Who plays at if Brown is FB? Brown to ,Hampshire to FB,Reynolds to miss out.

Hampshire is not a full back in the memory of mon. He is badly exposed and will be peppered with the high ball relentlessly.

Brown plays and he will rightly be FB. Dawson, even Higson to centre.

Reynolds is not a FB either.But seems he can't be dropped for love or money.Don't know why they bothered investing in Hampshire..HELLO he's a halfback.Please try playing him there..

I do not disagree, Hampshire will be at 6 =#FF0000If Brown is fit and Reynolds will be dropped. if Brown is not fit then it will be another case of needs must.


All in my opinion obviously

I really hope we go Brown at 1 & Hampshire at 6, but without Riddy or Reynolds do we have a decent goal kicker ( if we score any tries

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Josh Drinkwater kicked goals regularly for London

Danny Tickle used to also kick goals for fun at Wigan. Ryan Hampshire has also kicked a few for them.

We are all stating our preferred Halfback partnerships however, against HKR Glen Stewart was 1st receiver


I believe this was reducing the ability for Ridyard to influence the game, something he is more capable of than Stewart! We need Glen to concentrate on being a tough no nonsense second rower!
If Josh Drinkwater[u is [/ucarrying a knock then I would put Ryan Hampshire to scrum half and leave Ridyard at Stand off which is, his best and most influential position!
Our pack needs to get switched on from the off, on Friday against HKR we were not tackling like a Super League side
and certainly not, knocking our opponents over! We [umust[/u be strong in the tackle against Saints!
The threequarters are a worry, Brown at FB will provide the strength in defence and return the Ball however, the Centre spot has limited options! I've seen mention of Reynolds playing there

definitely not! its really time we had a Reynolds free week, thats if, the Coaches can bring themselves to do this, I can't believe all four of them favour him ever week ?

Doesn't matter who we have at half back, if we have one second rower trying to play like a scrum half, and another playing like Atelea Vea. A lack of quality at centre compounds this. Who is the half going to put through a gap, if there's nobody willing to run a line to get through it?

How many tries did we score from Drinkwater / Maitua or Ridyard / Paterson combinations last year? A big reason for our success in the 8s was the fact we had a genuine threat on both sides of the field, where we seem to be back to the same set play, through the full back, which is too predictable.

AJ to Centre for me HRJ .....

he's a big lad, solid, sometimes punishing in defence, it's a no brainer for me.

(Yes I know I am a no brainer).

Bongser thinks that he's touting for a run there anyway, Ste, if his tendency to be sucked off his flank is anything to go by.

Bongser that's a Racy last statement.

Naughton
Higson
Brown
Crooks
Dawson
Hampshire
Drinkwater
Weston
Pelisser
Acton
Vea
Stewart
Hansen


Hood
Burr
Hopkins
Tickle

I can't see owt but a Saints win by 16..

Brown
Naughton
Crooks
Higson
Dawson
Riddy
Drinkwater
Weston
Pelissier
Acton
Burr
Stewart
Hansen


Hood
Hampshire
Hopkins
Tickle

Let's have a game beyt Vea.

Agreed 100%. Drinkwater and Ridyard for me, with Hampshire to 7 if Drinkwater not fit. Stewart needs to be running off Riddy, not the other way around. As for centre I agree with Ste100. Adam Higson has the size, speed, and sheer guts. He may have had the odd off moments this season but he is all heart and Leigh through and through. Could be a sensation at centre given a few games.

Prediction - Leigh 10 St. Helens 22

Attendance 10,234

Leigh MOM - Hansen

Hansen, and Stewart need to start earning their stripes !

Well Hansens been more that earning them for me - been one of our better players IMO

I've been impressed with both so far!

Stewart needs to concentrate on what he does best, and for me that's not at 1st receiver

I meant more leadership to be fair Col. Both are good players and do the basics right.

The Sam players still give away the silly penalties. They can assist with their experience because neither are penalty machines.

Thought the lads gave 100% tonight in a game that looks to have cost us more players with injuries.
Thought Hampshire and Stewart had there best games in a Leigh shirt.
Tackle on Higson looked bad and certainly caught him badly on the jaw.
Reynolds was on one leg for 30 minutes and Weston looked busted along with Acton.
Think it was Stewart, Acton and Hanson all sent for concussion tests during the game!
Promising signs in my opinion but we really need some players back or signed as we are really going to be struggling for numbers.
Cracking vocal away support for 80minutes.

Having accepted than man for man Saints are much better than us is it still galling to see the lack of spark, flair or individuality in the team, we play a boring, predictable brand of rugby and we are desperately short of an onfield organiser.

Reinforcements on their way Reffy. New signings after the Wakey game.