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PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:30 pm 
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FearTheVee wrote:I could've sworn you spend most of your time bleating about giving young players opportunities. Does that only extend to backs? How do our young forwards ever get game time?

Er, I think you need to re-read my earlier posts.

In fact, re-read posts from previous discussions too.

You will find me mentioning Jordan Hand sometimes, wondering whether it would be good to give him a go because we were down on props. Forster would be fine also. But unless desperate, you don't play rookies in major games like the one on Friday.

But as I said in my earlier post, if Forster is fit and ready to go then it would be good to give him game time next week, prepare him in case we are in need of his services for the play offs. Or indeed other young props if they are better.






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 Post subject: Re: 16 men
PostPosted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:26 pm 
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FearTheVee wrote:I could've sworn you spend most of your time bleating about giving young players opportunities. Does that only extend to backs? How do our young forwards ever get game time?

It's not just about Friday anyway (although it was ridiculous) it's about the fact we have run with this mental policy throughout the season and are UNNECESSARILY FLOGGING OUR FORWARDS week in week out, whilst the other "big" teams recognise that it is a stupid thing to do.


Spot on, our forwards are being over used while we have a back sat on the bench playing nintendo DS for 70 mins!

Some weeks we only use 15 players until the last 20 mins!






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PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:19 pm 
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Wow people are really over emphasising the apparent 'effects' of his bench tactics...IT'S ONE PLAYER!

And last year that one player was a replacement hooker (Roby) so the 'proper' forwards (excluding hooker) are still doing exactly the same workload as last year...and the year before that, oh and yes the year before that! Roby can do 80mins so there is no need for a replacement hooker.

It would have been interesting to see how Potter would have played it this season as he had Cunningham last year.

Wigan's forwards have the same workload as ours as they have McIlorum sat on the bench.

I do agree that we may as well use that extra spot more wisely, but the coach does what he is paid for and plans for any eventualities and the use of Eastmond on the bench could prove vital in the play-offs.

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