Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:01 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

You are similar to many people who become fanatical supporters of a sport, or team, and quickly lose interest. The people who have watched Saints all their lives, or any other team for tht matter, accept the ups and downs as part of life, and move on. We realise that you cannot always be the best, but enjoy the times when we are. We will still be Saints supporters for the rest of our lives. Most of the evengelical people won't. Its part of life.

I've watched saints from the age of 6 and I'm now 32 but I was totally bored last night. It was one of the worst I've ever seen and ended up not even paying attention to the game.

It don't matter how much or how little you've watched saints, nobody can deny that was total rubbish last week.

I was very impressed with the London winger (Dixon?)

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 12:37 pm  

St pete wrote:

I've watched saints from the age of 6 and I'm now 32 but I was totally bored last night. It was one of the worst I've ever seen and ended up not even paying attention to the game.

It don't matter how much or how little you've watched saints, nobody can deny that was total rubbish last week.

I was very impressed with the London winger (Dixon?)

Me too, far more than the big lump Omari Caro on the other wing who it has been rumoured Saints have been after.
Would be typical of the modern day Saints to go for the big crap lad on the wing rather than the fast elusive type

Dixon has scored 14 trys for Broncos this season. So has a better strike rate than Makinson, despite being in a cellar dwellar team. Looks a better player as well.
Only turned 20 this month.
Got 41 tackle busts and 10 clean breaks to his name and made 2251 metres.
Weak points are errors with 26 and 28 missed tackles

Makinson for comparison is 21 years old, scored 10 tries, 25 tackle busts and 9 clean breaks and made 1585 metres
Defensively has 20 errors and 18 missed tackles.

When you consider that Makinson will not have been put under as much pressure defensively as Dixon due to London being rubbish then the error count and missed tackle count stand up quite well.

Dixon is definitely one to watch in the years ahead.

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:16 pm  

I have heard Omari Caro is signing for HKR. It was he who won the fastest man competition recently at Headingley. I saw him play recently in London V Wigan U20's and he was really quick, scoring two superb long range tries, but he was very raw, particularly defensively.

I do like the looks of Dixon and Dan Sarginson from the Broncos, both look very exciting players.

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:23 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

I have heard Omari Caro is signing for HKR. It was he who won the fastest man competition recently at Headingley. I saw him play recently in London V Wigan U20's and he was really quick, scoring two superb long range tries, but he was very raw, particularly defensively.

I do like the looks of Dixon and Dan Sarginson from the Broncos, both look very exciting players.

I did like the look of Sarginson earlier this season, has a great step and turn of pace. But he was very quiet last night and has been in most games recently. Was a bit disappointed in him.

Dixon was a real livewire.

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:28 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

You are similar to many people who become fanatical supporters of a sport, or team, and quickly lose interest.

We have never met and therefore you haven't a clue what I am like so your comment is silly, frankly.

The people who have watched Saints all their lives, or any other team for tht matter, accept the ups and downs as part of life, and move on.

Long term fans do leave the game you know. I know of two who have done. A relative is one of them. So again that is a silly comment.

As ever, people reinvent what I say. I have simply said that Saints are boring to watch. Who said anything about losing interest? I've continued to pay my season ticket, and have just renewed it, in spite of spending a lot of time unemployed this season. I'm fully aware that teams have their ups and downs and this season is a down for Saints but it comes as no surprise because - if you remember - I didn't think it was a good idea to put Rush and KC in charge in the first place. So nothing that has happened this season has been a surprise to me.

I started out concerned about Nathan Brown's appointment, given his tendency to want to go home and Huddersfield's tendency to slumps, but now I can't wait for him to do something with what is a better team than we are seeing under the present coaching set up even if it isn't a team of world beaters. Not least I want to see our young players back to something resembling the form they were in last season.

Saints are boring me rigid. But that is just this season. Hopefully next season they will play better because hopefully they will be coached better.

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 1:30 pm  

JonB95 wrote:

I did like the look of Sarginson earlier this season, has a great step and turn of pace. But he was very quiet last night and has been in most games recently. Was a bit disappointed in him.

I thought that last night was his first game back in a while having been out injured?

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 2:16 pm  

Sarginson has had a pretty bad injury so if he has been poor he can be forgiven for it.

Didn't see the game so can't comment. I do share the pessimism regarding the playoffs though unfortunately.

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 3:07 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Me too, far more than the big lump Omari Caro on the other wing who it has been rumoured Saints have been after.
Would be typical of the modern day Saints to go for the big crap lad on the wing rather than the fast elusive type

Dixon has scored 14 trys for Broncos this season. So has a better strike rate than Makinson, despite being in a cellar dwellar team. Looks a better player as well.
Only turned 20 this month.
Got 41 tackle busts and 10 clean breaks to his name and made 2251 metres.
Weak points are errors with 26 and 28 missed tackles

Makinson for comparison is 21 years old, scored 10 tries, 25 tackle busts and 9 clean breaks and made 1585 metres
Defensively has 20 errors and 18 missed tackles.

When you consider that Makinson will not have been put under as much pressure defensively as Dixon due to London being rubbish then the error count and missed tackle count stand up quite well.


Caro is no lump. I'm told he's as quick as they come, in the odd times he has the ball he looked pretty handy.

I checked dixons stats also, very impressive, he was also youth player of the year for London last year.

I think Dixon is well worth a punt.
Dixon is definitely one to watch in the years ahead.

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:33 pm  

JonB95 wrote: I did like the look of Sarginson earlier this season, has a great step and turn of pace. But he was very quiet last night and has been in most games recently. Was a bit disappointed in him. Dixon was a real livewire. Sarginson has been out injured for quite a while. Did he play last night? http://www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/7623

JonB95 wrote: I did like the look of Sarginson earlier this season, has a great step and turn of pace. But he was very quiet last night and has been in most games recently. Was a bit disappointed in him. Dixon was a real livewire. Sarginson has been out injured for quite a while. Did he play last night? http://www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/7623

Re: 30 -0 : Sat Sep 01, 2012 4:51 pm  

Rogues Gallery wrote: Sarginson has been out injured for quite a while. Did he play last night? http://www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/7623 Sarginson didn't play last night which is maybe why some people thought he had a quiet game!

Rogues Gallery wrote: Sarginson has been out injured for quite a while. Did he play last night? http://www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/7623 Sarginson didn't play last night which is maybe why some people thought he had a quiet game!