wollo-Wollo-
5
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
Easy Win for the Wolves Over L..
270
Dragons Condemn Castleford To ..
353
Leigh Leopards Secure First Po..
457
St Helens Tame The Rhinos To W..
477
Wigan Warriors Come From Behin..
575
Betfred Championship and Leagu..
644
2024 Challenge Cup Sixth Round..
3382
Featherstone Win Extra Time Cu..
854
Dragons Triumph Over Hull FC t..
752
Leeds Rhinos Win Game of Two H..
965
Warrington Beat Hull KR In Bre..
870
Hull FC Win At The Death To Cr..
1165
Salford Red Devils Spoil Hull ..
967
Leeds Rhinos Battle Hard for D..
1132
Warriors Maintain Great Start ..
1138
POSTSONLINEREGISTRATIONSRECORD
19.56M 3,347 79,99614,103
LOGIN HERE
or REGISTER for more features!.

When you register you get access to the live match scores, live match chat and you can post in the discussions on the forums.
RLFANS Match Centre
 Fri 29th Mar
Championship 2024-R2
18:00
Featherstone
v
Wakefield
 Sun 12th May 2024
1895 Cup 2024-R5
15:00
Bradford
v
Wakefield
ALL SCORES PROVIDED BY RLFANS.COM (SETTINGS)
Matches on TV
Fri 22nd Mar
CC2024
20:00
Leeds-St.Helens
Sat 23rd Mar
CC2024
14:00
Leigh-Featherstone
Thu 28th Mar
SL
20:00
Castleford-Leeds
Fri 29th Mar
SL
12:30
Hull KR-Hull FC
SL
15:00
St.Helens-Wigan
Sat 30th Mar
SL
15:00
Warrington-Catalans
SL
17:30
Salford-Leigh
Sun 31st Mar
SL
15:00
LondonB-Huddersfield
Thu 4th Apr
SL
20:00
Leigh-Wigan
Fri 5th Apr
SL
20:00
Castleford-Salford
SL
20:00
Hull KR-LondonB
SL
20:00
Leeds-Warrington
Sat 6th Apr
SL
15:00
Hull FC-Huddersfield
SL
17:30
Catalans-St.Helens
Fri 19th Apr
SL
20:00
Leeds-Huddersfield
SL
20:00
St.Helens-Hull FC
SL
20:00
Wigan-Castleford
Sat 20th Apr
SL
15:00
Warrington-Leigh
SL
17:30
Catalans-Hull KR
Sun 21st Apr
SL
15:00
LondonB-Salford
Sun 17th Mar
SL 5 LondonB4-58Warrington
WOMCC2024 1 Shef W10-76York V
WOMCC2024 1 Sal W0-68WiganW
WOMCC2024 1 Lei L W4-52LeedsW
CH 1 Batley20-24Featherstone
CH 1 Dewsbury10-24Halifax
CH 1 Doncaster36-20York
CH 1 Whitehaven18-16Swinton
CH 1 Widnes44-8Barrow
NRL 2 Manly21-14Sydney
NRL 2 Dolphins38-0St.George
Sat 16th Mar
SL 5 Huddersfield12-24Hull KR
SL 5 Hull FC4-54Leigh
SL 5 Catalans40-14Castleford
WOMCC2024 1 Card Wom22-16BarrowW
WOMCC2024 1 BradfordW4-52Wire W
WOMCC2024 1 St.HelensW64-0LonB W
WOMCC2024 1 Hudds W74-0HKR Wom
NRL 2 Canberra32-12Wests
NRL 2 NQL Cowboys21-20Newcastle
This is an inplay table and live positions can change.
Mens Betfred Super League XXVIII ROUND : 1
 PLDFADIFFPTS
Warrington 5 156 58 98 8
Wigan 4 144 54 90 8
St.Helens 5 118 40 78 8
Catalans 5 126 54 72 8
Hull KR 5 98 63 35 6
Leeds 5 82 82 0 6
 
