team against Saints : Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:41 pm  

how/ whats everyones opinion for this week? With Godwins injury we may have to make several positional changes:

1) Patten
2) Williams
3) Gleeson
4) Nero
5) Broughton
6) Moon
7) Holdsworth
James
9) Smith
10) Jewitt
11) Mcphearson
12) Ashurst
13) Wild
14) Feka
15) Gledhill
16) Howarth
17) Sidlow/Neal

Re: team against Saints : Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:48 pm  

Get Sneyd in there. With our pack likely to be dominated (again) we need someone with a decent long distance kicking game, something that is not a strength of either Holdsworth or Smith.

Re: team against Saints : Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:55 am  

Where was Mcphearson last week,was he injured? I would prefer to see Sidlow in the team.

Re: team against Saints : Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:07 pm  

I'd go with

1. Patten
2. Broughton
3. Gleeson
4. Moon
5. Williams
6. Holdsworth
7. Smith
8. Jewitt
9. Howarth
10. Boyle
11. Ashurst
12. Anderson
13. Wild

14. Nero
15. Feka
16. Gledhill
17. McPhearson/Adamson

I'd have Nero coming on for Howarth and going into Moons spot at centre, with Moon moving into the halfs and Smith going into hooker. It's a lot of reshuffling granted, but maybe mixing things up a little against Saints is something we need to do?

Re: team against Saints : Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:27 pm  

Salford CityReds 19-Man Squad:


Patten, Broughton, Moon, Gibson, Williams, Holdsworth, Smith, Jewitt, Sidlow, James, Ashurst, McPherson, Wild, Nero, Adamson Anderson, Howarth, Palea'aesina, Gledhill

Re: team against Saints : Wed Feb 08, 2012 3:31 pm  

And for balance here's the Saints 19-man squad:
Gardner, Soliola, Meli, Hohaia, Lomax, Perry, Roby, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Puletua, Wilkin, Flannery, Laffranchi, Clough, Wheeler, Dixon, Gaskell, Makinson, Hale, Ashe.

Re: team against Saints : Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:03 pm  

I know they've got injuries, but I'm seriously fearing the worse already. We couldn't even contain a weakened Cas pack that included the likes of Ste Nash, How an earth are we going to stop that front row?

Roby and Puleuta will be unstoppable and have the time of their lives leaving the half backs to do their thing on the front foot.

Re: team against Saints : Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:05 pm  

1) Patten
2) Broughton
3) Nero
4) Gibson
5) Williams
6) Moon
7) Holdsworth
Jewitt
9) Smith
10) James
11) Ashurst
12)Mcpherson
13) Wild

14) Feka
15) Anderson
16)Gledhil
17)Howarth

Re: team against Saints : Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:30 am  

The optimist wrote:

1) Patten
2) Broughton
3) Nero
4) Gibson
5) Williams
6) Moon
7) Holdsworth
Jewitt
9) Smith
10) James
11) Ashurst
12)Mcpherson
13) Wild

14) Feka
15) Anderson
16)Gledhil
17)Howarth

Not a big supporter of Smith at hooker, but understand why you would suggest it. He has more experience than Howarth, so wouldn't be a bad shout.

However, GIBSON? Other than hell no, my feelings are the sooner we get him out of the club the better. He is a complete liability in defence and never puts his body on the line. Main example are the two tries he conceeded against Catalans Dragons last season. Both would have been prevented if it wasn't for incredibly weak tackles. I could be wrong, but didn't Moon play right centre last season, so Moon could move across and Nero play right side.

Assuming Smith plays hooker, I'd go with:

Patten
Broughton
Nero
Moon
Williams
Holdsworth
Sneyd
Gledhill
Smith
Jewitt
Ashurst
McPherson
Wild

Sidlow
Feka
Anderson
Howarth

Re: team against Saints : Thu Feb 09, 2012 9:13 am  

According to today's MEN we have a very bandaged side to face Saints. Not a pretty picture was posted by Ashurst on Twitter.