Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 5:47 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Very confident for some reason.

Saints by 10+

Same.

Dureau's injury is huge.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:06 pm  

Cragganmore Kid wrote:

Same.

Dureau's injury is huge.

Him missing swings the game hugely in Saints favour. He put in the best individual performence i've seen all season against us at the DW.

Saints by 14.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:07 pm  

I'm going for saints to win big style by at least 18 points.

Betfair is only giving odds of 1/3 for us to win and 11/4 for the cats to win similar to odds at betfred winning by 18 doesn't seem to be that optimistic.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:15 pm  

If Dureau was fit i would say it was a banker for Les Catalans. However if they are disorganised offensively then that should give Saints a chance.

Dont be surprised however if Les Cats absolutely take us to the cleaners. They can play an absolutely brilliant brand of attacking rugby, and are quite prepared to attack from any part of the pitch.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:17 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Him missing swings the game hugely in Saints favour. He put in the best individual performence i've seen all season against us at the DW.

Saints by 14.

Totally agree.

With him lining up against us, I'd give Catalan the edge. Without him, I fancy Saints to win by 12+. He's that important to them.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:23 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

If Dureau was fit i would say it was a banker for Les Catalans. However if they are disorganised offensively then that should give Saints a chance.

Dont be surprised however if Les Cats absolutely take us to the cleaners. They can play an absolutely brilliant brand of attacking rugby, and are quite prepared to attack from any part of the pitch.

If you feel they are that dangerous; you can get 11/4 on them.

In the leeds game WITH dureau, a decent leeds team should have beat them; as it turned out, leeds were awful.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:32 pm  

I've no doubt we will win Friday and by 18 points.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:18 pm  

St pete wrote:

I've no doubt we will win Friday and by 18 points.

That's more like it.

Saw Catalan play Huddersfield a few weeks ago, huddersfield where not great but had enough about them to hold out les cats. I think some hysteria has fallen into the Saints fans. We lost to Wigan and Warrington and suddenly we were struggling to make the top 4.

I recall a few months back some Leeds fans where wondering if they would make 4th spot after their good run, but I tried to point out who they had been playing. Les Cats have been on a good run, whilst we have played the top 2 and lost, but that does not equate to this meaning we are struggling whilst les Cats are flying. I'd fully expect Saints to beat les Cat's with or without their top players. We are not as poor as we think we are, the question is can we get better by the end of the season?

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:43 pm  

It's a tough one to call..... Catalans still have enough quality in their ranks to win without Dureau, but their set-up offensively will be completely different and I'm not sure whether they'll adapt to it.

I think Greenshields could be moved to 6 in Dureau's position and if so, that'll be okay. Having Fakir and Baille back is a big plus for Les Catalans and will certainly make their pack a lot stronger, Sa and Ferriol are still big loses though.

I say Catalans by 2 points. Very hard to call really. It could be very tense come 70 mins gone tomorrow night.

Re: Friday : Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:48 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

That's more like it.

Saw Catalan play Huddersfield a few weeks ago, huddersfield where not great but had enough about them to hold out les cats. I think some hysteria has fallen into the Saints fans. We lost to Wigan and Warrington and suddenly we were struggling to make the top 4.

I recall a few months back some Leeds fans where wondering if they would make 4th spot after their good run, but I tried to point out who they had been playing. Les Cats have been on a good run, whilst we have played the top 2 and lost, but that does not equate to this meaning we are struggling whilst les Cats are flying. I'd fully expect Saints to beat les Cat's with or without their top players. We are not as poor as we think we are, the question is can we get better by the end of the season?

This I agree with, but I think you're a little dismissive of Catalan's threat - a double over Wigan suggest they've got a performance or two in them.