Salford 5 95 96 -1 6
Huddersfield 5 94 98 -4 4
Leigh 4 82 54 28 2
Hull FC 5 54 162 -108 2
Castleford 5 56 178 -122 0
LondonB 5 54 220 -166 0
This is an inplay table and live positions can change.
Betfred Championship 2024 ROUND : 1
 PLDFADIFFPTS
Widnes 1 44 8 36 2
Wakefield 1 42 12 30 2
Doncaster 1 36 20 16 2
Halifax 1 24 10 14 2
Featherstone 1 24 20 4 2
Sheffield 1 24 22 2 2
 
Whitehaven 1 18 16 2 2
Toulouse 1 22 24 -2 0
Swinton 1 16 18 -2 0
Batley 1 20 24 -4 0
Dewsbury 1 10 24 -14 0
York 1 20 36 -16 0
Bradford 1 12 42 -30 0
Barrow 1 8 44 -36 0
RLFANS Recent Posts
FORUM
LAST
POST
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
10m
Challenge Cup 6th Round
Brew
31
15m
Smith - should he stay or should he go
Irregular Ho
179
20m
State of the Nation
K-Diddy
156
24m
Dons v York Sunday 17th March 2024 3pm
Double Movem
41
30m
Shopping list for 2025
mwindass
288
36m
BORED The Band Name Game
Boss Hog
55527
38m
Game - Song Titles
Boss Hog
33870
53m
Bulls game
REDWHITEANDB
138
54m
RD 5 St Helens H
Backwoodsman
282
Recent
ALL NEW 49ERS ERA LEEDS UTD THREAD
tad rhino
1365
FORUM
LAST
VIEW
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
33s
Ky Rodwell
Khlav Kalash
58
33s
Other Championship Clubs
Wildthing
75
33s
Bulls game
REDWHITEANDB
138
33s
Challenge Cup 6th Round
Brew
31
43s
Leigh at home
B0NES
382
45s
Injuries
Listenup94
37
47s
Dreadful - Watsons future
Murphy
14
1m
Salford away
Mark_P1973
64
1m
This weeks disciplinary
CW8
991
2m
Todays match v London
rubber ducki
61
FORUM
NEW
TOPICS
TOPIC
POSTER
POSTS
TODAY
Programmes for sale
Brian Middle
1
TODAY
Aussie programmes and books for sale
Brian Middle
1
TODAY
Widnes programmes for sale
Brian Middle
1
TODAY
Mark Campbell to step down at Fev
RoyBoy29
1
TODAY
RL Podcasts
RL Outsiders
1
TODAY
Oliver Holmes
LeythIg
4
TODAY
New Poster
BarnsleyTrin
9
TODAY
Easy Win for the Wolves Over London Moves Them Top
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Todays match v London
rubber ducki
61
TODAY
Charlie Birdsall RIP
hull2524
12
TODAY
Total rl
Bullseye
4
TODAY
Giants in the Cup - can we get Up for the Cup
Tarquin Fueg
73
TODAY
Sheffield
moto748
3
TODAY
Road Roller Required to flatten & Press
Start@1873
3
TODAY
Dragons Condemn Castleford To Another Loss
RLFANS News
1
TODAY
Dreadful - Watsons future
Murphy
14
TODAY
Smith - should he stay or should he go
Irregular Ho
179
TODAY
Leigh Leopards Secure First Points Of The Season In Style
Budgiezilla
2
TODAY
Hull FC
PopTart
13
TODAY
Oliver Russell
Wollo-Wollo-
5
NEWS ITEMS
VIEWS
Easy Win for the Wolves Over L..
270
Dragons Condemn Castleford To ..
353
Leigh Leopards Secure First Po..
457
St Helens Tame The Rhinos To W..
477
Wigan Warriors Come From Behin..
575
Betfred Championship and Leagu..
644
2024 Challenge Cup Sixth Round..
3382
Featherstone Win Extra Time Cu..
854
Dragons Triumph Over Hull FC t..
752
Leeds Rhinos Win Game of Two H..
965
Warrington Beat Hull KR In Bre..
870
Hull FC Win At The Death To Cr..
1165
Salford Red Devils Spoil Hull ..
967
Leeds Rhinos Battle Hard for D..
1132
Warriors Maintain Great Start ..
1138


Visit the RLFANS.COM SHOP
for more merchandise!