Judder Man wrote:
Losing the last of the legends in KC damaged the team in losing that mentality factor to win games. Wellens and to a certain extent Wilkin depend on doggedness to keep us in a game, the only inspirational player is Roby but he,s not a natural leader. Hopefully the arrival of Walsh will give us some sort of plan/approach to the game.
Once Walmsley and Thompson develop to another level and our impact prop arrives to these shores we might look useful again in the pack. Our next problem who is going to be our no 6 for the next 3 years or so.
I think the problems are deeper than personnel though. If you look at that Wigan side last night, they had several players who wouldn't get near our side. They had Gelling who is appalling, Tomkins' kid brother who makes Nathan Ashe look like a State of Origin player, one proper halfback and a child and two or three forwards who aren't going to playing for them long term. Yet their attitude was brilliant. Up and at Warrington, aggressive and nasty and determined to win every collision and hurt the ball carrier. They fought for every ball and everything was done with intensity. When you look at our side, it's clear they are just going through the motions. Professionals doing a solid job, but they clearly don't want it enough.
We need a cultural shift at Saints.