Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:17 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Another good win for Saints today missing just the 5 players

Huddersfield only missing 9 first choice players

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:27 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Huddersfield only missing 9 first choice players

A strange choice from Watson if he chose to change more than a few of those. Unfortunately, Lewis Dodd’s season injury just been confirmed; bad news for Saints and England, I think he would have partnered Lomax in the halves in the WC. Really disrupts Saints for the rest of the year too.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:28 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Huddersfield only missing 9 first choice players

Not sure that was ever your point mate haha.

All jokes aside shocking news for Dodd being ruled out for the season. Huge blow for him. The way he was going he wouldn’t have been far off an England call up.

Roby stepped into 7 today but it’ll be interesting what we do long term this season now. Hopoate to 1 and Welsby to 7 is the other option.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:30 pm  

LewCharnock wrote:

A strange choice from Watson if he chose to change more than a few of those. Unfortunately, Lewis Dodd’s season injury just been confirmed; bad news for Saints and England, I think he would have partnered Lomax in the halves in the WC. Really disrupts Saints for the rest of the year too.

Dreadful news. All the joking with YG aside, I really don’t wish any injuries on them and certainly not to a kid like that. He’s been a pleasure to watch and I’m England first, even before Wigan, so it is a blow.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:32 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

Not sure that was ever your point mate haha.

All jokes aside shocking news for Dodd being ruled out for the season. Huge blow for him. The way he was going he wouldn’t have been far off an England call up.

Roby stepped into 7 today but it’ll be interesting what we do long term this season now. Hopoate to 1 and Welsby to 7 is the other option.

Really sad news mate. He was well on his way to a World Cup squad place. I can’t even recall him going off. I remember he was down at one point holding his wrist but that news took me by surprise.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:33 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Really sad news mate. He was well on his way to a World Cup squad place. I can’t even recall him going off. I remember he was down at one point holding his wrist but that news took me by surprise.

It was in back play during our last try, about 15 left I think. He was hobbling off as Percival scored.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:39 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

It was in back play during our last try, about 15 left I think. He was hobbling off as Percival scored.

It doesn’t add weight to the Easter argument with it being the first game of the two but these Monday games need to go. The games too tough to put players through this. I’m sure other lads will have dropped today with injuries and the Monday games are free wins for the likes of Wigan and Saints with deep squads.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:44 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

It doesn’t add weight to the Easter argument with it being the first game of the two but these Monday games need to go. The games too tough to put players through this. I’m sure other lads will have dropped today with injuries and the Monday games are free wins for the likes of Wigan and Saints with deep squads.

I’m sure everyone on here said Saints DON’T have depth?!

You always hear players and coaches say it’s the game after the Easter weekend where they feel it most too. Saints the only team out of all 12 having to play 3 in 8 days so I’m sure we’ll see a few changes for the Cas game Friday.

I see Ryan Hall is quite vocal on Twitter today about it too saying they schedule needs to go. Gareth Carvell the same last week.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 4:52 pm  

The Yellow Giraffe wrote:

I’m sure everyone on here said Saints DON’T have depth?!

You always hear players and coaches say it’s the game after the Easter weekend where they feel it most too. Saints the only team out of all 12 having to play 3 in 8 days so I’m sure we’ll see a few changes for the Cas game Friday.

I see Ryan Hall is quite vocal on Twitter today about it too saying they schedule needs to go. Gareth Carvell the same last week.

Of course Saints have depth, the comments simply were that we won’t lose as much with 5 or 6 injuries because the quality drop off isn’t as big.

Compare us and you guys to Wakey today or Salford and it’s chalk and cheese. It’s not fair on any of the sides. It all comes back to money but we need to start going for quality over quantity.

Re: Squad for Good Friday : Mon Apr 18, 2022 5:01 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Of course Saints have depth, the comments simply were that we won’t lose as much with 5 or 6 injuries because the quality drop off isn’t as big.

Compare us and you guys to Wakey today or Salford and it’s chalk and cheese. It’s not fair on any of the sides. It all comes back to money but we need to start going for quality over quantity.

100% don't agree.

You get very few benefits for being a club that invests in its academy, so why take it away and punish the clubs that do it right?

This afternoon was a pleasure, as are most Easter Monday games.