Quote: WARRIORCRAIG "You keep mentioning using Hampshire off the bench, how exactly? It's too disruptive to the team IMO to start moving halfbacks about. Before last night I was well up for dropping Green and letting Hampshire start at 6, but I don't think this is an option anymore. You can say the same about any position, you can't have like for like cover on the bench in case anyone gets injured, like when we lost Goulding v Leeds and Farrell had to go in the centres. We've had times when we've had players like Williams or Sam Powell sat on the bench for long spells and they've ended up being a waste of a sub, and an extra forward on the bench would be more beneficial
I think the team is more stable when 1,6,7 and 9 are consistent for 80mins. I agree re Powell, though. I think he's out of his depth at the minute and needs a full pre-season behind him. I don't know how Wane has seen him as a starting prop, if we are going to use him then 10-15 minute spells off the bench would be better.Gelling and Thornley are doing my head in atm, neither seem to want to put their name on the LC position. It was Thornley's to lose after the CC final but he hasn't kicked on, now after last night you'd have to say it's Gellings, I really hope he can stay consistent for the last (hopefully) couple of games.
For the next game I think we should go
There were two huge collisions in the first 10 minutes between Eorl Crabtree and Andy Powell, Eorl won both collisions due to better RL technique, but neither player was right afterwards, courage and determination on Andy Powell's part played a significant part in nullifying Eorl's impact. Yes AP is not yet technically very good, but he has size and heart and he deserves credit for that, though he played short minutes as a Huddersfield supporter I thought he did significant work in blunting one of our big weapons.