: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:02 pm  

El Diablo wrote:

Gareth, are you self-nicknaming again?

It's a good one though. Better than Ginger Hobbit.

PS, PM'd you

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:04 pm  

Whilst thackray provides good go forward in short stints, he'll be a liability when it comes to playoff rugby.

His handling isn't reliable enough and he's prone to give away a few too many penalties.

Errors need to be at a minimum therefore i think it's a clever decision from tactician Tony Smith to drop him.

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:05 pm  

didn't do much wrong in the 2005 cup final

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:07 pm  

Mistake leaving Thackray out of the 18..........more to offer than either Ablett or Kirke in my opinion.

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:09 pm  

Given that Tony Smith has rather more information to base his team selection on.......

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:19 pm  

tad rhino wrote:

didn't do much wrong in the 2005 cup final

Can you remember the last 2 mins of the game?

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:24 pm  

In regards to Long and Fausavalu (SPELLING), i won't believe it till i see it. Saints are always upto mind games and wouldn't be surprised to see them both playing.

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:25 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

Can you remember the last 2 mins of the game?

are you kidding?

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:32 pm  

rooster_rhino wrote:

In regards to Long and Fausavalu (SPELLING), i won't believe it till i see it. Saints are always upto mind games and wouldn't be surprised to see them both playing.

They've been withdrawn from their 18 man squad, they can't IIRC.

: Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:37 pm  

jord_rhino wrote:

They've been withdrawn from their 18 man squad, they can't IIRC.

IIRC teams may make one change to their named 18 man squad between now and kick-off. Seem to remember Saints not naming Wellens in the 18 or 20 for a game last year or the year before, but he recovered from injury quicker than expected and was on the team sheet.