Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:29 pm  

Mitch a player who has played about 6 games has been our best defender.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:32 pm  

Mr. Zucchini Head wrote:

If Gale is banned next week (I'm almost certain he will be), can we please just leave Connor at full back and play either McNamara or Hookem at 7. I don't think I can stomach seeing Shaul at full back again.

Offered nothing going forward, 4 mistakes and got beat the ball by Welsby for that try.

Was tough circumstances and first game back though, thought Mitch did well, put Mcintosh at FB maybe.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:33 pm  

World of Redboy wrote:

How, when Shaul is trying to play the ball and is pushed down by the St Helens marker is that not a penalty?

If you are talking about the same incident I think you are. I thought the same until they showed the replay and saw that Shaul had lost control before the push by the defender.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:35 pm  

Dave K. wrote:

Offered nothing going forward, 4 mistakes and got beat the ball by Welsby for that try.

Was tough circumstances and first game back though, thought Mitch did well, put Mcintosh at FB maybe.

Yeah I'd be ok with that.

McIntosh
Mitch
Tuimavave (I hope)
Wynne/Scott
Swift
Reynolds
Connor

That doesn't look too bad.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:36 pm  

6-38, we got away lightly today.

With our current team, we were always going to lose this match. However, we don’t help ourselves:
- stupid by Wynne
- very stupid by Gale

This just needed a solid performance, keep the game simple and play the conditions. Increase our defensive line speed. Hopefully force some errors and hope to build some pressure.

We were playing the Champions with a weak side. Where in the game plan did someone say we get a player sin binned and one sent off. Both incidents totally unnecessary!

We have to learn and get better.

Hopefully we go better next week.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:38 pm  

We could have made it look prettier but that scoreline was more or less what I thought it would be. So considering we played most of the game with 12 men then it's not too bad effort wise.

Too many of our best weapons missing today to have had a say in that game.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:38 pm  

Not many positives, although Saints are top class, particularly their defence, it's brutal and two fantastic props. Unless they pick up a load of injuries, it's hard to see anyone stopping them.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:39 pm  

giddyupoldfella wrote:

We could have made it look prettier but that scoreline was more or less what I thought it would be. So considering we played most of the game with 12 men then it's not too bad effort wise.

Too many of our best weapons missing today to have had a say in that game.

Scoreline kept down because of the weather.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:52 pm  

I thought the first half was as bad as I've seen us for a long time, and one of the worst halves of rugby I've seen by us ever really. I know that sounds a little overdramatic but it really was awful.

Second half wasn't good by any stretch but at least we rolled our sleeves up a bit.

I think the best thing we can do after that is forget it ever happened and try to get back on the horse next week.

Re: St Helens Pre Match Chat : Sat Feb 19, 2022 2:56 pm  

Lomax injury For those accusing Lomax of feigning injury and saying he was barely touched, brushed his thigh etc.

Lomax injury For those accusing Lomax of feigning injury and saying he was barely touched, brushed his thigh etc.