[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Kevin Brown : Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:57 am  

quite surprising some of the comments on here and on facebook, the first twenty minutes, england as a whole looked good though widdop outside brown did the good passes.

Then when we took the foot off the gas, it was aimless kicks and them poop short matt rodwell style passes to mcmeeken making him look bad that he's been doing to jack hughes this year.

Re: Kevin Brown : Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:17 am  

Named in the Q/F starting line up along with Hill ,Currie on the bench, Ratchford not included ,hardly surprising when Bennett played him on the wing.

Re: Kevin Brown : Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:37 am  

Ratchford will not play again in the competition unless there is an injury. If Lomax gets fit for the semi final then Kev Brown will make way for Widdop in the halfs. Bennett has his team (favourites) and there will be no changing unless there are injuries. Josh Hodgson is favoured over James Roby, who in my opinion is a much better dummy half.

Re: Kevin Brown : Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:41 am  

kirtonLindseyWolf wrote:

Ratchford will not play again in the competition unless there is an injury. If Lomax gets fit for the semi final then Kev Brown will make way for Widdop in the halfs. Bennett has his team (favourites) and there will be no changing unless there are injuries. Josh Hodgson is favoured over James Roby, who in my opinion is a much better dummy half.

Correct. Making him far more effective off the bench once the opposition start to tire. Daryl Clark would be far more effective coming off the bench running against a tired pack.

Re: Kevin Brown : Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:26 pm  

moving on... wrote:

Correct. Making him far more effective off the bench once the opposition start to tire. Daryl Clark would be far more effective coming off the bench running against a tired pack.

Not taking him over is justified then. Should we make the final...The Aussies won't have a tiring pack.

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:41 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

I don't say he'll win it...however for a hb at arguably the richest and one of the biggest clubs in RL...33/1 is a very big price.
My thoughts would be he ought to have been a 14/1 or 16/1 tops.

Having backed the MoS and top tryscorer correctly before the start of last season, I think 33/1 is worth a couple of quid. Brown seems to be a bit of a media pin-up boy which should help him.
However, this year my money goes on Gale again as the player I think will win it, and Grant Millington at 66/1.
In terms of top tryscorer, I’m not convinced it will be whoever plays on Cas’ left wing this year. In 2016 we had Dorn and in 2017 we had Hardaker who could both attack that left edge and make space for the winger. We haven’t got that this year. Tom Johnstone at 20/1 looks worth a gamble.
On another note, Garry Lo at 10/1 seems bizarre given he has never played SL level and is likely to be behind Eden and Minikin (and possibly even Hitchcox) at Cas.

[Wanderer]

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 15, 2017 2:24 pm  

nottinghamtiger wrote:

Having backed the MoS and top tryscorer correctly before the start of last season, I think 33/1 is worth a couple of quid. Brown seems to be a bit of a media pin-up boy which should help him.
However, this year my money goes on Gale again as the player I think will win it, and Grant Millington at 66/1.
In terms of top tryscorer, I’m not convinced it will be whoever plays on Cas’ left wing this year. In 2016 we had Dorn and in 2017 we had Hardaker who could both attack that left edge and make space for the winger. We haven’t got that this year. Tom Johnstone at 20/1 looks worth a gamble.
On another note, Garry Lo at 10/1 seems bizarre given he has never played SL level and is likely to be behind Eden and Minikin (and possibly even Hitchcox) at Cas.

Isn't Lo being loaned back to Sheffield?

Re: Kevin Brown : Wed Nov 15, 2017 9:55 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Isn't Lo being loaned back to Sheffield?

Apparently it’s dual reg, so he’ll only play for Sheffield when he is not needed at Cas. Assuming his tries at Sheffield won’t count, it’s bizarre he is one of the favourites for top tryscorer.