Matty Ashton, Joe Bullock, Jordy Crowther, Josh Drinkwater, Matt Dufty, Lachlan Fitzgibbon, James Harrison, Leon Hayes, Adam Holroyd, Toby King, Matty Nicholson, Joe Philbin, Sam Powell, Stefan Ratchford, Josh Thewlis, Paul Vaughan, Danny Walker, Tom Whitehead, George Williams, Max Wood, Connor Wrench

Burgess has said that Vaughan will be on the bench.

Looks like Wood will drop from the 17 this week then along with Drinkwater, Ratchford and Whitehead

Quote ="karetaker"Burgess has said that Vaughan will be on the bench.'" Sends a good message https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ace-leigh/

Quote ="karetaker"Burgess has said that Vaughan will be on the bench.'" Sends a good message https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ace-leigh/

Quote ="Alffi_7"Sends a good message https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ace-leigh/'" Loving this, contrast this to our WA9 neighbours who are going b*tsh*t because Wellens is basically playing the same team again. Really buying into the next man up and the way we are introducing the youngsters and rewarding good displays. Whilst at the same time keeping quality players like Vaughan hungry and not flogging them to death so they can have impact in the latter end of the season. Also gives the right edge another chance to build on consistency in defence.

Quote ="Alffi_7"Sends a good message https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ace-leigh/'" Loving this, contrast this to our WA9 neighbours who are going b*tsh*t because Wellens is basically playing the same team again. Really buying into the next man up and the way we are introducing the youngsters and rewarding good displays. Whilst at the same time keeping quality players like Vaughan hungry and not flogging them to death so they can have impact in the latter end of the season. Also gives the right edge another chance to build on consistency in defence.

Burgess is Rubber Duckie and I claim my five pounds.

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

Quote ="Alffi_7"Sends a good message https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ace-leigh/'" It's a great message - the complete opposite of decisions such as playing Mautatia in the halves.

Quote ="Alffi_7"Sends a good message https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/sp ... ace-leigh/'" It's a great message - the complete opposite of decisions such as playing Mautatia in the halves.

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

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

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.

Holroyd to drop out?

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

That would be wruff for him.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Where are we at in terms of Burgess? We’ve had marriage proposals for Vaughan, Fitzgibbon wined and dined and Harrison taken on a romantic boat ride…..surely we’re pretty close to reach around territory for Sam?

He comes as a package with Gleeson and as I’m fairly houseproud…

Begs the question how/when Drinkwater gets back in?

I was surprised that we turned down the loan deal that Hull FC requested.

Maybe we wanted to loan him short term initially, but they wanted him for the rest of this season?

Was that when they were still in the market for a Director of Rugby, got to think he's as qualified as Myler