Minikin has been pretty good over your purple patch this last few years, i was surprised you were releasing him. Rankin looks ok lately but was hit or miss at hull and huddersfield, i think centre is his best position.

Clare playing is a weird one, i recall you mixing and matching with him and hitchcox a while back as reserve wingers, i was surprised he was still with you.

Minikin is just not big enough, or tough enough, for SL. The try he let in by failing to clear the ball just smacked of not wanting to put his body on the line. Rankin is a journeyman who would do as back up if we had a quality back line. Clare, I was disappointed when we first let him go, but he is just too nice for SL. He lacks the physicality required.

I was hoping for a Cas win last night so we had a chance of Runners Up tonight, but they were awful went down without a wimper. Not sure if Wigan were bad or just had literally nothing to beat.

I just hope Hull can do us a favour tonight and beat Saints - put us out of our misery! The only good thing about last night, for me, was the M62 was clear after the game so I got home quick.

Yes, a win for Saints is just delaying the inevitable.

Prematch Clarke compared Sam Powell to Cam Smith!

yup!

I thought it was a tough game personally (up until midway second half). It had a playoff game feel to it.

Wigan defended well, but yeah, the Cas backs really aren't all that, and didn't really throw that much at us considering the field position they had. We still need to improve, of course, but onwards and upwards.

Cas have got a real chance next week. Neither team will get to the Grand Final though, so whoever wins will just be "delaying the inevitable" really! I don't care how poorly Wigan played on Thursday. They still won the game and right now Saints will be absolutely terrified of them.

Nobody at Saints is absolutely terrified of Wigan.

If Saints don't win the Grand Final it's two seasons of failure to win anything of note despite being the best team in Super League by a country mile. Who do you think will win the Grand Final? I think Wigan will.

Saints will beat Salford in the GF.

Wigan - Salford final as Saints secure their World Bottling Champions trophy.

I took 8/1 a couple of months ago on Wigan and I still think it’s a decent bet.

Yeah....

If Saints play anywhere near their best (big if I know, especially in a playoff game) then I think they’ll beat Wigan fairly comfortably. I wasn’t impressed one bit with Wigan on Thursday and for me that performance against a Saints or Salford would have seen them beaten. Still, I think a Saints vs Wigan Final is a dead cert with a Saints win, if they can hold their nerve for once. Would love to see Salford get to the final and win it, though.

I don’t think anyone at St Helens is terrified of Wigan. Are they looking over their shoulder and thinking this lot have a chance, probably. But terrified, I doubt it.

It’s still St Helens’ title to loose.

Actually it's Wigan's title to lose.

But I know what you mean.