Re: Bill Tupou : Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:37 pm  

vastman wrote:

We will have to adjust our style of play no doubt about it, that said BJB is yet to score this season and he's normally prolific himself. Maybe we need to look right a bit more

Agreed! we need to get BJB away a bit more and play out towards the LHS a bit. I think this must be his leanest spell since he started with us.

Re: Bill Tupou : Thu Apr 04, 2019 5:37 pm  

Personally I'd give young Kershaw a chance. There's loads of experience in the team to help him learn his trade.
Reynolds to me is an unknown but if you don't play these guys you never know how they will go.

Re: Bill Tupou : Thu Apr 04, 2019 6:05 pm  

Redscat wrote:

Agreed! we need to get BJB away a bit more and play out towards the LHS a bit. I think this must be his leanest spell since he started with us.

Sorry!! That should be RHS, of course>

Re: Bill Tupou : Thu Apr 04, 2019 6:33 pm  

No one know whether it will work or not, and if we could all predict whats going to happen in the future, we'd be winning the lottery.

However, giving one of the kids 13 or so games, more so to replace TJ, and filling such big boots us a huge gamble, for someone with little game time.

Although Max improved during the Warrington game, he struggled at first, and Kershaw did not look ready in the friendlies I saw. It could be a weakness for us, for the rest of the season, and other clubs, with smart coaches and players will exploit that.

No problem for a few games, but a block of games like that. Huge gamble, and with automatic relegation this year, though call to make.

On top of this, whos to say that over the next three months or so, Lyne, Arundel or Bish, dont end up injured. We are stretched.

Re: Bill Tupou : Thu Apr 04, 2019 8:18 pm  

Forgive me was Tom Johnstone not a young unproven player once? Did he not have minimal game time before he became a regular, did we not give him an opportunity in a much weaker team than the current lot we have now? If you never play them they'll never be good enough. Drop Kershaw in, see how he goes, if things look like they are getting on top of him then pull him out of the line up to recuperate.

Re: Bill Tupou : Thu Apr 04, 2019 10:15 pm  

This is shattering!!!! 2 out of 3 best players are gone for the season.

we are seriously struggling in the outside backs now

Re: Bill Tupou : Fri Apr 05, 2019 3:47 am  

Khlav Kalash wrote:

Forgive me was Tom Johnstone not a young unproven player once? Did he not have minimal game time before he became a regular, did we not give him an opportunity in a much weaker team than the current lot we have now? If you never play them they'll never be good enough. Drop Kershaw in, see how he goes, if things look like they are getting on top of him then pull him out of the line up to recuperate.

voice of reason as ever, spot on.

Re: Bill Tupou : Fri Apr 05, 2019 5:59 am  

He was Khlav, you are right.

I think what happened with him though was he scored a few tries in pre season, so he was ready, and then when he first came in the side in 2015, he was blooded in gradually, with a few games here and there. What they didnt do is play him for a long consecutive stint of games.

Re: Bill Tupou : Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:56 am  

Kershaw was out of sorts on Boxing Day, but the previous year he was outstanding. Rather than judge him on the one poor game we’ve seen him have, I’d rather focus on the two or three decent ones. And he looks to have been doing okay at Oldham as well.

Re: Bill Tupou : Fri Apr 05, 2019 7:29 am  

It is a blow Bill being out for so long but people are getting carried away, in my opinion Bill was out of sorts last week and was taken off injured, we've still got Arundel in the centres so only have to replace TJ, it's not a great position to be in but in effect we're replacing a winger.