Fair enough.

The reason I chose Chez to start over Korki was that Chez is a good defensive prop where as Korki strength appears to be those blockbusting runs he puts in. I think those runs will be more effective with him coming off the bench against tiring players, especially now the interchanges have been cut from 12 to 10.

Its not stupid

Im saying there is no substitute for speed (in this istance its the speed of the play the ball and acting half)

I observed the game against Bradford very well, being a hooker myself its an area of the game I play close attention to


When we got on the front foot It was mainly Coleman directing play, and found holes for fowards to go in such as Rawlings but what platform it came from is when Obst was in at acting half, he got the tackle man up quick and distributed the ball quick too. A hell of allot quiker than Feather had done all nigh and all last season too, Its not a pop at feather, But Obst simple has the edge in that area. Defensively I do feel feather is good there and without doubt its his strongest asset.


So for me from what Ive seen heard and know about players past history ect

My Strongest Team for the moment would be with everyone fit to choose from mind (irrespective of other views ect including JD)


1. Haythornwaite (wouldn't be my imediate number 1 choice but his pre season form has been real good)

2. Barnett (Although with the high ball I think he is a bit loose but othr than that he is a top class winger for this divison)

3. Tadulala (Still SL class and seems to be forming a decent partnership with barnett)

4. Normington (Leeds are singing his prasies right now, I think hes a potential SL centre we must play him when we have him)

5. Moss ( I highly rate this lad)

6. Coleman (Been great pre season)

7. Jones (hes a class player I think he just needs good game time in order to click again)

8. Shickle

9. Obst (He has the speed we need from the play the ball, and alows a good partnership of Coleman and Jones to start)

10. Korkidas

11. Jones (may not be everyones cup of tea but I think he deserves a shot)

12. Henderson (Solid championship backrow, seriously I do feel the second row is our weakest area)

13. JD (I think this is his best position, now we have some half backs he must play there)



Subs

14 Wray (his impact is past proven)

15. Rawlings (Same as Wray)

16. March (im not a big fan of him but his experinece could help and a he can cover an array of positions)

17. Cherryholme or Sheriffe im not sure which


Others close

Parrata, certainly for me
Duffy, I personaly feel the 2 guys ive picked for the wing are better options
Lawton, ive always liked him but he has been shocking defensively pre season
Smith (great little player, I think maybe loaning him out early season to a Champ 1 club could be the best thing
Feather ( better options chosen ahead of him)
Pursglove (drove Jones close for me)

Others

Shepheard ( i think he deserves a chance at some stage)
Simpson (Not seen enough of this guy)
Hutchinson (is he still there??? I felt his hight out wide was a good asset and certainly should get a go at some stage thats if hes still there lol)

Henderson??????? Is he still with us? If you mean the one we never saw last season I'm certain he's not in the squad.

ST, if you watch mickys video, you will see that buster was waiting for player to play the ball, he cant play it till the mans played the ball, as for scooting you need a quick play the ball as you know.buster was at the heart of all cougars best moves and trys, man of match in 3 out of 4 pre-seasons games, by 5 different reporters, they obviously see it different to you? Team as
1, moss
2, gav
3, pursglove
4, tadulala
5, barnett
6, obst
7, jones d
8, korky
9, buster
10, shick
11, jones
12, JD
13, coleman

14, rawlings
15, sharrif
16, james H
17j wray i whould sub midway ( buster )move obst to hooker colman to 6 and wray to loose

You can't drop Buster, he has been one of our best players for the last five years, for me it has to be:

1 James H
2 Craig Moss
3 Jake Normington
4 Semi Tadulala
5 Gav Duffy
6 Sam Obst
7 Danny Jones
8 Andy Shickell
9 Buster
10 Neil Cherryholme
11 JD
12 Richard Jones
13 Paul March

14 Jermaine Wray
15 Jy-Mel Coleman
16 Brendan Rawlins
17 Korki

Shame for Cloughy because I think he's been one of the best performers in pre-season (especially against Batley) and the likes of Lawton, Smith, Pursglove, Sagar, who played well last season. But for the first time in a long time we have good strength in depth in every position, so if we go through a tough injury spell, we should be able to cope