Re: Squad for Leigh : Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:20 pm  

Boss Hog wrote:

Didn`t know that Burgess had a part-time job as a Taxi Driver.

There’s nothing clever about breaking the spirit of the forum to disclose details of users that chose to post incognito.
I don’t know you and even if I did, I would respect your right to post as Boss Hog, nothing more that’s a character who spits chewing tobacco.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:40 pm  

Holroyd to drop out?

Re: Squad for Leigh : Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:47 pm  

fez1 wrote:

Holroyd to drop out?

I think so.
He’s a young lad and will be drip fed the first team.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:19 pm  

rubber duckie wrote:

I think so.
He’s a hound lad and will be drip fed the first team.

That would be wruff for him.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:48 pm  

Wires71 wrote:

Maybe Bullock to drop out rather than Wood. Bull made a few mistakes in the Saints game.

Apart from the knock on with his first play the ball, I thought he went well.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:15 pm  

Big lads mate wrote:

Apart from the knock on with his first play the ball, I thought he went well.

Yeah I like Bullock. He had a strong game against Leeds.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:42 am  

rubber duckie wrote:

It’s only right.
You can’t reward soft discipline that gets him banned for lengthy spells.

While I suspect this is playing to the gallery, I’ll bite.

I commend the decision to make Vaughan start from the bench, but some of this is hyperbole. Vaughan has given away three penalties all year. Holroyd is our most penalised with 6.

For 119 tackles and 92 carries, 3 penalties isn’t too shabby. Yes, dangerous throw sees a suspension, but I think that in isolation we could forgive. The one against Saints last year was simply ridiculous. Nobody comes off well from that.

But if you compare Bullocks two penalties for 36 tackles and 16 carries (league stats only, not cup), Vaughan isn’t the ill disciplined rogue he’s being painted to be.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:02 am  

And he’s also the best prop in the league. Are there two better starting props than Harrison and Vaughan in the league?

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Squad for Leigh : Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:47 am  

I'm probably wide of the mark, but my guess is Burgess is simply making the point that we still have players to get the job done without Vaughan. No player is bigger than the team and all that.

Re: Squad for Leigh : Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:41 am  

Very shrewd man management on the part of Burgess.

In the absence of Vaughan, over the last two games, others have had to step up. The message is clear, you performed and therefore you keep your place. Vaughan is too good to be left out of the 17 but, if the starting 13 from last week continue to perform, then we can afford to play him from the bench (actually not a bad option tactically to start with Harrison / Philbin then rotate with Vaughan / Bullock).

Whoever misses out this week, I would expect either Wood or Holroyd (my money would be on Wood), can feel a little unlucky but I'm sure that Burgess will handle that equally as well.