Solid/Good win/Super Leon/Average : Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:54 pm
I thought we did well tonight. Wakefield held out in the initial arm wrestle and came back at us with two superb tries (Both highlighted Wello's lack of pace). I thougth the last 10 in the first half and the first twenty in the second half were excellent. Not the Saints of old, but dominant and well executed play.Keiron Cunningham may be retiring but he is still absolutely essential to our organisation and his influence over the team is almost hypnotic, it all seems to go rather pear shaped when he takes a break, whether he's actually involved in the play or not, it seems his presence just inspires the belief.
Honourable mentions tonight to Jammer, Maurie and especially Bryn Hargreaves. His spells on the pitch were full of effort and far more effect than last season, I thought he played really well against a strong Wakefield pack. But the MOM for me tonight was Super Leon Pryce. He was everywhere, tackling like a demon, encouraging the players, geeing them up and advising them. His attacking play was direct and always threatening. His work up the middle, as ever, was sensational making the selfless runs up the middle to get so many sets motoring. Kyle had a good game as well and I think those two could work out to be a great partnership once they learn to play together a bit more.
But the struggle we had to close the game out at the end shows we are no longer the Elite in Super League (With Leeds of course). We are now one of many and pretty much every game is going to be difficult, which I suppose is how it should be. Top 4 would be a great achievement. Hull, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Warrington and Wigan all look as good as us this season, so there could be plenty of close games ahead.