Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:51 am  

Mustapha?

He has potential but I think he was a touch disappointing last night. Think there are far more deserving players from last night albeit I suspect we will go with the same 17 as the final with Walker and Cuthbo unlucky to miss out.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:33 am  

rugbyleague88 wrote:

Mustapha?

He has potential but I think he was a touch disappointing last night. Think there are far more deserving players from last night albeit I suspect we will go with the same 17 as the final with Walker and Cuthbo unlucky to miss out.

I love his enthusiasm but concerned about his lack of size.Going to HKR for a season loan will do him a lot of good and should give Leeds a good idea if he's going to make the grade at SL.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:24 am  

Muizz will need to play as the 3rd prop to be effective. People look at him and think hes too small but he is powerful and strong. 30 tackles last night. A season at KRnt will do him a lot of good if it happens.

O'Connor 49 tackles, very impressive. When he 1st came to the club he looked dreadful. He would be in my 17 going forward now, Walters also, obviously not for Sat tho.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:54 am  

The key for Muizz will be getting him to bulk up without affecting his speed and mobility too much. The likes of Clarkson and Walters probably put on too much bulk too quickly which pretty much ruined their potential.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 11:11 am  

Jack Burton wrote:

The key for Muizz will be getting him to bulk up without affecting his speed and mobility too much. The likes of Clarkson and Walters probably put on too much bulk too quickly which pretty much ruined their potential.

Again the obsession with 'bulking up'...
If only life were as simple as that

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 6:18 pm  

Marty Grrrrrrrrrr! wrote:

Muizz will need to play as the 3rd prop to be effective. People look at him and think hes too small but he is powerful and strong. 30 tackles last night. A season at KRnt will do him a lot of good if it happens.

O'Connor 49 tackles, very impressive. When he 1st came to the club he looked dreadful. He would be in my 17 going forward now, Walters also, obviously not for Sat tho.

Walters is still a wee bit underdone for me, looks great going forward but his D needs work - mostly due to upper body strength. Won’t let anyone down with some bench appearances for sure but Martin, Mellor, Prior, Smith, Donaldson, maybe Thompson and A Sutcliffe all ahead realistically right now.

He will be pushing for a permanent bench spot next year I’d imagine. He took his try brilliantly against Wire.

Again if you mean first grade 17 not sure who O’Connor replaces right now. Like Walters, won’t let anyone down when his time comes though.

Good that we’re getting competition for places in lots of positions now, will be a few senior players looking over their shoulders.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:50 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

Walters is still a wee bit underdone for me, looks great going forward but his D needs work - mostly due to upper body strength. Won’t let anyone down with some bench appearances for sure but Martin, Mellor, Prior, Smith, Donaldson, maybe Thompson and A Sutcliffe all ahead realistically right now.

He will be pushing for a permanent bench spot next year I’d imagine. He took his try brilliantly against Wire.

Again if you mean first grade 17 not sure who O’Connor replaces right now. Like Walters, won’t let anyone down when his time comes though.

Good that we’re getting competition for places in lots of positions now, will be a few senior players looking over their shoulders.

O'Connor replaces Dwyer in the 17 for me. A tackling 9 in the middle of the park would be just what this teams needs. We have to get these lads involved now. We can keep coming up with excuses to stop it happening but it needs to happen.

They are lacking experience thats all. They have shown they can make a good fist of it. Get them involved more regularly, game here game there. They arent going to let anyone down.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:39 pm  

KaeruJim wrote:

Walters is still a wee bit underdone for me, looks great going forward but his D needs work - mostly due to upper body strength. Won’t let anyone down with some bench appearances for sure but Martin, Mellor, Prior, Smith, Donaldson, maybe Thompson and A Sutcliffe all ahead realistically right now.

He will be pushing for a permanent bench spot next year I’d imagine. He took his try brilliantly against Wire.

Again if you mean first grade 17 not sure who O’Connor replaces right now. Like Walters, won’t let anyone down when his time comes though.

Good that we’re getting competition for places in lots of positions now, will be a few senior players looking over their shoulders.

Walters is going to look underdone he's only played twice in virtually 12 months. Sutcliffe will be at centre this season but for mine if Mellor or Martin are injured he should be ahead of the rest for a starting spot. Donaldson is best used off the bench. Prior is better used as a starting 13 and then moved to prop when Smith comes on. The more Walters plays with better players the better he'll get.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:49 am  

Yeah agree about Walters, but I've noticed he has a tendency to flap a bit in D even coming through the academy. I think it's just height, long levers and a relative lack of upper body strength combined. He gets stuck in but I've seen him miss a few tackles if he has a weakness in his game currently. It will come as he develops. Going forward he is already a handful at SL level.

Re: CCF | Salford Red Devils (W) : Thu Oct 15, 2020 7:52 am  

Taking from the comments from Myler in YEP today that he has, as expected, been given FB and Walker drops out.