Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:19 am  

barham red wrote:

1st visit to Langtree pk yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed the night. Thought we showed some flair and ambition 1st half, defended as a team and even saw the game out well in the latter parts. Must admit I never thought we'd have it so easy tho. Never seen a saints team offer so little threat, look so apathetic and clueless.
Having beaten you twice this year I thought a lot of that was down to the injury situation but u actually played worse lsst night than the games at CP.
Thanks to all the saints fans who were very welcoming and will defo be back next yr.

You'd done your home work on us. Those little kicks thru in the first 20 mins resulted in you scoring points. You utilised our lack of pace and mobility with them kicks and it basically have you the points but you run harder, tackled harder and was more clever with the ball.

No excuses, you was the better team by a mile.

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:22 am  

St pete wrote:

No excuses, you was the better team by a mile.

They were yet the scoreline will paper over the cracks once again just like the Widnes game did.

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:27 am  

Blobbynator wrote:

They were yet the scoreline will paper over the cracks once again just like the Widnes game did.

Getting beat by Hill KR and Widnes at home papers over NO cracks.

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:39 am  

St pete wrote:

You'd done your home work on us. Those little kicks thru in the first 20 mins resulted in you scoring points. You utilised our lack of pace and mobility with them kicks and it basically have you the points but you run harder, tackled harder and was more clever with the ball.

No excuses, you was the better team by a mile.

Thanks, cant argue with any of that, shame to see a saints team so down on it heels, can echo what a lot are saying, some of Browns positional selections are baffling. Almost became a quiz as to where Wellens was supposed to be playing.
Hicks was his usual baffling self as well, gave some very odd decisions at times.
The way its shaping up in the league its not beyond possibility we'll meet again this year.

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:42 am  

St pete wrote:

Getting beat by Hill KR and Widnes at home papers over NO cracks.

It shouldn't but will McManus do anything about it?

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:46 am  

barham red wrote:

Thanks, cant argue with any of that, shame to see a saints team so down on it heels, can echo what a lot are saying, some of Browns positional selections are baffling. Almost became a quiz as to where Wellens was supposed to be playing.
Hicks was his usual baffling self as well, gave some very odd decisions at times.
The way its shaping up in the league its not beyond possibility we'll meet again this year.

The ref was poor but no excuse.

I was shocked that he changed his decision for a try. He gave a drop out them 20secs later gave a try.

Eden took the kicks well which I was shocked at

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 10:38 am  

St pete wrote:

The ref was poor but no excuse.

I was shocked that he changed his decision for a try. He gave a drop out them 20secs later gave a try.

Eden took the kicks well which I was shocked at

Eden has bee v good for the last 3 games, mom in cats and will have been close last night. He will have head farts at times but is exciting to watch and offers a lot in attack.

Never saw yhe try that clearly looked ss if the in goal judge or linesman gave it.

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:35 am  

God help Eamon he has enough on his plate at present. I think he may look to throw his hand in when he returns. The whole fabric of the club is wobbling even to the point which we have no luck with the weather, Friday night home game end of June and the rain and cold returns again. I am struggling for anything positive at present my wife and daughter have had season tickets since Langtree opened as new supporters I have just been pleading with them to stick with it and give it another season. This is not one defeat which on paper was quite a close game it has been one game similar to this after another.

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:58 am  

Loz wrote:

God help Eamon he has enough on his plate at present. I think he may look to throw his hand in when he returns. The whole fabric of the club is wobbling even to the point which we have no luck with the weather, Friday night home game end of June and the rain and cold returns again. I am struggling for anything positive at present my wife and daughter have had season tickets since Langtree opened as new supporters I have just been pleading with them to stick with it and give it another season. This is not one defeat which on paper was quite a close game it has been one game similar to this after another.

I reckon McManus will want a few answers on his return, he already mentioned in the programme he has a tolerance point on personnel attitude and effort, how much of this is to pacify the supporters we will soon know.

For me I would forget about a top 8 finish this year and start giving our younger players stable fixed positions ready for the next season. If that means losing every game from now on then so be it.

I would drop La Franc, Lance, TP, Howarth, O,Brien, our conditioner and coach cannot be taken into 2014. We should be looking at our playing structure, tactics, game plans, conditioning schedules from 2000 to 2006 and try to emulate them. Obviously we don,t have the players of quality to give the same effect, but at least it would be better than this fragmented, confusing load of rubbish we are having to endure week in week out.

Re: Saints v Hull KR : Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:05 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

I reckon McManus will want a few answers on his return, he already mentioned in the programme he has a tolerance point on personnel attitude and effort, how much of this is to pacify the supporters we will soon know.

For me I would forget about a top 8 finish this year and start giving our younger players stable fixed positions ready for the next season. If that means losing every game from now on then so be it.

I would drop La Franc, Lance, TP, Howarth, O,Brien, our conditioner and coach cannot be taken into 2014. We should be looking at our playing structure, tactics, game plans, conditioning schedules from 2000 to 2006 and try to emulate them. Obviously we don,t have the players of quality to give the same effect, but at least it would be better than this fragmented, confusing load of rubbish we are having to endure week in week out.

We don't need to emulate the great saints team as its totally different team even with the total difference in ability of the players. We need this team to play the way that suits the players we have, it needs to find its own identity, work on things that work for this team and not what teams of years gone by did.

The balance needs sorting for a start and we need to keep players in their positions and stop moving them about.