Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:24 am  

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Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 11:38 am  

Dec Patton by a country mile surely, if we're to have any chance of pulling off a win?

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:11 pm  

Stupid question really. I'm excited by Riley Dean but he's nowhere near ready for Saints in a Challenge Cup final.

Let's just hope neither play.

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:54 pm  

What a luxury to have that selection dilemma!

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:15 pm  

Widnes Al wrote:

What a luxury to have that selection dilemma!

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:55 pm  

Jack Napier wrote:

Stupid question really. I'm excited by Riley Dean but he's nowhere near ready for Saints in a Challenge Cup final.

Let's just hope neither play.

What’s the solution, then? Mamo at FB being kicked to death (and likely providing his usual knock-on-a-thon), with Ratch and Austin in the halves? When did Ratch last play there?

At least Patton has scored a Grand Final try as a half back, for what it’s worth.

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:23 pm  

matt_wire wrote:

What’s the solution, then? Mamo at FB being kicked to death (and likely providing his usual knock-on-a-thon), with Ratch and Austin in the halves? When did Ratch last play there?

At least Patton has scored a Grand Final try as a half back, for what it’s worth.

Had a brain fart and forgot Smith was ineligible.

Patton it is.

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:28 pm  

Widnes Al wrote:

What a luxury to have that selection dilemma!

For what it's worth it has to be patton, Dean looks like a prospect but he won't have had nearly as much time working with the rest of the team as Dec has. Ratchford would be ideal next to Austin if we had another really good option at fullback but we don't.

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 4:29 pm  

Riley Dean worth another look against Wigan, then if Patton is not fit (which is a possibility) it might be easier to assess if he's an option. Another possibility is Mamo or Thewlis to FB and Rachford in the halves.
Also, there's no guarantee Austin will make it. HB must be very fluid area for SP, as things stand.

Re: Dec Patton or Riley Dean for the Challenge Cup Final? : Tue Aug 13, 2019 6:16 pm  

Ratchford at full back with Austin and Patton in the halves was the combination that saw us to 2nd in the league. When Ratchford was injured was when we started (and continued) to stutter in attack. The game against Saints demonstrated the space he creates.
Riley is one for the future, but a bit more than 2 weeks into the future.