Like I said, we were poor. We were better defensively than last week, but not good enough for Superleague opposition in the first half. Thankfully, that changed in the second.

Seeing as your the only one who wet off here, what side did we put out?

I was in my sick bed so don't even know the team.

What an utterly stupid remark to make regarding Wellens staying up to watch the Boxing

no i didnt play, but if wellens satyed up till midnight and played ok (which he did bar a few knock ons) you wouldnt make a comment about it.

true we dominated them in the 2nd, but you could see ahen we went 24-0 up they were blowing and shoulders were hunched, thats when the dropped off easy tackles and the flood gates opened.

im not knocking the lads today, but they wernt up against great opposition. but i was very proud of that 2nd half display.

your a bit of a narcky bugger aint you

In order of memory and not position:

Wellens, Gardner (replaced by Makinson as he hurt his shoulder and was not risked, but not serious apparently), Meli (who actually defended today!), Roby, Graham, Shenton, Foster (brilliant, that lad, and the so-called missed goal was a goal), Wilkin (absolutely superb - Simmons has done wonders with him at halfback), Armstrong, Ashe (excellent ball control), Thompson (scored a try on his debut, solid performance), Ashurst, Makinson, Magennis, Hale, LMS and Soliola.

A good result all in all given that some of us thought this could be a banana skin.

As for the Wello, comment, lets not forget these guys don't work 9-5. So the hours they keep are entirely different. He could go to bed at mid-night and get up at 12:00 and have a full 12 hours sleep, with plenty of time before kick off.

I would imagine if the coach had a problem with it then he would talk it over. Most people are at their most productive earlier in the day, so is would not surprise me if the sport scientists out there would recommend shifting your day around so you play at your peak time, rather than have an early morning and using up all your energy before the match.

I seam to recall scully or Joynty saying they would have a sleep most match days a few hours before kick off. And that match day was a rather dull day. No point getting over excited and using up all that nervous energy.

Also if he's watching the boxing, he ain't out at the bars getting drunk, which players used to do back in the day and have a match the following day. Either way we don't know the routine so it's hard to judge from a one off comment.

Jeez, chill about the boxing comment everyone! I'm Wello's biggest fan. But he's an old man now and needs to take better care of himself.

Wellens needs replacing and has done for years.

so essentially were we amazing in the second half of fev terrible?

Bit of both IMO

If we had gone in 18-6 down or had some points on the board rather than nothing it might have been a different second half

We needed to start the second half well, at least get some pressure on the line and get the first points, neither materialised and it went downhill once graham went over when he really shouldve been stopped

You got stuffed 70-0 off a poor Saints team missing 11 regulars. The championship is a joke.