Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:09 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

I'd go:

Wello
Foster
Gidley
Meli
Gardner
Lomax
Moore
Graham
Cunningham
Hargreaves
Wilkin
Flannery
Roby

Soliola
Puletua
Fa'asavalu
Clough

If Lomax is unfit, Smith will play.

Correctermundo sir

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:10 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

I'd go:

Wello
Foster
Gidley
Meli
Gardner
Lomax
Moore
Graham
Cunningham
Hargreaves
Wilkin
Flannery
Roby

Soliola
Puletua
Fa'asavalu
Clough

If Lomax is unfit, Smith will play.

I'd swap Fa'asavalau for Emmitt, having two players on the bench that aren't match fit is a bit of a risk IMO.

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:15 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I'd swap Fa'asavalau for Emmitt, having two players on the bench that aren't match fit is a bit of a risk IMO.

Agree it's a risk, but it's not sudden death and they both need minutes if we're to win the GF.

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:17 pm  

Mr. Messy wrote:

Just wait till St.Conroy see's this Thread he'll explode with joy!

I'm over the moon!!

Hopefully he proves everybody (but me!) wrong, leads us to a Grand Final victory and walks away leaving us red faced at letting him go.

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:55 pm  

Excellent news.

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 1:56 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Agree it's a risk, but it's not sudden death and they both need minutes if we're to win the GF.

I'm not sure we do need Fa'asavalau, though obviously he'd be a benefit. After this match it is sudden death, would part of one match be enough for him to gain match fitness?

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:03 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

I'm not sure we do need Fa'asavalau, though obviously he'd be a benefit. After this match it is sudden death, would part of one match be enough for him to gain match fitness?

I'm looking at it as we could have Maurie with 2/3 games under his belt by the GF (touch wood), and Soliola with 3/4.

From memory, Maurie has played some very good rugby 2 or 3 games after returning from injury - fresh and free of niggles - he'd be a big plus for us if we can get him up to speed quickly enough.

I agree it's a pretty tough judgement call though, but I'd be tempted to go with it and assume that Maurie with a couple of games would offer more than Emmitt can.

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:14 pm  

Matty may not be in the 19 man squad but that doesn't mean he won't play. Soliola wasn't in the squad announced last week but made an unexpected appearance. At the very least I would be surprised if he wasn't on the bench!

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:24 pm  

i think we should give Maurie some game time this week, in the big scheme of things this game means little, so its perfect for a run out

Re: Matty Smith : Wed Sep 08, 2010 6:27 pm  

I believe the club have up to an hour or two before the game starts to decide whether Smith will be playing on Friday and I'm sure it will all depend on how fit Lomax is. I think we can safely say Eastmond will not be seen and we already know Pryce is out. I think Smith and Lomax would make a tasty combo though because Smith is a good organiser while Lomax has a bit of flash. Love those dancing feet of his! But my guess would be that if Lomax is fit, he will play in the halves with Moore and Smith won't play.

As for Maurie, we can lose this match and still be in with a chance in the playoffs (although I really would rather NOT lose to Wire at KR at this stage!) so I would say play him and see how he goes. His very size could help us out along with Tony P and Jammer and Clough. Not to mention Soliola and Meli. Hit em with all the muscle while we actually have it to put on the field is what I say!