Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:35 pm  

Jack humpty back Welsby is quickly becoming my least favourite player.

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 12:53 pm  

Scarlet Pimpernell wrote:

It’s usually about Friday when you begin to think that maybe just maybe they will emulate the team from our first season that beat Saints at Oakwell or the victory when our winger scored despite his shorts hanging round his knees. It is then that you remember they may not have been the best individually but they were a team unfortunately our current squad, in the majority no longer live up to this standard. It could be complacency, bad coaching but whatever the cause they are failing the supporters.
I hope they watched the Leeds game so they may learn what it means to have pride in the shirt they wear and a desire to fight for the supporters who will carry on supporting long after they have left. They may be transient Trinity representatives who have a choice where they play unfortunately the supporters do not.
I will probably make this my last season regardless of the outcome but it will not stop me being a Trinity supporter despite what Vastman might think and that why I am angry we are in this position again.

Lynton Stott with the drop goal was it?! The winger was Wainwright in 2004, the season when when we nearly got to Old Trafford, well kind of if we hadn't been robbed by the pie eaters who knows what might have been!! When was the last time we actually pulled off a genuine shock win against one of the big boys??? I also seem to recall beating Saints under Harbin with a team of kids basically? I may have been dreaming......

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:07 pm  

Evans is in the squad for us but has been given a starting spot for the reserves.

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:49 pm  

captaincaveman wrote:

Shaul
Kershaw
Taufua (needs to be in the centre if he is going to see any ball)
Hall
Murphy
Miller/Walker (likely Miller, but would happily see Walker given a go)
Lino
Arona
Hood
Whitbread
Batchelor
Ashurst
Crowther

Bowes, Tanginoa, Fifita, Bowden

Bowes isn't in the squad.

Personally i'd be leaving out the 'couple of guys we are checking', why risk them in a game we highly likely won't win? It's a short turnaround to the Cas game (and they have a 7 day break) so i'd get them right for that rather than make things worse. I'd guess one might be Lino as he wasn't fully fit last week, so play Walker instead. Batch can kick the goals. I might be tempted to rest Hall for a week as well, he's looked a little jaded in the last couple of games. Lets see if we can get a tune out of Gaskell in the centres for a week, we've tried him everywhere else. He might just raise his game against his hometown team. Freshen things up a little, maybe give Battye a run, let Kershaw make his comeback etc. Try something a bit different in what is essentially a free hit of a game.

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:17 pm  

Sacred Cow wrote:

Bowes isn't in the squad.

Personally i'd be leaving out the 'couple of guys we are checking', why risk them in a game we highly likely won't win? It's a short turnaround to the Cas game (and they have a 7 day break) so i'd get them right for that rather than make things worse. I'd guess one might be Lino as he wasn't fully fit last week, so play Walker instead. Batch can kick the goals. I might be tempted to rest Hall for a week as well, he's looked a little jaded in the last couple of games. Lets see if we can get a tune out of Gaskell in the centres for a week, we've tried him everywhere else. He might just raise his game against his hometown team. Freshen things up a little, maybe give Battye a run, let Kershaw make his comeback etc. Try something a bit different in what is essentially a free hit of a game.

Just how much sarcasm is there in....Batch can kick the goals?! How many kicks at goal are we gonna get like?!!

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 2:30 pm  

Wildcatnomore wrote:

Just how much sarcasm is there in....Batch can kick the goals?! How many kicks at goal are we gonna get like?!!

Wishful thinking i grant you but you've got to plan for all eventualities!

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:18 pm  

Wildcatnomore wrote:

Just how much sarcasm is there in....Batch can kick the goals?! How many kicks at goal are we gonna get like?!!

And just imagine if it were 4 tries apiece but, we only converted 2 of them !!

Not to mention avoiding a whitewash with a late penalty

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 4:20 pm  

I hope it’d be…

Shaul
Kershaw
Taufua
Hall
Murphy
Miller
Lino
Fifita
Hood
Whitbread
Ashurst
Batchelor
Crowther

Subs

Bowden
Tanginoa
Arona
Walker

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:24 pm  

asmadasa wrote:

I hope it’d be…

Shaul
Kershaw
Taufua
Hall
Murphy
Miller
Lino
Fifita
Hood
Whitbread
Ashurst
Batchelor
Crowther

Subs

Bowden
Tanginoa
Arona
Walker

That’s exactly what I would go too. Only thing that I would change is to surprise saints and bring on Tanginoa for Ashurst on the left SR instead of the usual right.

Re: Saints up next : Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:23 pm  

Id go,

Shaul
Kershaw
Taufua
Hall
Murphy
Gaskell
Lino
Arona
Hood
Fifita
Ashurst
Batch
Whitbread

Kelepi
Bowden
Walker
Crowther