Re: Are we still in superleague? : Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:50 am  

bewareshadows wrote:

I think because of the hype the gap between Wigan / Warrington and the rest has been over estimated.

I thought Wire looked very much like their old selves last friday - too many forced offloads from rying to score on every play.

Re: Are we still in superleague? : Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:17 am  

Myler was lost at halfback without Briers doing the creative side of things

Re: Are we still in superleague? : Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:53 am  

Offside Monkey wrote:

I thought Wire looked very much like their old selves last friday - too many forced offloads from rying to score on every play.

Aye, clueless.

They lost a lot of structure in their attack faced with a good defence, Briers is a key player for them, especially as he appears to have become more professional under Smith.

Re: Are we still in superleague? : Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:34 pm  

You can't seriously be bothered what the twerps on SKY say, those two change their opinions to suit - they both devalue our game.

I'm not a Saints fan and you do have some of the more arrogant fans in the game. However Saints record is second to none and the style of RL played has been exceptional. A joy to watch even when on the receiving end. Warrington are flavour of the month but are yet to win a SL title, Hudds are yet to win anything and as it happens Cas are SL leaders.

Far to early to count anyone in and certainly Saints out, why even mention let alone worry about it.

Re: Are we still in superleague? : Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:58 pm  

Our last few games (victories) have been entertaining affairs.
Hopefully we'll see the same this Friday.

Re: Are we still in superleague? : Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:41 am  

This is something I remember speaking to the old boy about last year and it seems to be happening again - Saints quietly maintaining a decent position in the league, not standing out, not getting hyped up and then when it comes to the business end of the season doing everything right to get to old trafford and that is what it's all about at the end of the day.

As for the Sky pundits, well the less said the better. The only one I really take seriously is Jon Wells.

I disagree on the Giant's being hyped up though, our defence is very good and the stats do prove that but I'm pretty sure I've only ever heard Brian Carney say we are contenders once and even then Eddy Hemmings looked at him as if to say "Stupid boy".

Re: Are we still in superleague? : Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:03 pm  

When I say Hyped, I think with all media now there has to be that element of hype. it seams to be the only consistent thing in the media.

For me the hype just exagerates the gap. There is a gap but it's not the chasm that the press can make it out to be. I would say that the league is starting to reflect the gap a bit more now and 2 points is a fair assessment of the gap.

It can be bridged.