Had been told similar about Walmsley and also that Hopoate is out for the season, too.
St Helens Rugby League Football Club
Morgan Knowles to prop Bell loose forward
Worst Case:
Bennison
Makinson Hurrell Davies Lane
Welsby Lomax
Paasi Roby Knowles
Sironen Batchelor
Bell
Lussick Royle LMS Wingfield
Best Case;
Hopoate
Makinson Hurrell Mata'utia Percival
Welsby Lomax
Walmsley Roby Lees
Sironen Batchelor
Knowles
Lussick Bell LMS Paasi
Clearly a ton of rumours flying around
Salford by 30.
We have seen Knowles at prop win MoM for England and Paasi has outperformed Walmsley for large parts of the season, where as we have hardly seen Hopoate at all. If we have lost Walmsley and Hopoate, but get back Percival and Mata’utia I would still be very confident.
The main thing we have struggle with is our left edge getting exposed as Davies and Bennison are young and can’t play the pressure reads like our more senior players, which has put more pressure on our patched up spine to pull out miracle plays (which sometimes they have sometimes they haven’t). Bringing the defensive integrity we have seen prior to Mata’utia’s ban vs Huddersfield and we could basically win the next 2 games 2-0 and I would feel confident about it.
If its true about Walmsley and Hopoate, we are very much up against it. 4 of our starting 17 out, Matautia and Percival not played alot of rugby recently.
Best case scenario with those missing is:
Bennison, Makinson, Hurrell, Matautia, Percival, Welsby, Lomax, Lees, Roby, Paasi, Batchelor, Sironen, Knowles.
Subs: Bell, Lussick, Wingfield, LMS
Originally Posted by Despondent Dave
Crikey, if it's true about Walmsley and Hoppa then that is crap!
Hopoate has been a really poor signing this year if true, yes he has played well when he has been fit and in the team, but those occasions are few and far between and I'd argue the return we are getting from someone who is likely to be on a decent salary, and a quota spot, isn't balancing with the investment.
If we can play with intensity and get rid of our poor form that's still a good enough squad the key would be if Bennison can step up in a big game.
Those knock ons under the high ball or under no pressure are game killers in semi finals. Same if you don't hit a pass right
Aye, but that doesn't mean it's right and we should be cool with it because others have been in the situation. We are now at the business end of the season and once again, looks to be absent from the team sheet, when someone else with a level of ability which would benefit the team, could be playing instead.