not at all its called game management.we should have seen out the tackle count then kicked deep with a chase and not give away a penalty on the first tackle

Ok.

For what it's worth he kicked it on the fourth tackle, Saints got the ball back about 21 yards from their line with about a minute to play.

Not terrible game management.

Inches away from us going in at halftime with a possible lead either from a try or a drop goal I'd rather we tried something different just never came off

I can accept the defending set wasn't good enough. But to blame it on the 4020 attempt is wrong, to me anyway.

I have realised for a very long time that most of what you say is incorrect.

I didn't say he isn't good enough. Houghton from the bench is what I'd like to see.

Saints are the best team in the league so we need some perspective.

No drama. Next week we need to do better.

Do you know what….we would all like to be a coach!

What do we know what goes on through the weeks training? Let’s just trust Hodgson for the rest of the season,

I think it could go pretty well!

oh well a full week of the usual suspects doing there post mortem on how s hite we are, They have posted on here tonight more than the last 3 weeks lol, Ok poor second half. for me reynolds shaul need to be replace by gale swift, We have Evans back next week maybe Bowden for JJ ? .big game against Wigan , Still if someone had said win 3/4 against Wires Saints Cats and Toulouse .

Saints who were battered days after a semi final defeat with a big forward as a centre, a youngster at half back and Lomax who was barely fit

We are clearly well behind saints. Yes, I’m know we’ve managed to beat cats & Hudds in the league but the current top 4 are well ahead of the rest
ie saints wigan cats and Huddersfield too are only going to get better as the season progresses
Great blend of experience and young kids coming through.

Firstly a great defensive effort .....
Ball in hand, we are atrocious...
We have solo drives with zero support, this is Radford Mk2 ..
Against well organized defensive teams, we won't cause the opposition many problems.
Some will point the finger, at recruitment, or the annual excuse of
"it's not his team", this is about basic attack,

Hodgson & Purtill need to address this.

Wouldn't mind seeing McIntosh at full back, & maybe Connor at 7, & Mitch at 2.Play the 6, on the left edge, instead of right edge, might get more opportunities.

We go again.

Seriously ? was this the best BH could get out of the team ?
This was like the CC loss to Giants

All our losses have been on a scale from Utter shoite to below average
We will NEVER EVER win a GF like that

We missed out on Ian Watson it’s clear now

The first 3 sets of 6 each already told me all I needed to see in the game
Drives then a gash kick from a poor 6

oh well we will likely finish 4-6th then get rolled out of the play offs

Agree ..
When Radford left, I was anticipating a better attacking structure implemented from a former attacking player.
It's groundhog Day ..
Our last play option, of the ' bomb' is pointless... might as well pass it to the opposition, they could kick along the floor, or aim the bomb towards the posts..
This is not a reaction to the loss, it's a reaction to the end result of the temporary break the team, has enjoyed, this was an opportunity to work on team cohesion, ball in hand..
Nothing has changed.

They weren't "battered", don't be hysterical.

They are professional sportsmen playing their third game in twenty four days.

We aren’t going to win the GF this season! And you are probably right with your prediction.

But this is a building process and we were so far behind it’s going to take some time.

Thought the forwards stood up well and pretty much matched their opponents.

We are let down by lack of organisation at half back. Hopefully this will be addressed for next season?

Connor Wynne had a pretty torrid time but hopefully he can use it as a massive learning curve and come back bigger and better?

Think we are getting there slowly but for some that isn’t quick enough and they expect overnight success?

Josh Griffin our top metre maker last night (119m) off the bench.

AP had had the club 10 years - are you seriously suggesting anyone should be patient after 10 years ??
unless you own Cleveland Browns

AP wanted success quick and basically he’s had not much at all and we no longer can be patient - why should we or he be ?

Need to be more Clinical when playing the top teams , bombed way to many chances first half and even 2 at the start of the second . What shaul offers I don’t know , even out of position on the wing , he offers nothing no more , he’s just a number instead of playing with 12 men . Taylor was knackered from the beginning , his fitness is shocking and embarrassing for a professional athlete, he was just walking the ball in after the first few minutes. Once hodgson gets his own team , hopefully next season we’ll be challenging. Not a million miles away at the minute .

Surprised at that. I thought he seemed quiet. Shows what I know

Jack Brown made 32 tackles last night without missing one. Bet there isn't many players who make over 20 tackles without a single miss against Saints. Brilliant defence from him last night.

A top team nearly at full strength reacts after a big defeat. I see what your saying now.

Have you forgotten about the Challenge Cup wins?

Think the manner in which we ended up losing was quite frustrating, due to the fact we probably should of lead at half time. Some very questionable pressure relieving penalty given by the ref, especially the tackled in the air one deemed to be made by Macintosh who had eyes and hands on the ball.

I cannot grumble at all about the first 40, I thought Satae, Mau, Sao and Brown all played amazing, aggressive ran the ball in with venom and looked majorly up for it as always.

The second half, il watching certain players and they are showing nowhere near the fight and commitment of those I've mentioned above. As soon as Saints got on a roll it looked liked Griffin gave up, you watch back one of there tries and he just doesn't try, same with Shaul who just watched Hurrell rather than attempt to tackle him, it's just not good enough from those two and I'd be very surprised if either are included against Wigan.

I think one thing Hodgson is get wrong is bring players back into the fold who clearly arnt 100 percent match fit. We now have the reserves to get players up to scratch fitness wise. Did Griffin or Taylor play any reserve minutes to get match fit? I don't understand why were wasting bench spots on players who are blowing after 15/20 minutes, it's costing us on the pitch. I'd say this really needs addressing as does our fitness in general, we were also blowing at halftime vs Rovers. I understand Taylor and Griffin probably played more mins due to the Fash injury but surely you've got to plan for the scenario a player does get injured.

Saints away you expect to get beat, I think with some intelligent tweaks we have the foundations of a good team, looking forward to Trueman joining as he d of mopped up a couple of times with his support play an area we're glaringly lacking, why isn't Reynolds anywhere near the potential offloads?

Next game if fit, Mitch has to come in at left centre with Swift on the wing.
Evans in for Taylor until he's match fit and can learn to run onto the ball with momentum like Sao, Satae, Mau and brown did.
Griffin into the reserves until fit.

Organising half back with a kicking game needed. I'd be looking to use an overseas spot for a ressie grade with a point to prove.

We didn't 'miss out'. He was coming until Huddersfield offered him more.