Quote Originally Posted by Ozza View Post
Clever selection this week.

Saints in defence have Carlisle and Brown. With one of the very talls (English & Boyd) forward, they are a lot bigger than Nathan Brown (who the saints prefer to have play deep). It means that the Saints have to consider having Carlisle deep - which is not ideal for them. They also don't have a great match up for Stringer size or speed wise. Their preference is to have Brown deep - he'd be giving away 10 cms to English and 6 or 7 to Boyd.

I really doubt that they would play Carlisle forward, and if they do, Adams goes to him, and Morris and Wood shuffle down the line to McCartin and Membrey - which I think is fine.

I'm really excited to see English play.

As for the ruck, Longer gets some hit outs, but he just doesn't get involved around the ground. He hand 0 kicks, 5 handballs last week - and is really just a stoppage to stoppage player. Good opportunity for Boyd and English to have an impact.
Nice post, you've got me feeling more confident.