Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 2:52 am  

If it makes you feel better, I'm much more apprehensive about playing you next week now after having Wigan dominate you.

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:36 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

We could absolutely blitz Warrington next week. It just depends on how embarrassed our players are by their collective performance tonight. We could have beaten Wigan tonight had we been able to hold on to the ball. Wigan are always available at some point during the second half. We started the comeback but kept dropping the ball. And mostly it is the senior players who are making the big cockups.

Saints need to do more than keep hold of the ball. Gaskell was pinpointed by Wigan to such an extent, it was painful to watch. Simmons needs to work out another way of integrating him in the defensive line without being so easily isolated.

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:42 am  

Paul Youane wrote:

Saints this year have 1 point out of 10 from games against Wigan, Warrington and Huddersfield so far.

I see no reason to suspect that trend will be bucked next week.

I don't think I agree with you on much, but this I do. Againats the big teams this year we haven't really competed bar once on Good Friday. We got lucky at MM and the other 3 games we've been outplayed in every area. I think Wire will beat us next week.

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:56 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

I don't think I agree with you on much, but this I do. Againats the big teams this year we haven't really competed bar once on Good Friday. We got lucky at MM and the other 3 games we've been outplayed in every area. I think Wire will beat us next week.

I don't think we got lucky at MM. At MM we wanted to win. Wigan did exactly the same last night as they did at MM. They wobbled in the second half. That's when we started to score tries. But because we couldn't hold on to the ball, we fluffed most of our chances. From the East Stand there were three occasions when the line was ahead and we could have got there, but we dropped the ball when we weren't under any pressure.

But when Jammer makes his first decent tackle at 65 minutes, what can we expect? The forwards couldn't be bothered last night. They were still at the Exiles game. LMS wasn't in a game at all. He needs to take ball handling lessons.

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:42 am  

Its clear for all to see that at present the league is split into 3 first rate teams Wigan, Huddersfield, Warrington.

Four second rate teams Saints, Leeds, Castleford & Catalans

The second rate teams are capable of causing the odd upset against the big three but on the whole are not good enough.
Catalans by the way are imo the best of the second raters, and are pretty close to being part of the first raters.

Then the dross, who are pretty much whipping boys

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:40 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Can't wait. If you offered me a sub-20 point defeat now I'd willingly take it.

This season has been one of total and utter frustration. We've got the potential there to be a cracking side. If we got everyone fit, Leon playing well etc, we could have won something this year but just about everything that could possibly go against us does. Injuries, suspensions, video referee decisions etc.

It was always going to be tough this year, playing at Widnes and without KC, but it's been hellishly frustrating. So many little glimpses of positivity but this isn't our year. Roll on 2012. Over to you Eammon, get some signings made...

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Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:04 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

We could absolutely blitz Warrington next week.

Er............have you been drinking? We've not been "blitzed" all season,so what makes you think it will happen next week? I think there's more chance of a long overdue wire double than a saints win,and i'm fairly confident that will be the outcome,but I do hope the saints fans travel in numbers and enjoy the game. I am a west stand(away end)season ticket holder and the wire club shop staff have told me that saints have sold nowhere near their usual amount of tickets for next weeks game. Have you all given up on it and decided to keep your cash in your pockets?

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:24 am  

I'm not particularly concerned. Looking at the side we're one year of experience and one or two good signings away from being right at the top (provided we steer clear of injuries). Hohaia and Laffranchi will certainly stiffen up the team - both in attack and defence. Next season Gaskell(ish), Lomax, Wheeler, Foster, Makinson et al will all be fully developed SL players and they'll tear apart many a team. But we simply MUST address the loss of Graham. It would be utter stupidity to jeopardise next season (the most important perhaps in Saints history) by failing to sign a top prop.

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:12 am  

Wilderspool memories wrote:

Er............have you been drinking? We've not been "blitzed" all season,so what makes you think it will happen next week?

By blitzed I don't mean necessarily scoring lots of points over you. I mean not giving you a chance to win. We could be stung enough by our own performance to out-perform you next week or we could have just packed in the season and gone home already.

Re: Next week : Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:52 pm  

Mugwump wrote:

I'm not particularly concerned. Looking at the side we're one year of experience and one or two good signings away from being right at the top (provided we steer clear of injuries). Hohaia and Laffranchi will certainly stiffen up the team - both in attack and defence. Next season Gaskell(ish), Lomax, Wheeler, Foster, Makinson et al will all be fully developed SL players and they'll tear apart many a team. But we simply MUST address the loss of Graham. It would be utter stupidity to jeopardise next season (the most important perhaps in Saints history) by failing to sign a top prop.

Hohaia is a good signing, not sure if he'd be better at full back or at half back though. If Lomax plays the other role I think we're a more dynamic and attacking side.

Laffranchi is a good player, but is he a prop and is he as good as Graham? For me we're still a forward short and a quality back short and with our quota full it doesn't leave us many options.