We are on times in April so that should balance up the appearances.

I think Wire and Hudds are better sides than us at the moment.

Is it the fact that we aren't at KR? We aren't striking an iconic image playing in Widnes, compared to historical GPW Stadium.

Usually, Sky, pre programme the successful teams of last season which is going to be Wigan and Warrington, throwing in the occassional change In fixture.
I don,t mind us playing under the radar, Wigan and Warrington are being hyped up so much at the moment, the supporters and some of the players are absorbed in it.
To a lesser extent so are Huddersfield and Castleford. Probably after the Easter games the super league top 8 sort themselves out.
I reckon we will beat Castleford and Huddersfield and super league will see Saints a strong bet for top 4, which we have proved for 14 out of 15 super league seasons.

In the end the media have to hype up someone, so the safest bet are previous winners. But just like the stock market past performance is not an indication of the future.

I think because of the hype the gap between Wigan / Warrington and the rest has been over estimated. Last year Wigan had moved well ahead and a visable gap was there. But this year we also have Cas and Huddersfield in the mix. Quins are shaping up to be a real challenge and Salford, Catalans and Saints have started to turn around the forum after poor starts to the year.

I think it is going to be very difficult for any team to build up a run of form and if the 2 Hull clubs can start to get their act in gear it will be even more of a challenge.

Leeds are still a threat but seam to have given up on defence a bit like Saints at the start of the year.

I don't think Bradford are challengers but they have certainly improved and will challenge more teams than last year.

Form is going to be up and down for everyone, so 4 wins on the bounce is pretty good despite it not being for the full 80 yet.

I thought Wire looked very much like their old selves last friday - too many forced offloads from rying to score on every play.

Myler was lost at halfback without Briers doing the creative side of things

Aye, clueless.

They lost a lot of structure in their attack faced with a good defence, Briers is a key player for them, especially as he appears to have become more professional under Smith.

You can't seriously be bothered what the twerps on SKY say, those two change their opinions to suit - they both devalue our game.

I'm not a Saints fan and you do have some of the more arrogant fans in the game. However Saints record is second to none and the style of RL played has been exceptional. A joy to watch even when on the receiving end. Warrington are flavour of the month but are yet to win a SL title, Hudds are yet to win anything and as it happens Cas are SL leaders.

Far to early to count anyone in and certainly Saints out, why even mention let alone worry about it.

Our last few games (victories) have been entertaining affairs.
Hopefully we'll see the same this Friday.

This is something I remember speaking to the old boy about last year and it seems to be happening again - Saints quietly maintaining a decent position in the league, not standing out, not getting hyped up and then when it comes to the business end of the season doing everything right to get to old trafford and that is what it's all about at the end of the day.

As for the Sky pundits, well the less said the better. The only one I really take seriously is Jon Wells.

I disagree on the Giant's being hyped up though, our defence is very good and the stats do prove that but I'm pretty sure I've only ever heard Brian Carney say we are contenders once and even then Eddy Hemmings looked at him as if to say "Stupid boy".

When I say Hyped, I think with all media now there has to be that element of hype. it seams to be the only consistent thing in the media.

For me the hype just exagerates the gap. There is a gap but it's not the chasm that the press can make it out to be. I would say that the league is starting to reflect the gap a bit more now and 2 points is a fair assessment of the gap.

It can be bridged.