Sat 23rd July : SL : Toulouse Olympique v Salford Red Devils KO. : 20:00 (LOCAL) 19:00 (UK)

[bobbruce]

29 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

It's a bloody good depleted side that Saints are still able to put out Dav, they are in a fortunate position having so many players unavailable they can still field such a squad.

The side that got beat by Toulouse was far stronger. 

[Davo5]

1 minute ago, bobbruce said:

The side that got beat by Toulouse was far stronger. 

Now,Now,that doesn’t fit the narrative.

[GUBRATS]

2 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

Now,Now,that doesn’t fit the narrative.

The ' narrative ' included one word that you and others keep ignoring 

Deliberately

Injuries and suspensions are part of the game 

 

[UTK]

1 minute ago, GUBRATS said:

The ' narrative ' included one word that you and others keep ignoring 

Deliberately

Injuries and suspensions are part of the game 

 

Because it simply has no basis in reality, if it were any other club that word wouldn't even be coming up.

We even had a game earlier in the season where Saints did deliberately field a weakened side, yet no big deal was made about that.

[Davo5]

2 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

The ' narrative ' included one word that you and others keep ignoring 

Deliberately

Injuries and suspensions are part of the game 

 

So is ‘resting’ players carrying knock deliberate or are they injured.

[Harry Stottle]

10 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

The side that got beat by Toulouse was far stronger. 

Maybe, honest answer Bob should Saints have lost that game?

[Harry Stottle]

4 minutes ago, Davo5 said:

So is ‘resting’ players carrying knock deliberate or are they injured.

I thought the discussion was about not fielding fit player's. 

[Damien]

3 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Maybe, honest answer Bob should Saints have lost that game?

The league would be a bit boring if the team that should win did so every week. As is this is sport and you can't apply a formula.

[bobbruce]

1 minute ago, GUBRATS said:

The ' narrative ' included one word that you and others keep ignoring 

Deliberately

Injuries and suspensions are part of the game 

 

So the Saints team in Toulouse was. 
 

1/ Welsby

2/ Simm

3/ Hurrell

4/ Percival

5/ Makinson

6/ Lomax

7/ Dodd

8/ Lees

9/ Lussick

10/ Passi

11/ Sironen

12/ Knowles

13/ LMS

14/ Roby

15/ Amor

16/ Wingfield 

17/ Norman

So who did Saints “deliberately” rest. 
 

[bobbruce]

8 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Maybe, honest answer Bob should Saints have lost that game?

Probably not but all teams for some reason fly in and out to France same day usually. That’s a bigger impact than the team Saints put out. 

[GUBRATS]

5 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

So the Saints team in Toulouse was. 
 

1/ Welsby

2/ Simm

3/ Hurrell

4/ Percival

5/ Makinson

6/ Lomax

7/ Dodd

8/ Lees

9/ Lussick

10/ Passi

11/ Sironen

12/ Knowles

13/ LMS

14/ Roby

15/ Amor

16/ Wingfield 

17/ Norman

So who did Saints “deliberately” rest. 
 

Did I say they did ? 

[Damien]

4 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

So the Saints team in Toulouse was. 
 

1/ Welsby

2/ Simm

3/ Hurrell

4/ Percival

5/ Makinson

6/ Lomax

7/ Dodd

8/ Lees

9/ Lussick

10/ Passi

11/ Sironen

12/ Knowles

13/ LMS

14/ Roby

15/ Amor

16/ Wingfield 

17/ Norman

So who did Saints “deliberately” rest. 
 

That's a very strong team.

I know Wigan sent the best squad they could too and were 6 points down with 7 minutes to go. A converted try and then drop goal with 30 seconds to go was the only reason we won. Unjustly really too.

[bobbruce]

1 minute ago, Damien said:

That's a very strong team.

I know Wigan sent the best squad they could too and were 6 points down with 7 minutes to go. A converted try and then drop goal with 30 seconds to go was the only reason we won. Unjustly really too.

It’s certainly stronger than the team going to Wakefield yet that teams fine. 

[bobbruce]

10 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Did I say they did ? 

Then why bring it up?.

[Davo5]

22 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

I thought the discussion was about not fielding fit player's. 

And of course you have inside knowledge on which players were injured or not.

[GUBRATS]

10 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

Then why bring it up?.

Ask Damien , he's the one who brought it up 

[Damien]

2 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:

Ask Damien , he's the one who brought it up 

Nothing to do it me so keep me out of it. I have not conversed with you and you have not quoted me. I have said nothing about deliberately. 

You are the person that mentioned deliberately, then contradicted yourself and are now resorting to verbal gymnastics.

[SalfordSlim]

Get a room lads!

Can we please keep Wiggin & Stains out of a Salford thread please... they get far too much airtime as it is!

Only 23° here at the minute and fairly overcast so not even sure it's gonna hit the predicted 28/29 later. Tomorrow is supposedly 38° so looks like we've got off lightly from a weather perspective.

[Davo5]

3 minutes ago, SalfordSlim said:

Get a room lads!

Can we please keep Wiggin & Stains out of a Salford thread please... they get far too much airtime as it is!

Only 23° here at the minute and fairly overcast so not even sure it's gonna hit the predicted 28/29 later. Tomorrow is supposedly 38° so looks like we've got off lightly from a weather perspective.

Absolutely,enjoy your visit to Toulouse,should be a cracking game.

[Damien]

5 minutes ago, SalfordSlim said:

Get a room lads!

Can we please keep Wiggin & Stains out of a Salford thread please... they get far too much airtime as it is!

Only 23° here at the minute and fairly overcast so not even sure it's gonna hit the predicted 28/29 later. Tomorrow is supposedly 38° so looks like we've got off lightly from a weather perspective.

It's a Toulouse thread as much as Salford. I do agree though it's not the place for people to moan and try and build a false narrative. Enjoy Toulouse.

Edited July 23, 2022 by Damien

[GeordieSaint]

2 hours ago, Damien said:

I love the nitpicking about the squads teams are sending to Toulouse because they've started to pick up some wins. Teams very rarely have full strength squads at this stage of the season with injuries and suspensions. The same posters wouldn't give a damn if the same squad was playing a different team the week after.

Toulouse have barely had a full squad available all season themselves. 

[The Daddy]

A lot of teams have injuries and suspensions right now. I notice that Salford's win against a very weakened Catalan Dragons team last week wasn't mentioned for example. But what more can you expect from a certain section of bitter Leigh fans that are butthurt after their disastrous relegation season. I remember many of them saying that if Leigh can't be competitive in SL no other Championship team can. 

I guess they are just desperately trying to keep up the narrative. 

[The Daddy]

Is there commentary of this game anywhere?

[kiggy]

1 hour ago, GeordieSaint said:

Toulouse have barely had a full squad available all season themselves. 

But finally getting some continuity. Other than Guy, this is the 3rd match with the same 17. Although others on this forum believe keeping with the same players week in week out is a bad idea and squad rotation should be employed, i.e. leaving out perfectly OK players.

[kiggy]

2 hours ago, bobbruce said:

Probably not but all teams for some reason fly in and out to France same day usually. That’s a bigger impact than the team Saints put out. 

Not sure who forces that on teams, wether TO having to foot the bill also get to decide on the flights or it is the opposite sides decision. Salford arrived yesterday though