Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:14 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Halsall played last weekend and will probably play this so his two weeks minimum will be up and he'll be available for Wakey. Maybe that's the reason he and Clarke were sent out on loan, to give them game time.

Huddersfield have only named a squad of 17 for the Salford game this weekend. It wouldn't surprise me to see the England v Exiles game cancelled and /or some Super League games.

We are fulfilling our academy fixtures aren't we? I don't understand why those lads don't get drafted into the 21.

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:30 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

We are fulfilling our academy fixtures aren't we? I don't understand why those lads don't get drafted into the 21.

Last weeks U19's game at Wire was postponed. U17's play at Leeds tonight (Live on Leeds You Tube Channel)
U19's v Wakefield is still on as far as I know on Saturday.

I don't see any point in drafting anyone in who isn't going to play and keeping the teams apart seems a better idea for Covid purposes.

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:34 pm  

Guess they’re in some sort of bubble now away from the academy or else surely we’d have just given one of the academy lads a night out on the field warming up with the first team. A lad like Matty Nicholson or Alex Sutton who played in pre season would’ve been next in line.

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:48 pm  

I don't think only naming a 20 man squad is an issue. I think it's just a calculated risk to ensure our fringe players are actually players. It's worth pointing out that without these loan deals most of these players would have been limited to 2 or 3 games in the space of 2 years.
We might need to delve deeper into the squad in the next few weeks but until then surely it makes sense for the fringe players to actually be playing? If we recalled someone from their loan for this game they probably won't feature, then we'd have to set up a new loan deal for a minimum of 2 weeks which is 2 weeks in which those players can't be recalled, or keep at the club for the next few weeks where they won't be playing. It's after the Hull KR game where it might become an issue.

As for the team for Hull KR, I'd go with;

Hanley
Manfredi
Bibby
Gildart
Marshall
Hastings
Leuluai
Singleton
Powell
Partington
Isa
Farrell
Bateman

Bench: Smithies, Havard, Byrne, Smith

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:04 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Guess they’re in some sort of bubble now away from the academy or else surely we’d have just given one of the academy lads a night out on the field warming up with the first team. A lad like Matty Nicholson or Alex Sutton who played in pre season would’ve been next in line.

Nicholson picked up a six match ban from the 1st U19 game at Bradford.

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:08 pm  

Cherry.Pie wrote:

I don't think only naming a 20 man squad is an issue. I think it's just a calculated risk to ensure our fringe players are actually players. It's worth pointing out that without these loan deals most of these players would have been limited to 2 or 3 games in the space of 2 years.
We might need to delve deeper into the squad in the next few weeks but until then surely it makes sense for the fringe players to actually be playing? If we recalled someone from their loan for this game they probably won't feature, then we'd have to set up a new loan deal for a minimum of 2 weeks which is 2 weeks in which those players can't be recalled, or keep at the club for the next few weeks where they won't be playing. It's after the Hull KR game where it might become an issue.

As for the team for Hull KR, I'd go with;

Hanley
Manfredi
Bibby
Gildart
Marshall
Hastings
Smith
Singleton
Powell
Partington
Isa
Farrell
Bateman

Bench: Smithies, Havard, Byrne, Bullock

No Tommy Leuluai? I think he'll start to keep a watch on Abdull.

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:21 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

Nicholson picked up a six match ban from the 1st U19 game at Bradford.

I wondered about that. Did he play in the next game before the ban started? I thought I’d saw him and after seeing that incident he’s been banned for I was staggered he was playing (but I presumably was mistaken). It was a shocker of a late challenge that.

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:44 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

No Tommy Leuluai? I think he'll start to keep a watch on Abdull.

Knew I'd forgotten someone. Hull KR have a very dangerous left edge so he's guaranteed to start. That throws the bench out the window because we can't drop Smith. Probably Bullock or Havard to miss out instead.

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:39 pm  

Smith has to play as he is our best goal kicker other than Hardaker

Re: Bored with GW so team v HKR : Wed Jun 16, 2021 5:49 pm  

Drop Bullock please