Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:04 pm  

Proud of the lads again tonight.

The scoreline may make some people question that statement, however the pride in wearing the red vee was there for all to see, especially when Gardner, Makinson and Armstrong put their hands up to do stints in the back row at various stages of the match.

Thought Scott Hale had a decent debut and ran and tackled his blood to water. Mcgennis also put himself about. Roby was clear MOM again though.

Soliola was exposed again to a man cutting back inside to his left. He hits hard does Soliola and runs in with aggression, but he does leave alarming gaps at times.

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:14 pm  

Looking like it's a broken knuckle for Perry.

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:18 pm  

I can excuse that at times we looked lost and toothless in attack with a lack of geniune half backs, however with; Jammer, LMS, Perry, Roby, Sia, first choice outside backs on the field there are no valid excuses for the poor defensive display we saw tonight.

I seem to remember Soliola saying he's come over here to smash a few Brits around, at the time this excited me, I now would however like him to simply be able to tackle a little bit, the big shots are fine specticle but with a 50% success rate it should be back to basics on the tackle bags for Sia.

And broken knuckle for Perry, that'll make his free lunch hard to eat.

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:45 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Proud of the lads again tonight.

The scoreline may make some people question that statement, however the pride in wearing the red vee was there for all to see, especially when Gardner, Makinson and Armstrong put their hands up to do stints in the back row at various stages of the match.

Thought Scott Hale had a decent debut and ran and tackled his blood to water. Mcgennis also put himself about. Roby was clear MOM again though.

Soliola was exposed again to a man cutting back inside to his left. He hits hard does Soliola and runs in with aggression, but he does leave alarming gaps at times.

Agree with this 100%, sooner or later we were going to get caught out, and away to Hudds was always going to be difficult, even at full strength. Was proud of the ffort oput in, right to the final hooter.

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:46 pm  

Wasn't the last time Hudds beat us also the last time we played them without any halfbacks?

Just wondering.

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:54 pm  

Not including the pre season I think you are correct ?

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:58 pm  

the tackling was diabolical...and it wasn't only the junior players who were missing em either.

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 6:59 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Wasn't the last time Hudds beat us also the last time we played them without any halfbacks?

Just wondering.

Pryce and Long were the halfbacks in the 2008 defeat.
In the 2009 CC semi final loss, it was Pryce and Eastmond, Eastmond was probably 2nd in the order behind Long.

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 7:02 pm  

lfcsaint wrote:

In the 2009 CC semi final loss, it was Pryce and Eastmond, Eastmond was probably 2nd in the order behind Long.

I'm getting mixed up with Leeds at the Galpharm aren't I? It was when we played Leeds last year, of course.

I wondered whether I had gotten it right!

Re: Saints v Huddersfield : Sat May 14, 2011 7:10 pm  

I know we had injuries and put the effort in like we have over last month or so and can be proud of the effort but today our one on one defence was shocking at times!

Shenton, Ashe and sia missed simple one one tackles today which resulted in tries. Injuries are no excuse for poor tackles like that.

We are urgent for a halfback to return, even if it's just one as we can't function in attack with no halfbacks.