Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 8:27 am  

Saints at home up next, i think were probably all expecting another good hiding, im not expecting a win but it's a game were the players need to stand up for 80 minutes and battle, i watched London at Wigan and they dont have the best players but they graft hard for 80 minutes, and never give up, something that cant be said about us very often.
We need a 80 minute performance tomorrow to get our season back on track, win or lose.

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 9:36 am  

I agree with regards to London they have basically the championship squad from last season there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be able to put up an 80 minute performance but we don’t seem to do it

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 9:45 am  

We need to stop making bloody stupid mistakes, complete our sets and tackle like their lives depend on it. Then who knows? probably another loss, BUT stranger things have happened.

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 3:00 pm  

I don’t expect a win tomorrow but I will always hope, just need a good run of possession so no dropped passes or silly penalties. I just think our pack is light so extra sets to defend hits them really hard they tire & the game has gone. Keep it tight & saints have an off day or take us to lightly then who knows.

[Mild Rover]

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 4:38 pm  

Hard to be anything other than pessimistic currently.

I said last year, when we were struggling, that when we’re losing more than twice as often as we win, that’s when it starts to cross the line into ‘not fun’, for me. To that extent, i’m a glory fan.

I really hard it to find an angle to make tomorrow’s game interesting, in particular. Even, the ‘stranger things’, ‘against all odds’ narrative seems like an almost comical stretch, unfortunately.

We did surprisingly beat eventual champions Wigan after a similarly poor run of results last year, I suppose.

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 5:28 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

Hard to be anything other than pessimistic currently.

I said last year, when we were struggling, that when we’re losing more than twice as often as we win, that’s when it starts to cross the line into ‘not fun’, for me. To that extent, i’m a glory fan.

I really hard it to find an angle to make tomorrow’s game interesting, in particular. Even, the ‘stranger things’, ‘against all odds’ narrative seems like an almost comical stretch, unfortunately.

We did surprisingly beat eventual champions Wigan after a similarly poor run of results last year, I suppose.

I don’t think your a glory fan I think we’re all the sameI’ll go tomorrow as always but I’m not looking forward to it I’m going out of habit rather than enjoyment and although we have a good record against Saints at home that saying of you never know doesn’t count tomorrow as we do know we’re going to get beat and that’s a certainty

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 5:54 pm  

Have we got 17 players out injured? Can see it being tight for 20 minutes then the heads go down after a few quick scores. We need to be so much more aggressive in defence as a team but not sure it can be done without the big props playing and fit?

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 6:09 pm  

We’ll never beat anyone without a pack of some weight.
I thought it was a big mistake hanging on to scruton because he doesn’t play enough. I thought jewitt May come good this year after his king rest last year but no, this years the same - we can’t continue to carry injury prone players in a small squad!! I think everyone knows it

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 6:57 pm  

Robbo27 wrote:

We’ll never beat anyone without a pack of some weight.
I thought it was a big mistake hanging on to scruton because he doesn’t play enough. I thought jewitt May come good this year after his king rest last year but no, this years the same - we can’t continue to carry injury prone players in a small squad!! I think everyone knows it

That my friend is true but you get what you pay for

Re: Saints : Sat May 04, 2019 9:28 pm  

Someday wrote:

That my friend is true but you get what you pay for

True, but as all clubs are on the same maximum cap it boils down to the apparent fact that the best players go to the best performing clubs to win trophy’s & make the most out of a short career. Until we are considered a big club by the players & their agents we will struggle to get the best or attract the youngsters to commit to us.