[Nat (Rugby_Aholic)]

Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 4:59 pm  

In the paper KH says the following:-

“As far as the wingers go though, Wayne’s cemented his spot, which leaves Rob and Whitey going for the last one.”

I have seen all of the pre-season games so far. Have I been watching the wrong team? Haven't seen anything from Rettie that would make him the first winger on the team sheet.

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:10 pm  

he was alot better than both white and worrincy in the games against keighley and salford..solid in defence, didnt drop a ball, gave good go-forward.

hence why karl didnt pick him vs giants,

to see if worrincy and white fancied fighting for thier places.

thats why hes in the team. he deserves it.

white will struggle to get in this year if Rob and rettie keep performing.

and to say whitey was our top try scorer from last yr. it shows our strength in the 3/4's this year, Patto and nanyn to come back too!!! things look good.

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:13 pm  

SIMMSFAXTEDDY wrote:

he was alot better than both white and worrincy in the games against keighley and salford..solid in defence, didnt drop a ball, gave good go-forward.

hence why karl didnt pick him vs giants,

to see if worrincy and white fancied fighting for thier places.

thats why hes in the team. he deserves it.

white will struggle to get in this year if Rob and rettie keep performing.

and to say whitey was our top try scorer from last yr. it shows our strength in the 3/4's this year, Patto and nanyn to come back too!!! things look good.

robs been poor till the huddersfield game

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:03 pm  

I know it seems impossible to think that White and Worrincy would be driven out of their positions, but Rettie definitely deserves his spot against Dewsbury. He was a safe pair of hands and did some solid running against Leigh, got us out of a few problems as well.

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:21 pm  

Read it too and was a little surprised but i trust Karl knows what hes doing and i think its highly likely we will get more injuries this season so a little competition for places early doors should keep everyone on their toes. Rob definitely needs to make the bread and butter RL stuff more consistent, we all know hes strong and can run the length of the field, Whitey just needs to keep his defensive effort up, its all good, the pressures on Rettie now.

Cant wait to see a pack with James, Barlow, Azuie and morrison though, then Handforth whisking the ball out to the big centres Nanyn and Tyrer, cant see many sides coping too well with that coming at them for a set of 6.

In Karl i trust, when everyones fit were gonna be in a good place.

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:47 pm  

two wingers who scored tries for fun last year against one who did not score many. big suprise on teamsheet to me.

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:05 pm  

Who's gonna slip into the centre spot with Tyrer now Nanyn is carrying an injury?

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:18 pm  

swifty62 wrote:

two wingers who scored tries for fun last year against one who did not score many. big suprise on teamsheet to me.

Being a winger isn't always about scoring tries though. I think Rettie is a far better all-round player than Worrincy (Rob, not Mike!).

Re: Rettie : Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:23 pm  

guess thats the difference in a mod of a forum and a legend of the game and now many coaching honours.
no insult intended
i just know this will come back to haunt me when white a rob make their ways to the wings in season

Re: Rettie : Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:19 am  

Coming from a Batley fan, who is trying to remain totally unbiased ; Reittie isn't a patch on either Worrincy OR White.