Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 12:29 pm  

chazzerboy wrote:

My only concern playing Murrell at loose forward is that he might be too small if we come up against a big pack. Maybe wiser having a forward there when we play on narrow fields.

Yes Ross Divorty.

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:04 pm  

I'm sure I read that RM saw Murrell as a 6 rather than a 13, knowing me though it could have been the other way round, but either way there are options.

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:12 pm  

faxcar wrote:

I'm sure I read that RM saw Murrell as a 6 rather than a 13, knowing me though it could have been the other way round, but either way there are options.

Your right. He did. Hopefully he will change his mind though. Need to see how good Mat Place is first.

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:31 pm  

neilgreenwood wrote:

Your right. He did. Hopefully he will change his mind though. Need to see how good Mat Place is first.

Yep, and with only the 2 friendlies against HKR and Hudds we will likely be a few games into the season before we know as with the other lads.

Lets hope we get off to a good start and get people turning up and coming back.

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 1:37 pm  

It is difficult to judge without seeing them. Hopefully RM will be giving them all a run out over the next couple of friendly games so that we can see them all in action. I think even some of the players we think we know will be different under the new coaching regime.

Think in general we have a cracking squad with some great choice, but we are going to need it over what will be probably the hardest season we have had for a long time. I think we might be seeing more rotation rather than a static first team, but given you can't put a bus ticket in between the quality of some of our players this could work better than the KH in favour/out of favour approach.

I agree with others that we look a bit light in the centre so I hope Saltonstall is a decent centre

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:46 pm  

Makingplans4nigel v2 wrote:

Good to see the focus turning to the players and the RL, here's my two penneth for what it's worth, without knowing how pre-seasons going?

Greenwood (class act despite what the clown from Lancashire says)

Brown
Tyrer (gets the nod just due to goal kicking ability)
Saltonstall
Saxton

Place
Johnstone

Ambler
Mennell
Calahane

Manning (full 80 mins)
Divorty (full 80 mins)
Murrell

Subs
Maneeley
Tangata
Moore
Taylor

For me it's going to a little nerve wracking to see what standard our Aussies are at, let's hope its the one positive thing we can take from the last regime. Would also be great to see Taylor, Saltonstall and Maneeley make names for themselves.

Looking forward to it.

Nigel I respect your opinion but I have mine on miles greenwood and I just don't rate him he is just an average player he stood out last season in a poor Batley team and I think in a decent team he wouldn't be seen, he has a bit of pace but can't tackle, still time will tell, won't be long before the Mighty Leyt hers come to the Shay.

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:26 pm  

In my humble opinion, RM will want to see how the 3 Antipodeans shape up in a match.
He will have seen them in training but will know all the others from past seasons.
Can't agree with Charlie on Miles, but hey that's what's great about opinions.
Hope we have a good following on Sunday, important season, the whole of the club needs every supporters to get behind the team irrespective of petty issues, be interesting to see whether the anti dual reg person/s attends,
Looking forward to it,

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:08 pm  

charlie caroli wrote:

Nigel I respect your opinion but I have mine on miles greenwood and I just don't rate him he is just an average player he stood out last season in a poor Batley team and I think in a decent team he wouldn't be seen, he has a bit of pace but can't tackle, still time will tell, won't be long before the Mighty Leyt hers come to the Shay.

Sam Tomkins cannot tackle either and he's not doing too badly. Billy Slater often gets shown up in defence too. The modern day full back is much more about attack than defence and you cannot deny that Miles is a potent attacking threat.

Re: A Look At The Squad : Thu Jan 08, 2015 8:34 pm  

halifaxjohn wrote:

In my humble opinion, RM will want to see how the 3 Antipodeans shape up in a match.
He will have seen them in training but will know all the others from past seasons.
Can't agree with Charlie on Miles, but hey that's what's great about opinions.
Hope we have a good following on Sunday, important season, the whole of the club needs every supporters to get behind the team irrespective of petty issues, be interesting to see whether the anti dual reg person/s attends,
Looking forward to it,

It's not petty and no we won't.

Re: A Look At The Squad : Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:10 am  

Hudd-Shay wrote:

It's not petty and no we won't.

I agree it's not petty but yes we will.