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Anyone wonder if it is a psychological ploy... Game goes ahead and Hull drop their guard slightly thinking it'll be a walk in the park?
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The game I’m talking about was Salford vs. Leeds, 9 March 1979. Salford lost 3–0 but fielded a fair amount of locals and reserves in the game.
Edward Kennedy, [iThe Guardian[/i, 10 March 1979
‘Salford, who have not won a match since 17 November and this week had a traumatic confrontation between the board, their coach, Alex Murphy, and his disgruntled players, played with remarkable enthusiasm in the circumstances.
‘They fielded a makeshift team because of injuries and illness and players rarely seen in senior rugby like the scrum-half [David Harris, [David Lang at Prop and the hooker [Paul O’Neil rose well to the occasion. But for all their courage, lack of weight lessened their impact against a much heavier pack.’
Graeme Johns; Keith Fielding, David Stephenson, Sammy Turnbull, Steve Hey; Chris Hesketh (Capt.), David Harris; David Lang, Paul O’Neill, Alan Grice, Stewart Williams, Chris McGreal, Eric Prescott. [uSubs[/u: Colin Whitefield, Alan Oldham. |
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The game I’m talking about was Salford vs. Leeds, 9 March 1979. Salford lost 3–0 but fielded a fair amount of locals and reserves in the game.
Edward Kennedy, [iThe Guardian[/i, 10 March 1979
‘Salford, who have not won a match since 17 November and this week had a traumatic confrontation between the board, their coach, Alex Murphy, and his disgruntled players, played with remarkable enthusiasm in the circumstances.
‘They fielded a makeshift team because of injuries and illness and players rarely seen in senior rugby like the scrum-half [David Harris, [David Lang at Prop and the hooker [Paul O’Neil rose well to the occasion. But for all their courage, lack of weight lessened their impact against a much heavier pack.’
Graeme Johns; Keith Fielding, David Stephenson, Sammy Turnbull, Steve Hey; Chris Hesketh (Capt.), David Harris; David Lang, Paul O’Neill, Alan Grice, Stewart Williams, Chris McGreal, Eric Prescott. [uSubs[/u: Colin Whitefield, Alan Oldham. | |
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Quote ="John Gilbert Reds"Worst argument I have read on this matter if those who say "Salford/Koukash has CHOSEN to assemble an expensive squad with no depth" for f*cks sake we have 20 players unavailable according to the club (worse than I first thought) for Fridays game, is it any wonder we cannot muster a 17. How many Super League clubs carry squads of 37 and more? Ridiculous comments from opposition supporters who really should think before ">engaging.'"
As a neutral,I would be asking to why so many injuries! The suspensions yeah ok..That goes down to disipline. But to be carrying so many injuries, for me just does'nt come down to bad luck.And to comment on Fages as in taking so many head shots which yes he's probably use too.I don't see him on the injury list..
Possibly the problem lies somewhere else as...
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Quote ="John Gilbert Reds"Worst argument I have read on this matter if those who say "Salford/Koukash has CHOSEN to assemble an expensive squad with no depth" for f*cks sake we have 20 players unavailable according to the club (worse than I first thought) for Fridays game, is it any wonder we cannot muster a 17. How many Super League clubs carry squads of 37 and more? Ridiculous comments from opposition supporters who really should think before ">engaging.'"
As a neutral,I would be asking to why so many injuries! The suspensions yeah ok..That goes down to disipline. But to be carrying so many injuries, for me just does'nt come down to bad luck.And to comment on Fages as in taking so many head shots which yes he's probably use too.I don't see him on the injury list..
Possibly the problem lies somewhere else as...
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Not quite sure what you're suggesting. I don't think Morley turning his ankle or Godwin getting his teeth knocked out or even Dobson getting booted in the side of the knee is down to a flaw in our training methods !!!
Simply bad luck, which the club will get through !!!
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| Quote ="Redidiot"Not quite sure what you're suggesting. I don't think Morley turning his ankle or Godwin getting his teeth knocked out or even Dobson getting booted in the side of the knee is down to a flaw in our training methods !!!
Simply bad luck, which the club will get through !!!'"
You can add to that Sa'u injuring his arm in a tackle, Ben Jones-Bishop twisting his knee in a tackle, Josh Griffin breaking a bone in his foot when he landed after taking a short kick off, Jordan Walne a bad eye injury after a being poked in it and nearly going blind, Tommy Lee twisting a knee in a tackle and Liam Hood breaking his thumb.
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IH - 'The spirit and the attitude of the players against Castleford was superb. We've still got things to work on but we're smart.'
IH - 'In yesterday's training session we had about 12 players that are ready to play on Friday against Hull FC'”
IH - 'Kevin Locke will train tomorrow with the potential of being fit but we'll make that call tomorrow.'
IH - 'We've used a lot of numbers this year and I think it shows the importance of a big squad'
IH - 'It's not bad luck, RL is an impact sport and a lot of our injuries are impact. It comes with the game we've just picked up a lot'
IH - 'Gleeson and Watson are both keen to get out there if we need to'
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