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I could see saints making the grand final on the weight of home advantage, but once there i would only see yet another defeat, regardless of who they play.

Leeds or wigan will win the GF imo.

Im hoping for a leeds v wigan final and us to win it for once in my lifetime!

All the other 4 teams are capable of making the final but none are good enough,or have the pedigree to see it through.

lets see what ban moon gets if the sinfield fiasco is owt to go by he`ll get sending off sufficient..as for the ref you got stung by the worst ref since billy thompson orstan thick as brick wall(both robbing barstewards)now if you had phil bent one as ref you would have won easy...

That would be the sensible decison, but this is the RFL so probably a 5 game ban.

Just watched it back and for me the Saints player came on Moons blind side and he was bringing his arm round to effect the tackle whilst being tackled by Bailey, unfortunately he hit Moons shoulder but there was no intent from Moon. There was more intent with the very late tackle from Soliola on Aiton he could clearly have pulled out of the tackle but didn't and should have spent 10 minutes on the bench

Brilliant

Watch again you clown, Moon keeps his arm at his side and hit Percival in his face with his shoulder

At first I thought Moon was unlucky but the angle from the touchline showed he didn't raise his left arm which by the rules is a shoulder charge making contact with the head=Red Card.
Its a shame because Bailey had put a cracking tackle in and Percival was going nowhere.
Onto the game both teams deserve praise for slogging it out for the full 80 and you can't ask for anymore from our lads given the week we've had and playing over an hour with 12 men.
Unfortunately as with Thursday it's overshadowed & we are talking about inept ,inconsistent officials when are they going to be culpable for p!$$ poor performances?
Also Mc had 2 unused subs when down to 12 then tells the post match press conference he "didn't need them"?
Sorry can't agree with that and before anyone wades in with the "how many trophies have you won as coach"? diatribe there were spells in that game when it was blatant fresh legs were needed despite a brilliant effort from those who did play.

Not disputing the sending off but loads of the Saints fans round me on the WT were screaming for Baileys head at the time including some rather unsavoury racist "banter". They were that sure of what they had seen.

Meh..............I,ll save that conclusion and use it at a later date.

Surely it's the tackler's responsibility to make sure a tackle is as safe as possible. By purely using his shoulder and therefore making direct contact with the attacker's head, surely he hasn't done so.

The rules are clear and 'intent', or lack of in you opinion, is a cop out excuse for a poor tackle that has taken someone out of the game.

Thought Moon was a little unlucky tbh. Poor technique but I doubt he would have made contact with Percival's head had Bailey not clattered him a split second previously.
No qualms about the decision, it was the correct one.

Moon was sent off, what more do you want, by and large most posters on here have agreed with the decision . I think on balance you deserved to win, if moon had not been sent off I think we would have won. So in effect we paid a heavy price for our misdemeanor. The tackle by Moon was poor technique and not malicious . Moon is not a dirty player, your coach Brown to his credit has acknowledged that fact.