Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 11:58 am  

What's your Half Backs likely to be with that team?

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:10 pm  

ChampagneSuperRovers wrote:

What's your Half Backs likely to be with that team?

Logan Astley will be one and after him, who knows?! There’s no natural stand off. I’d guess it’ll be Hanley or Joe Shorrocks at 6.

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:39 pm  

Could be a make or break game for Hanley. If French leaves which seems likely, I wouldn’t feel confident in Hanley being our 2nd choice full back next year.

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 12:40 pm  

I’m happy with that squad, surprised at Kade Ellis though he probably won’t play too many minutes.

It’s a shame Tommy isn’t ready to have a run out.

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 1:47 pm  

Trainman wrote:

I’m happy with that squad, surprised at Kade Ellis though he probably won’t play too many minutes.

It’s a shame Tommy isn’t ready to have a run out.

I’m not really with Ellis. I think he’s in danger of losing his place for Catalans and beyond. It’s certainly between him and Mago as I see it. It’s not that he’s not playing pretty well but I think we need more from, certainly in terms of aggression in contact. He just drifts through too many games for me and doesn’t grip them. Again I’ll say he’s had a pretty good season but you can tell there is loads more in him.

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 2:57 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’m not really with Ellis. I think he’s in danger of losing his place for Catalans and beyond. It’s certainly between him and Mago as I see it. It’s not that he’s not playing pretty well but I think we need more from, certainly in terms of aggression in contact. He just drifts through too many games for me and doesn’t grip them. Again I’ll say he’s had a pretty good season but you can tell there is loads more in him.

more effective than Byrne but his accent adds to his expectation

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:09 pm  

Pieman wrote:

more effective than Byrne but his accent adds to his expectation

Byrne has been superb this season.

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:26 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I’m not really with Ellis. I think he’s in danger of losing his place for Catalans and beyond. It’s certainly between him and Mago as I see it. It’s not that he’s not playing pretty well but I think we need more from, certainly in terms of aggression in contact. He just drifts through too many games for me and doesn’t grip them. Again I’ll say he’s had a pretty good season but you can tell there is loads more in him.

Just been thinking about this. Especially if we get to the big dance, if we have a full squad for the grand final, (excluding Thornley) Leuluai comes in on the bench, but a prop would have to miss out.
I think if we play saints, Mago could be the one to miss out as he hasn’t really stepped up against them this year and they’ve handled him quite well. If it’s any other team then Mago plays and Ellis misses out.
Byrne doesn’t deserve to be dropped, he’s been outstanding all year and hasn’t taken a backwards step.
Singleton has proved us all wrong and has really stepped up this year, I thought he would’ve ended up losing his place especially after we signed Cooper but Singo has been quality.

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:28 pm  

Ellis hasn’t been great, often the 3rd man into tackles and doesn’t initiate contact, also struggles with his lateral movement.

His carries were okay. Kick off returns very good.

He’s comfortably behind Singleton, Havard, Cooper and Byrne.

Peet doesn’t seem to trust Mago to play decent minutes in high intensity fast games (only played about 17 minutes v Saints).

But he is Xfactor and has showed he can come up with a try assist that can turn a game on its head.

He’d my choice for the 5th prop over Ellis for that reason.

Just to add this shows how far we’ve come, Ellis would have been our top prop in 2020

Re: v HKR and Catalan : Sun Aug 28, 2022 3:53 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Byrne has been superb this season.

mmm showed glimpses, still not agile enough and wooden, not been as good as Ellis for me