Re: Good Win : Sat May 07, 2011 7:16 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

When it did go to Kyle he used it well and did take on the line. He didn't have a bad game at all and people need to get over their bitterness about what happened early on in the season.

I agree. And his try was the result of some excellent support play. Most fans at the match supported Kyle. Only a small minority were pains in the backside.

Talking about useless, Tom Armstrong struggled today. I quite like him in glimpses but I'm not convinced where he'll play. Centre perhaps.

Centre is where he has been playing and at Leigh he has impressed. Foster slipped into fullback after Armstrong made the big mess up with the 40-20 attempt.

I thought it was a pretty average showing today.

I agree with that too. But Saints looked absolutely knackered at the end of the match. That's worrying, especially since we now have three new injuries to contend with.

Man of the match by some distance was Louie McCarthy Scarsbrook, thought he was superb today.

Agree again, although MoM was Wilkin I think. Once again, he really took on the game. Should shut up those who reckoned he wouldn't back up his Hull performance!

Re: Good Win : Sat May 07, 2011 7:40 pm  

Rommel wrote:

Sheffield No6 was outstanding and we could do with him for Saints

Hands off

Disappointed with inconsistency of Ben Thaler who was afraid to award penalties against Saints. Penalty count of Saints 6 Eagles 1 (and that awarded after 70 mins)

Off-side rule and 10 metre rule was ref'd in two widely differing standards today.

Not impressed with Eastmond or Graham and Foster is only a goal kicker (and I know he scored a couple of simple tries) but didn't pull any trees up. Only Wigan (28) and Quins (27) scored more than us against you, and we're only part-time. Quentin (6) is just finding his feet and Menzie (3) is a big power centre and neither could be properly contained. I think your forwards struggled with the Eagles pack being not only big, but mobile. [Most teams do] I think that the Saints team thought they'ed wear the Eagles down and were surprised when the fought back.

Very surprised at how quiet the Saints support was.

Finally a huge thank you to the extremely helpful senior security officer (South Stand)and the south stand staff (orange and yellow jackets) and turnstyle security folks who went out of their way to be friendly and unbelievably helpful in solving problems over the lack of programmes in the south stand

Lovely comment was "they dont sell many this side so haven't provided any today, and only 400 were printed". Thankfully these staff helped out and we are extremely grateful.

Re: Good Win : Sat May 07, 2011 8:02 pm  

Thaler had a poor game which is a shame, spoilt it a bit.

Want to say thanks for the credit from the Saints fans (the BBC have given us none, as per usual) and the friendly manner in the bar before the game. Credit to the club.

Eastmond just seems to be phoning it in, didnt stand out too much today. I see all the people waving money at him has got on his and his mothers nerves..... (But hes NOT going for the money!)

Re: Good Win : Sat May 07, 2011 8:17 pm  

at the end of the game i could see ashe walking back inside, didnt look to dodgy to me...

Re: Good Win : Sat May 07, 2011 8:59 pm  

_nay0r_4_jenny_ wrote:

at the end of the game i could see ashe walking back inside, didnt look to dodgy to me...

Walking and playing are slightly different!

Re: Good Win : Sat May 07, 2011 9:46 pm  

I think Ashe not returning to play was a precaution, given he's just come back from a serious knee injury it would be understandable not to risk pushing him further.

Re: Good Win : Sun May 08, 2011 10:13 am  

SHORTEAGLE wrote:

Hands off

Disappointed with inconsistency of Ben Thaler who was afraid to award penalties against Saints. Penalty count of Saints 6 Eagles 1 (and that awarded after 70 mins)

That's a pattern that's emerged in most of our games this year. I think against Wigoon we didn't concede a penalty until either late first half or into the second. We are currently the least penalised team in the league which suggests that we are the most disciplined rather than favoured by officials.

Re: Good Win : Sun May 08, 2011 11:06 am  

SHORTEAGLE wrote:

Hands off

Disappointed with inconsistency of Ben Thaler who was afraid to award penalties against Saints. Penalty count of Saints 6 Eagles 1 (and that awarded after 70 mins)

Off-side rule and 10 metre rule was ref'd in two widely differing standards today.

Not impressed with Eastmond or Graham and Foster is only a goal kicker (and I know he scored a couple of simple tries) but didn't pull any trees up. Only Wigan (28) and Quins (27) scored more than us against you, and we're only part-time. Quentin (6) is just finding his feet and Menzie (3) is a big power centre and neither could be properly contained. I think your forwards struggled with the Eagles pack being not only big, but mobile. [Most teams do] I think that the Saints team thought they'ed wear the Eagles down and were surprised when the fought back.

Very surprised at how quiet the Saints support was.

Finally a huge thank you to the extremely helpful senior security officer (South Stand)and the south stand staff (orange and yellow jackets) and turnstyle security folks who went out of their way to be friendly and unbelievably helpful in solving problems over the lack of programmes in the south stand

Lovely comment was "they dont sell many this side so haven't provided any today, and only 400 were printed". Thankfully these staff helped out and we are extremely grateful.

Why was you surprised about how quiet the Saints support was? Saints were playing a average part time side, this was a nice weekend off from the intensity of SL. It was just about doing enough to win.

Re: Good Win : Sun May 08, 2011 11:10 am  

WindleSaint wrote:

Why was you surprised about how quiet the Saints support was? Saints were playing a average part time side, this was a nice weekend off from the intensity of SL. It was just about doing enough to win.

To be fair, though, we were just as quiet against Castleford on Easter Monday, except for during the final 15 minutes when the Big Fightback was on! I think Saints fans are just more responsive to what is happening on the pitch than some fans are. When Saints aren't firing properly, and they weren't firing properly against Cas (for whatever reason), Saints fans tend to go quiet. It usually means they are nervous in my experience! The minute the players do something which shows some spark, either brilliant play or major effort (in attack or defence), the fans respond. They also respond to real crisis moments, like the last 15 minutes of a game that we need to win and suddenly look like we could possibly win!

Re: Good Win : Sun May 08, 2011 12:28 pm  

SHORTEAGLE wrote:

Hands off

Disappointed with inconsistency of Ben Thaler who was afraid to award penalties against Saints. Penalty count of Saints 6 Eagles 1 (and that awarded after 70 mins)

Off-side rule and 10 metre rule was ref'd in two widely differing standards today.

Not impressed with Eastmond or Graham and Foster is only a goal kicker (and I know he scored a couple of simple tries) but didn't pull any trees up. Only Wigan (28) and Quins (27) scored more than us against you, and we're only part-time. Quentin (6) is just finding his feet and Menzie (3) is a big power centre and neither could be properly contained. I think your forwards struggled with the Eagles pack being not only big, but mobile. [Most teams do] I think that the Saints team thought they'ed wear the Eagles down and were surprised when the fought back.

Very surprised at how quiet the Saints support was.

Finally a huge thank you to the extremely helpful senior security officer (South Stand)and the south stand staff (orange and yellow jackets) and turnstyle security folks who went out of their way to be friendly and unbelievably helpful in solving problems over the lack of programmes in the south stand

Lovely comment was "they dont sell many this side so haven't provided any today, and only 400 were printed". Thankfully these staff helped out and we are extremely grateful.

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