Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 7:17 pm  

After what appeared to be a write off of a season, Rush and KC have put some real pride back in the redvee, particulalrly with what is generally considered to be a squad lacking in quality. Time to look ahead now, with confidence, to next year. Come on you Saints.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 7:21 pm  

SomersetSaint wrote:

After what appeared to be a write off of a season, Rush and KC have put some real pride back in the redvee, particulalrly with what is generally considered to be a squad lacking in quality. Time to look ahead now, with confidence, to next year. Come on you Saints.

We did well this season given the lack of an experienced proven halfback in the squad, if we want to have a hope in hell of winning something that will need to change. Personally I dont count semi finals as success, were slowly going backwards as a team, hopefully Brown can change that.

Proud of the effort the team put in tonight but we simply lack the class to push on and win titles.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:35 pm  

I must take my hat off to Mike Rush and Keiron and the outstanding job they have done this season. Well done you did us proud pity it had to be down to very poor refereeing that stopped us getting to the grand final. Don't worry we'll be there again next season. Good luck in what you do next year.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:47 pm  

4WD wrote:

I must take my hat off to Mike Rush and Keiron and the outstanding job they have done this season. Well done you did us proud pity it had to be down to very poor refereeing that stopped us getting to the grand final. Don't worry we'll be there again next season. Good luck in what you do next year.

Can't blame the ref for the loss. We lost because we lack a proper halfback

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:17 pm  

Serious question, why do you need to replace them with Brown, they are doing a great job.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:28 pm  

A bit of a mixed bag for me. I expected a touch more from our new signings and I'm not altogether happy about the way some of our younger players have been treated this season - not least Lomax, Dixon, Gaskell and Foster.

Shenton has proved to be a non-entity and Wilkin, whilst putting in plenty of effort defensively, has been desperately poor going forward and as the third attacking pivot.

On the plus side we have shown plenty of commitment and guts, especially when the season looked like imploding early on.

Looking forward to next season our pack looks more than capable (which is most of the battle when you're hunting for trophies). So Brown can have the confidence to experiment with different attacking combinations and tactics.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:58 pm  

The most positive thing about this season for me is Josh Jones. As long as he doesn't have second season syndrome the lad could be a star for us next year.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:07 pm  

We shouldn't have made it this far, but we have. That in itself is something to be proud.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:10 pm  

BackrowSaint wrote:

The most positive thing about this season for me is Josh Jones. As long as he doesn't have second season syndrome the lad could be a star for us next year.

Makinson has also improved of late, just hope he gets decent service from Turner next season.

Re: Proud to be a Saint : Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:20 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Makinson has also improved of late, just hope he gets decent service from Turner next season.

Makinson was great last season and has been great this season. He is one of just a very few players in our team who actually plays up in big games rather than falls apart. With a decent coach on board, Makinson should be a real star for us.