Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:14 am  

Irregs#16 wrote:

Well, credit to Smith. Made some big changes for the last game.




Not.


Tuimavave to replace Sutcliffe, and Jebson won't get in the 17. Probably

To be honest I wouldn't play anymore youngsters this week than we have too, let the players who have put us in this position take the hammering.

If its under 50, I will be amazed.

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:24 am  

Dave K. wrote:

To be honest I wouldn't play anymore youngsters this week than we have too, let the players who have put us in this position take the hammering.

If its under 50, I will be amazed.

I'd have gone the opposite way, play the kids, give them the experience and if it's a cricket score so what.

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:28 am  

UllFC wrote:

I'd have gone the opposite way, play the kids, give them the experience and if it's a cricket score so what.

Best way to go. Honestly, completely destroying their confidence before they’ve even had chance to break through properly. What harm can come from that?

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:40 am  

K-Diddy wrote:

Best way to go. Honestly, completely destroying their confidence before they’ve even had chance to break through properly. What harm can come from that?

.Exactly, imagine making your debut in an 80-0 defeat, Smith has had the chance to play a couple in games against tye likes of Cas, Hudds and Leeds.

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:53 am  

K-Diddy wrote:

Best way to go. Honestly, completely destroying their confidence before they’ve even had chance to break through properly. What harm can come from that?

If they cant handle the pressure of a dead rubber game that nobody expects to win how will they handle regular 1st team action. Horne started his career at Headingley aged 16...

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:14 pm  

I think Saints could declare by half time in this game !

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:50 pm  

Bet Catalans are thinking oh crap…did all the hard work against Leeds and Sts get us.Didn’t we get stuffed by Salford early on this season then went to sts and nearly won??

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:58 pm  

I fear the worst! It's difficult not too!! Saints have to win, and win BIG!!!

As things stand, if we make an assumption that Wigan and Catalans both win, then Saints have to win by 62 points, plus whatever Catalans winning margin is, in order to give themselves any hope of snatching a top-two spot in the final standings, which in turn will most likely have implications for them in week 2 of the play-offs.

Given our legendary capacity for towel-throwing the moment the going gets tough, then this has one-way traffic written all over it!!

If the final margin is below 60 then either we've dug in (for at least a short while) or Saints have bombed it by getting over-excited trying to play one pass too many.

For any Fc fan who is making the journey over there, I don't know whether to admire them or question their sanity!!! This is as close to a given result as top flight sport can realistically aspire to!

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:20 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

At least Sky picked a decent game

Thank god it wasn't ours. They would have had to put it on an horror channel.

Re: St Helens - Away : Wed Sep 20, 2023 2:28 pm  

where are all the happy clappers?
Gone to ground like Pearson