Brian Noble
Brian Noble
behind cover experience felt league needed outside player positions squad strengthen super wealth
We felt that we needed to strengthen the squad ahead. We are getting a player who can cover all the outside back positions and who has a wealth of Super League experience behind him.
eight players reasons seven various
We could probably have seven or eight players that aren't in there for various reasons but we go with what we've got and what we've got is pretty good.
exciting knocking people players
We've got 24 or 25 very exciting players and some people still knocking on the door,
along difficult fare football game good players product react until
It's difficult to say how they're going to fare on the field, but we have a lot of very good football players here. Until you see the product on the field, you don't know how they're going to react in a game situation, or how they're going to get along with each other.
best cope missing players
You don't want your best players missing in an international tournament, but we've had to cope with that over the years and it's another one we've got to cope with this year.
barrel facing form gun intense last pick played players six stood team weeks
Paul's form of the last six weeks has been pretty impressive. He stood up there and played well in big high-pressure games. He's been playing, as the whole team have, with a barrel of a gun facing them for six weeks. We need to pick our form players and those who have played in the intense games.
addition good hard honest player worked
Nathan is a player I know very well having worked with him at Bradford. He is a good addition to our squad, he is honest and hard working.
best liked players playing
I'm disappointed for Keith that he's not playing in the final. I would have liked to see their best players out there.
available basically ground hit reality running sean spoke
I spoke to Sean and basically he is probably available but the reality is that we need to hit the ground running this year,
character last shown skills team three win
The win was as much for the character of the team as the skills we've shown over the last three months.
field happened hard hard-work help learn nights ourselves position time
We didn't help ourselves with that many penalties. If you give field position to this team, it's hard work. It's not the first time this has happened to us but we're not too despondent. It was one of those nights and we will learn from it.
champion create dream hopefully similar
That would be a dream ticket. Bradford are a champion team. Hopefully we can create something similar here.
anybody came fit game near nowhere played pleased possible three weeks
Marcus came and did as well as anybody possible could. I am really pleased for him because he has had no game time. He has not played for three weeks and he is nowhere near fit enough.
confident stanley until
I won't know until Thursday, but I'm pretty confident Stanley will be fit.