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| Should Pyrce walk back in? If so, Carlos to centre and rest who? All the backline are showing well. Michaels has been hammered a bit, perhaps a rest for him?
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| Quote ="Tinkerman23"Ha it is now, think he was forgetting about the new structure.'"
No, I didn't forget about the new structure.
I forgot to add, 'After the regular rounds are completed'.
Going into the Super 8s, either in the top four, or close enough to challenge for top four is, I believe, what most have said they want.
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| Whatever you think of Pryce and he isnt my favourite player we do play better attacking rugby with him in the team.
As someone mentioned Radford will have a big decision to make for Friday who to bring in and who misses out
Personally i would like us to revert to the Talanoa/Tuimavave combination on the left and bring Pryce straight back in and get back to the attacking,and multi player backing up we saw in the first games.
Its difficult now for Radford as Naughton especially doesnt deserve to lose his place,so i think he will give this team another go and if the under 23s have a game give Pryce and Talanoa if fit a run out with them at the weekend.
See no reason to Risk Mini for this game when Dean Hadley is playing well.
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| Quote ="bonaire"Whatever you think of Pryce and he isnt my favourite player we do play better attacking rugby with him in the team.
As someone mentioned Radford will have a big decision to make for Friday who to bring in and who misses out
Personally i would like us to revert to the Talanoa/Tuimavave combination on the left and bring Pryce straight back in and get back to the attacking,and multi player backing up we saw in the first games.
Its difficult now for Radford as Naughton especially doesnt deserve to lose his place,so i think he will give this team another go and if the under 23s have a game give Pryce and Talanoa if fit a run out with them at the weekend.
See no reason to Risk Mini for this game when Dean Hadley is playing well.'"
What would be the reason to change a combination that's helped us win the last 4?
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| Quote ="Doom&Gloom Merchant"What would be the reason to change a combination that's helped us win the last 4?'"
Yeah agree, stick with a winning team unless forced upon, yeamans going well, scoring and creating tries, carlos will continue to be a danger at 6, and snyed looks more dangerous been the main man
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| Quote ="Tinkerman23"Yeah agree, stick with a winning team unless forced upon, yeamans going well, scoring and creating tries, carlos will continue to be a danger at 6, and snyed looks more dangerous been the main man'"
Its my personal opinion that we are a better attacking team with Talanoa/Tuimavave combo with Pryce at 6 and although we have won the last 4 our general attack and backing up the runner has not been as good as we have ground out results.
I did also say that i think Radford will stick to the same team as no one deserves to lose their place.
Dont agree about Carlos been a danger at 6 in any of the games he has played there.
I have to agree with Radford here and see him as a very good centre when he gets more time in that position.Its not just his footwork,but he backs up well,deceptive pace,can pass both ways and works really well with Pritchard.
It will be interesting to see the selected 17 for Huddersfield particularly if Green,Washbrook,Mini,Pryce and Talanoa are all fit.
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| Quote ="Doom&Gloom Merchant"What would be the reason to change a combination that's helped us win the last 4?'"
I agree you shouldnt change a winning team but its not our best attacking team combination.
Its a headache for Radford but i think he also sees our best back formation is with Talanoa on the wing with Tuimavave at centre and Pryce at 6.
He will revert to this when he sees fit.
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| Quote ="WormInHand"Should Pyrce walk back in? If so, Carlos to centre and rest who? All the backline are showing well. Michaels has been hammered a bit, perhaps a rest for him?'"
Well it's not really a case of him walking back in. We have missed him and are a better attacking team with him in the side.
I'd go with Michaels and Naughton on the wings with Carlos back in the centres. Micheals has been excellent recently. Tough decision with Talanoa though, granted.
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| Quote ="ComeOnYouUll"Well it's not really a case of him walking back in. We have missed him and are a better attacking team with him in the side.
I'd go with Michaels and Naughton on the wings with Carlos back in the centres. Micheals has been excellent recently. Tough decision with Talanoa though, granted.'"
Michaels has done really well in recent weeks, but he just doesn't offer what Talanoa does. He's such a handful for defences. He breaks tackles, he gets quick ptb's and he wins penalties, if Talanoa had speed he'd be as good a winger as any in the league. Michaels tries his heart out but he's just a bit small. If the bin man is fit he plays imo, and out of Naughton and Michaels it has to be Naughton for me.
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| Hard choices but I good position to be in
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| Huddersfield lost again, and play the top 6 and Leeds in their next 7 games. Reckon they could see us as a potential scalp and will be itching for the win. I predict another ugly one for us to get stuck in to.
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| Quote ="ComeOnYouUll"Well it's not really a case of him walking back in. We have missed him and are a better attacking team with him in the side.
I'd go with Michaels and Naughton on the wings with Carlos back in the centres. Micheals has been excellent recently. Tough decision with Talanoa though, granted.'"
Tend to agree. Radders loves Talanoa's metres out of our own half though. Depends what the plan is against Huddersfield. Think our game probably got a bit harder, unless Anderson's lost the dressing room.
