Our game is based on the work rate of our defence and the team as a whole. When players are tired we do not perform simple as.

therefore we need to be resting players for what is a hard season. ther are still going to be 17 games plus a cup run ( final

) and the playoffs.

What should Brown do for the Rochdale game play a full team and try to beat the Blackpool record, cheer th efans up and maintain a feel good factor OR rest some players for the exertions needed later on in the season.

i would play about 8 of the first teamers and then have the rest being academy reserves.

there is no reason why hemmingway, lunt, walsh, cudjoe, Lopag, korki, patrick( all of whom have some first team experience) and would benefit from the chance to play in the first team cannot be included and for them to be supported by those first teamers who do not need a rest. They would therefore have more than enough abilty to beat Rochdale

Hodgson, Wild , Kirmond and Mason could all do with a week off.

we will then be able to put out a strong and fresh team for the game against Salford.

What do others think.

Are you sitting down DG? I agree with you.

Would like to see Carlile do big minutes + Josh Griff + Walker

Would certainly look at Leroy for Brett / Heminway for Brown / Griff J for Fatz. Would let Jammer and Bruno work on their centre/wing combination.

A cricket score is pointless. Resting a few players and giving our rising stars a meaningful hit out is far more useful.

Given our present form seems to be lacking a bit of confidence, I say put out the full team and go for a big win.

Kick start our season again.

we need to get some confidence back and get back to winning ways - keep the 1st team out and let them do the business,they will be more confident getting 2 wins under their belt (providing we win !) albeit against lesser opposition.
Remember the York cup game a couple of years ago?
we had lost every game that season - battered York then won 9 in a row because of the confidence gained in that match.

We didn't beat Halifax in the Infirmary cup so I would be hesitant at pinning our CC hopes on the youngsters. Defeat could destroy their respective playing careers.

Gotta go for the full team. Yeah if a player would benefit from a rest then rest them but making too many changes would send out the wrong message. No matter who the opposition are they deserve respect and need to be beaten. By selecting a weakened team it would suggest to the players that the match could be easy and they may get caught cold.

I agree GD. The fans also need cheering up. We have played 7 home games this season inc the Wigan friendly and have won 2 of them. Lets get the smile back on our faces again because the preformance against The Crusaders didn't.

[/uare you joking B.S?
all the fans in Edinburgh were smiling all weekend

I think it important that we give some of the fringe 1st teamers a run out. The likes of Carlisle, Hemmingway and Lopag need their chance of 1st team rugby. Providing all are fit I’d be tempted to go with something like this:

1) Cudjoe
2) Lawrence
3) Jammer
4) J. Griffin
5) Lopag
6) Hemmingway
7) Robinson
8.) Korkidas
9) Carlisle
10) Jackson
11) Patrick
12) Kirmond
13) Walsh

Subs from:
Brown
Lunt
Griffin
Crabtree
Aspy
Wild

Although we don’t want to fall into the trap of taking a team for granted I think there is enough strength in that squad to beat Rochdale

don't agree with lawrence on the wing,he is a centre and it showed at murryfield

It certainly did. Looked like a fish out of water.

Yet vs HKR when he went on the wing he looked very comfortable.

That is pretty much the sort of team i would bee looking at. ATEOTD we are likely to have some more injuries over the season and players need to have the experience and opportunity to come in and feel comfortable.

If this sort of team was to struggle against NL2 part timers i would be worried.

I do accept the point that our home performances have been poor and having a good win may help to start putting some bums back on seats.

Potentially it is a trade off between playing issues and commercial ones.

The key point vs YCK was moving Drew from 9 to the halves.

Don't see any evidence of a lack in confidence. if it were I do not think putting 80-90 points on a lowly team like Hornets is the solution. Stuffing a lowly team is meaningless. However having more players with 1st team exprience available to NB is worthwhile.

PBGs team wuld win by 40+ pts.

He looks more than comfortable all the time at centre.

I would like to see some fringe players but a win is a must, I don't want another Hunslet. I don't know if it's confidence thing but we just seem to switch off at times. I good run out with plenty of tries will do for me.

Does anyone know if we are going to have 1 or 2 stands open?

Just the pink link.

Well at least we will keep warm huddled together. You coming for a beer and breakfast before match?

I wasn't going to go as I need 4 new tyres, pads and discs!

Ouch.

Really?

I think Jammer/Bruno a better option than Bruno/Aspers ATM.

Lopag is a no no !! He doesn't train with the 1st team anymore and hasn't for 3 months now. He now is a part time player training on an evening. His form in the reserves is poor as well mainly due i think to the club not renewing his contract at the end of the season.
Anyone who has watched the reserves will see that, i think NL1 or NL2 beckons for him if he wants to play at that level. Such a shame considering the enormous potential he had between 10 - 15 years old. He hasn't moved on physically or skills wise.

Yes, really

Then you haven't seen all his games this year.

He is a fabulous prospect but nowhere near the finished product. if he's comfortable now he wont fulfil his potential.

Maybe a reason for this is that he played from 8 years old to 16 years old at Deighton, King Cross, Calderdale Service Area, for Yorkshire & England as a Centre. The Giants said that they thought he would make a better winger so he never gets the ball and loses interest. This is just my opinion but I did follow Richard a lot from his days at Deighton all the way through to Deighton folding in I think 2003. The fact that he was then banned from playing Club Rugby for 3 years due to the stupidity of the West Riding Youth League and BARLA. This for nothing that he had done wrong other than being an excellent player who the WRYL did not want to play for a club which would benefit from his services.