Playoff game

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Blackpool_Pie
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Playoff game

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So we have luckily avoided losing Ellis Hill and French which would have in all honesty have been a catastrophe. Have we anyone possibly coming back?
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NICKYKISS
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Isa sounded confident in his interview about signing a new deal. Not heard any updates on Havard but Peet did say a couple of weeks ago that him and Isa were on course for the very back end, whatever that would mean.

It would be risky to play both but we’ll see. It didn’t feel like there was a great deal of trust in Mago on Friday, in a game where the pace went up a couple of notches, so he might be as vulnerable as Hill and more vulnerable than Nsemba going off that.
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Wonder if Isa or Havard gets a run out in the reserves final?
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Hope they do but i heard havards only chance is the final.Surely this is the time for the RFL to take a good look at the current BS banning situation and sort it for next season.We all want to see our best stars and we all want to see them play tough.This seasons bans have been nothing short of farcical and if i persists i , for one, wont carry on paying to watch our game
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NICKYKISS wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:27 am Isa sounded confident in his interview about signing a new deal. Not heard any updates on Havard but Peet did say a couple of weeks ago that him and Isa were on course for the very back end, whatever that would mean.

It would be risky to play both but we’ll see. It didn’t feel like there was a great deal of trust in Mago on Friday, in a game where the pace went up a couple of notches, so he might be as vulnerable as Hill and more vulnerable than Nsemba going off that.
Mago looked like he was struggling and Hill will not be given big minutes in a semi and final.

It may be the least risky option to bring Isa and Havard back.

It would allow a pack and bench of:

Dupree
O Neil
Ellis
Farrell
KPP
Smithies

Havard
Isa
Mago
Powell

My honest preference would be to drop Powell completely. O Neil can go 80 minutes, Powell doesn’t add anything materially different and an extra forward on the bench would be great.
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Havard said 2 weeks ago he was aiming for playoffs.
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Bobby-WRL wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2023 11:33 am Havard said 2 weeks ago he was aiming for playoffs.
Hope so
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We don’t want to make the same mistake again as last year bringing in player/s without any match fitness don’t care who it is.
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josie andrews wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:52 pm We don’t want to make the same mistake again as last year bringing in player/s without any match fitness don’t care who it is.
Well said Josie. 👍👍
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Can’t agree more. I mean look how badly Ethan struggled when he came back in for the cup game against Warrington.
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