Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:12 pm  

FIL wrote:

According to today's League Express we should have some bodies back for Friday....Smith, Crowther and Proctor should all be back AND..... ... possibly Gaskell too

Genuinely good news is that Kelepi and Bowden should both be back for next week's crucial clash with Cas though

Hood is also available this week

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:32 pm  

phe13 wrote:

Hood is also available this week

I wouldnt risk any of them no matter what team we have we aint gonna win lets focus on cas

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 2:41 pm  

Yep, was thinking the same myself

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:12 pm  

phe13 wrote:

Hood is also available this week

Technically yes but game day will be 12 days since his failed HIA so he’ll have had no full training sessions prior to the game. I’d be tempted to leave him until the week after.

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:24 pm  

I would play the reserves, save the better players for the Cas game. I cant see us beating Saints but if we don't beat Cas either then Mash has to go as that will be 0 from 8 and we will be a minimum of 2 wins behind anybody else and with a much worse points difference with a third of the season gone.

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:32 pm  

Personally think it's a dangerous game thinking about 'saving' players for Cas...

I wouldn't want us going into that game with potentially 5 or 6 players who've not played in a while..

I'd go to Saints with as strong a side as possible and 'manage' important players accordingly if things are going pair shaped...

You also have to bear in mind Saints have recent history of losing to the bottom team and though we all know they're an exceptional side at best I'd say they're some way off that this season so far....we all feared a cricket score at salford last week and we nearly nicked that!

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 3:47 pm  

upthecats wrote:

Personally think it's a dangerous game thinking about 'saving' players for Cas...

I wouldn't want us going into that game with potentially 5 or 6 players who've not played in a while..

I'd go to Saints with as strong a side as possible and 'manage' important players accordingly if things are going pair shaped...

You also have to bear in mind Saints have recent history of losing to the bottom team and though we all know they're an exceptional side at best I'd say they're some way off that this season so far....we all feared a cricket score at salford last week and we nearly nicked that!

Agree.
Stick the returning players on the bench and give a start to the likes of Dane etc.
Also, I must either
a) Want my head feeling at - or -
b) Need taking away by two men in white coats and transported away in a green van....
....As I am actually thinking about going to this on the supporters coach.....
Or possibly both a & b.........

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:15 pm  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Agree.
Stick the returning players on the bench and give a start to the likes of Dane etc.
Also, I must either
a) Want my head feeling at - or -
b) Need taking away by two men in white coats and transported away in a green van....
....As I am actually thinking about going to this on the supporters coach.....
Or possibly both a & b.........

It's in the blood. Always looking forward to next game. I'll certainly be there.

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:05 pm  

FIL wrote:

According to today's League Express we should have some bodies back for Friday....Smith, Crowther and Proctor should all be back AND..... ...

possibly Gaskell too

Genuinely good news is that Kelepi and Bowden should both be back for next week's crucial clash with Cas though

Well…. I would seriously consider resting a few and being selective against Saints (and I don’t usually agree with this).

Cas is a huge game and could put us off the bottom or adrift 4pts and even worse point difference. Cas have a 5 day turnaround to our 6. It may be a smart move to go in with some fresh bodies.

Re: Saint Helens Vs Wakefield Trinity : Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:27 pm  

If it was me I'd be looking at something like..

Kay
Taufua
Langi
Lyne
Kershaw
Smith
Lino
Battye
Hood
Atoni
Ashurst
Hall
Crowther

Bowes
Eseh
Proctor
Butler

I know I said previous about going with as strong a team as possible but I think a rest for who I believe to be our two hardest workers in Pitts and Whitbread wouldn't do any harm....keep them two fresh for Cas...

Definitely want to see more of the Smith/Lino combination at halfback as thought they went well at Salford...

Langi isn't a stand off....might have got away with it for the odd game for Catalans but was surrounded by much better players...If I'm honest I've been a little underwhelmed by him so far...thought we were getting a quality player there but he's not shown anything so far...put him in at centre though up against Hurrell and ask him to show his worth...Hall has been very good last few weeks...has a real appetite for work...runs good lines...makes good metres and he did well in the 2nd row last season when asked to play there...