Sternguard and Drop Pods – Can they work?

Warhammer 40,000 – When Sternguard first came out I was a huge fan of the unit. I converted up two full ten man squads to run alongside Pedro Kantor and cause people now end of headaches when they dropped in guns blazing. Their current iteration is doesn't look amazing on paper but I'm determined to make them work. I also loved drop pods when they came out I own enough for a battle company to drop in with ease. Sadly that can't happen any more due to changes in the "match-play" rules, which it seems is the preferred guidelines for how to play among the people I play with. I think two pods might do the trick and depending on how things go during deployment I can decide if anyone goes in the pod or not.

The list I ran this week consisted of:

Iron Hands Battalion
HQ - Captain with Thunderhammer and Storm Shield
HQ - 2x Lieutenants with Combi-Plasma
TROOP - 5 man Tactical Squad with Heavy Bolter and Sergeant with StormBolter and Chainsword
TROOP - 5 man Tactical Squad with Heavy Bolter and Sergeant with StormBolter and Chainsword
TROOP - 5 man Tactical Squad with Heavy Bolter and Sergeant with StormBolter and Chainsword
ELITE - 10 Man Sternguard
ELITE - 10 Man Sternguard
HEAVY - Thunderfire Cannon
HEAVY - Thunderfire Cannon
DEDICATE TRANSPORT - Drop Pod
DEDICATE TRANSPORT - Drop Pod

Super-Heavy Detachment
Helverin
Helverin
Knight Gallant