i dont think brown looked happy in the interview after the game!

I'm surprised you can tell! He pretty much always looks and sounds the same to me.

The second half spoiled the first half though. We still have a long way to go.

Wilkin could play like Ellery Hanley every game and still get negative comments on here.

He was excellent last night. He was brilliant in the first few weeks and that last night was back to that form. He's certainly not the only one to lose some form over the last few weeks but because of his perceived wage and desire to further himself when his career is over, people thing he's more bothered about other things than rugby. You won't find many players who try harder or care more for Saints but it doesn't suit the argument of most on here.

The attitude and commitment were miles better than in recent games but we still look like we're likely to ship points every time the opposition get on our line. If we want to avoid embarrassment in the play-offs that will need to be fixed.

spot on with that, never stood up at all and were outplayed in every department by a fairly average saints team who just ran hard and straight and passed and tackled better. simple basic rugby league that we just didn't seem to grasp.when we are that bad then most teams don't need to work hard to beat us, just do the basics and wait for us to self destruct.

It was clear that the line speed was much improved, particularly in the opening 20 mins but we clearly weren't able to keep that going for 80mins. Rome wasn't built in a day and it was a positive step forward after the last few weeks of dross.

Not scapegoating here, just an observation, when you watch Jordan Turner closely in defence, he loses the collision practically every time someone runs at him. When making a one-on-one front on, where you expect a player of his size to handle someone like Joe Wardle (who I rate highly), his first contact is poor and he gets pushed backwards at least a couple of meters by the ball carriers leg drive. Compare this with Tommy Makinson who put in a couple of big shots last night.

I know he may be struggling for a bit of confidence but for me, he was one player who didn't man up. I'm not sure he has the aggression levels required for what we need.

If I were an opposition coach, particularly the top sides, I'd be targeting him all game. You may not make a break, but you will certainly get 15m every carry.

what gets me is..we tackle alright in the middle of the field,but when it comes to defending our try line the tackling seems to go downhill????

All we can ask is the same commitment and line speed again for next week until we get our injured players back.
Salford are now desperate for a win so our players need to start big, get on the front foot and defend a bit better.

You know, Salford will view us as a very winnable game with an important scalp to get their season back on track.

LMS should be dropped for the Salford game. He stood out again as underperforming and the week off would do him good.Give Savelio a run out, he'd offer far more against the likes of Tasi and Hock.

I'm not sure, isn't there always a bit of "unfinished business" between Hock and LMS. Sav will probably replace Thompson, is there anybody due back from injury (Lomax,Swift) I know Jonesy had to sit out the giants game.

I'd imagine Jones will be back, amd Swift can't be far off, wasn't he is the squad for Huddersfield?

No, he wasn't. But that doesn't mean he isn't fit of course.

Jones and Percival back with Swift close to a return. We could also see Ghostmont soon...

You keep saying that!!!!!!!!!