Quote: Durham Giant "Thanks for that. It is funny that every time people suggest the need to rest some players everyone come sout withy The Salford game and the Hunslet game. Yet with both of those squads they were both STRONG enough to win. |TH eonly difference was that the players who played did not play to anywhere near their potentil.
When fans coming back from France are saying that it was a very tough game , with brutal hits and that players like Scoitt Grix are looking tired then it is clear some players need a rest.
By the time of the Saints game in a fortnight if we get any more injuries in the forwards we will struggle against a big pack. We need some fresh players for that.
If a combination of some first teamers and some of our squad players such as Molloy, Cording and Joe Wardle cannot step up for a match like Batley ( when we will have nearly 3000 fans there) then we may as well give up.'"
It depends how you look at it.
If we lose the game against Batley we are out of the cup. If we lose against Saints we can push on.
Also, if we play a full strength side and they all play to their potential then there is every chance the Batley game will just become a training session. No disrespect to the Batley players but the gap between Superleague and NL1 is huge. That said, this will be like a cup final for Batley and they will play out of their skin. We underestimate that at our peril.
That is why people mention Hunslet.