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| Quote ="Mr. Zucchini Head"Michaels has done really well in recent weeks, but he just doesn't offer what Talanoa does. He's such a handful for defences. He breaks tackles, he gets quick ptb's and he wins penalties, if Talanoa had speed he'd be as good a winger as any in the league. Michaels tries his heart out but he's just a bit small. If the bin man is fit he plays imo, and out of Naughton and Michaels it has to be Naughton for me.'"
Agree - I think Talanoa is a better option than Michaels for bringing the ball up in our own half against this particular opposition who have a physical back line. Yeaman has made a big difference in both defense and attack so keep him in until/if that changes.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"Tend to agree. Radders loves Talanoa's metres out of our own half though. Depends what the plan is against Huddersfield. Think our game probably got a bit harder, unless Anderson's lost the dressing room.'"
I can't believe Huddersfield won't bounce back to some degree. You don't become a bad team overnight - we should know, it's taken us decades.
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| Quote ="downtheante"I can't believe Huddersfield won't bounce back to some degree. You don't become a bad team overnight - we should know, it's taken us decades.'"
Exactly. Increasing levels of desperation for the bottom clubs at the moment. On the other hand an opportunity if other results go our way to take 3rd spot after playing everyone once. Crazy times.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"Exactly. Increasing levels of desperation for the bottom clubs at the moment. On the other hand an opportunity if other results go our way to take 3rd spot after playing everyone once. Crazy times.'"
Crazy indeed - and whilst that's happening in the top-8 it's kind of heart-warming to know that Leeds must already be wondering at what point their hopes of competing for the Grand Final might actually die completely.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"Exactly. Increasing levels of desperation for the bottom clubs at the moment. On the other hand an opportunity if other results go our way to take 3rd spot after playing everyone once. Crazy times.'"
2nd if things really go our way. Wouldn't write Wakefield off.
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| Quote ="Mr. Zucchini Head"2nd if things really go our way. Wouldn't write Wakefield off.'"
Chester's had a good Easter though, certainly. Shackles off and all that.
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| Quote ="Mrs Barista"eusa_naughty.gif
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Ha. As long as we get the win I'm not bothered if we stay in 5th tbh. We just need to keep churning out results and the table will work out eventually.
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| Quote ="marc2k7hullfc"shaul
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Spot on, that's the team I would pick. Although I am pretty sure that Ellis picked up a rib injury against Saints so he might be a doubt.
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| I don't agree with dropping back line players that are doing just fine. They, far more than forwards need to play together consistently to understand each other better. We've had a fair bit of chopping and changingwith only Shaul who has been the fixture.
Dropping Micheals for Talanoa sends out the wrong message and against the grain of playing those in form.
Whilst rightly you could say Talanoa is better getting fast ptb/penalties resulting from that and has more size, he isn't as fast as Micheals, is a far poorer defender in all aspects (and.particularly frail under the high ball) but they both finish equally well. Micheals can play left or right side of the pitch in either wing or centre position too without any bother.
There's really no justification at this moment in to change IMHO
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| Quote ="Mr. Zucchini Head"Ha. As long as we get the win I'm not bothered if we stay in 5th tbh. We just need to keep churning out results and the table will work out eventually.'"
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| Quote ="knockersbumpMKII"I don't agree with dropping back line players that are doing just fine. They, far more than forwards need to play together consistently to understand each other better. We've had a fair bit of chopping and changingwith only Shaul who has been the fixture.
Dropping Micheals for Talanoa sends out the wrong message and against the grain of playing those in form.
Whilst rightly you could say Talanoa is better getting fast ptb/penalties resulting from that and has more size, he isn't as fast as Micheals, is a far poorer defender in all aspects (and.particularly frail under the high ball) but they both finish equally well. Micheals can play left or right side of the pitch in either wing or centre position too without any bother.
There's really no justification at this moment in to change IMHO'"
Two trains of thought for Radford here,
1. Pick players on form i.e. Michaels
2. Pick players suitable for the opposition i.e. Talanoa
On the latter we have a large squad so we should utilise it and rest players when necessary. It's a tough decision to make and if it doesn't work out for us then I'm sure people will in hindsight state the obvious. The Hudds game is huge potential banana skin. Lose and once again we're knocked off balance. Win and it will build on momentum and belief. Just my opinion of course
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| If you are choosing Talanoa based on the opposition what specifically is that that we need against Hudds that Michaels or indeed Naughton, Lancaster don't offer?
It certainly isnt defusing Brough's high bombs as he has been very iffy under the high ball more often than not.
I don't see us losing due to any one player, Talanoa if picked , which i wouldn't be particularly unhappy with will do fine, it's whether making the change is justifiable and doesn't induce negatives either on or off field
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| Why change a winning combination? I can't see Radders changing the team to much anyways. They will be opportunities later on in the season for the likes of Talanoa to come back in the side. But for now in my opinion I think we should keep the same team.
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