Re: Toulouse : Sun May 07, 2017 7:06 pm  

Chester Wednesday wrote:

Missing one player , can't beat part timers.

Yep , that's Toulouse.

Re: Toulouse : Sun May 07, 2017 7:07 pm  

They are only above 5th place Halifax on points diff now, they could easily miss out on the 8's altogether.

Re: Toulouse : Sun May 07, 2017 7:17 pm  

SirStan wrote:

They are only above 5th place Halifax on points diff now, they could easily miss out on the 8's altogether.

Terrific Toulouse sit in 3rd place. Last time they played swindling Swinton they won 36-28. I expect when terrific Toulouse is at full strength they will amble into the Middle Eights.

Re: Toulouse : Mon May 08, 2017 2:17 am  

This is the same swindling Swinton team that back in April knocked hopeless Huddersfield out of the Challenge Cup 28-24, on Huddersfield's home soil, winning with five tries to four. The swindlers couldn't eke out a fifth try today, and had to be satisfied with an equal number of tries to the terrific Toulousains.

I would think that, if at full strength, terrific Toulouse has an excellent chance of doing wonders in the middle 8s.

Re: Toulouse : Mon May 08, 2017 9:39 am  

Let's hope that the other 7 in the middle 8's are at full strength as well, then we can have no excuses from anyone.

Ditto for Fev, London and Fax for the remainder of the regular season - we wouldn't want anyone saying "if only" they'd had a full strength team then Toulouse would have been squeezed out into 5th. Toulouse have to make the middle 8's before they can do wonders there.

See you in Blackpool.

Re: Toulouse : Mon May 08, 2017 11:40 am  

Briiliant from Swinton, Duffy got the tactics spot on again. His team were unlucky in Toulouse and could well have won that one too with a bit more good fortune.

Re: Toulouse : Mon May 08, 2017 12:15 pm  

does any team have a full strength team nowadays?!

Re: Toulouse : Mon May 08, 2017 12:31 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

does any team have a full strength team nowadays?!

Widnes?

Re: Toulouse : Mon May 08, 2017 12:33 pm  

brearley84 wrote:

does any team have a full strength team nowadays?!

Great point, very very rarely I'd imagine. The game is that fast and tough that picking up injuries is almost certain meaning the chances of having your ideal 17 available at any one point are very minimal. Same issue across all RL, pro, semi-pro and amateur.

Re: Toulouse : Mon May 08, 2017 5:16 pm  

the team with the least amount of injuries tends to do the best with this salary cap in place.