At Saints we've played

Graham
Fa'asavalu
Cayless
Hargreaves
Emmitt
Frodsham
Dixon
Clough
Ashurst
Puletua

That's 10 as well. Oh and we're above you, so what that says about your squad construction I wouldn't like to say. The fact that our MAIN hit up props (Fa'as and Cayless) have been missing for more than half the season would harm ANY TEAM is obviously beyond you.





I think you need to calm down, son. You're third in the league and you've had a good run. Don't go thinking you're a shoo-in for the GF. You may look a bit silly. You had a great shot at CC glory with a home tie against a poor Warrington side, but I recall you choking.

Don't say that! They'll get their chum Ganson to ref it and it will be 2 points nailed on! They have the RFL in their back pockets.

Saints victory tonight was greater than the 12-10 scoreline would suggest as the confidence, which seems a remarkable thing to cling to after beating an uninspired Huddersfield Academy team, will start to come back.

Come back when you beat us when it matters.

Can we call a truce til the play offs? I'm tired.

Saints the Snails will be preying they won't have to face Hull KR in the play-offs cos they know what will happen to them...

I think being 3rd in the league is distorting your thought processes.

Nope, it's the calculation of league placing + current form.

big teams and talented teams turn up for big games, players like long and cunningham might be getting on a bit but i will lay my money down right now and say that leeds and saints will be in the grand final.

a win against saints in the weekly rounds is one thing but when it comes to the play offs they will still win.

my prediction leeds v saints in the grand final, leeds coming out on top again is the way i see it.

Saints played

Lomax 7 Appearances
Emmitt 4 appearances
Ashurst 17 appearances

So while granted we were nothing like as inexperienced as yourselves we still were down on experienced first team players.

good job hudds had one eye on next week

That's over 50% of games this season.
But he his an average player.

How many International player were in the Saints squad tonight?

maybe a season but not 14 seasons


we learn from the best, the best supposedly being you guys, it aint harmed your title hopes so why not follow by example?

Saints are definitely past their peak and on the way down to meet the rest of the chasing pack. However, if they get players back they could still do something in the play-offs but next season will be very different. They haven't replaced Long and Cunningham can't go on much longer. Gilmour has added a cutting edge to the attack and he goes as well. They won't become a poor side overnight but they will find it much more difficult to hit top spot next year. There are some good young players coming through but that is also the case at several other clubs.

Seems some don't realise that, no matter who you're playing, if the props don't get on top, you'll struggle, and you'll never get on top with just 2.

Gauge us in 2 weeks after a rest....

You should never have sold Fozzard. He still provides plenty go forward for Hull KR.

Yes. People have been saying this for years now, and yet we keep on keeping on.

I think Saints were very fortunate to recieve a heavy penalty count in their favour to help them edge the Giants academy.

Wrong kind of dangerous. I'd rather have the "Rob-Burrow-pop-up-at-any-moment-and-score-a-try" dangerous than "Mind-your-head-and-your-testicles-Leon-Pryce-is-on-the-pitch" dangerous.




Saints have made a lifetime in Rugby League out of it. No, wait, that's forward passes from the play the ball. No, wait, it's breaking the salary cap... oh, hold on, it's all of the above.

D'oh.

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The attendances are fine pal, gradually improving as the last few years. Expect no major change there until we move.

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You mean the ref actually enforced the rules of the game for a change.

I know it's a rarity these days and that you do expect to hold teams down until a week on Thursday.

I keep hearing certain people on here banging on about what great young players we got coming through the youth ranks but I'm not sure I agree.

From seeing giants kids last night and wigans, Leeds youngsters I'd say they seem to have better kids.

Other than eastmond and wheeler the rest look pretty average to be honest.

The thing that worries me though is next year these kids will be week in week out 1st team!

Don't be down on our young players.

The only standout performer of theirs to me was the fullback. The rest were ok, full of enthusiasm, but nothing brilliant. We just gave them everything they needed to function. Don't measure Hudds reserves by us because we were so badly underperforming it was unreal. Our own reserves beat their reserves by 6 points last week; our academy tonked theirs 56-0 or something. If that group of players had played Leeds last night, who appear to be hitting form at the right time (again!), they would have been beaten well and truly, as they would have been had we played anything like to the standard we are capable of.

Only the fullback was seriously worth noting, and that's a good thing, because the England team need a good fullback.