The only reason Cunningham's interview wasn't shown was that Sky ran out of time because of the Swift injury.

That's a bit strong. I kneejerk like the best of them and I'm not suggesting we sack the coach. Are you aware of what goes on behind the scenes? Are the players unhappy? They don't seem to be? Are things really as bad as you make out?

I'm not sure what exactly people want from Cunningham - other than winning every game from now until the end of time.

You can't really blame Cunningham for our current style of play. The squad he's working with is still very much Nathan Brown's. It's not as though he's had a great deal of opportunity to make sweeping changes.

To be honest, I think Cunningham knows one or two things some of his more illustrious colleagues at other clubs do not.

For a start, he's not abandoned the very style of play which was so successful when he first arrived and gone off on some kind of tactical wild goose chase (for no great benefit) as is currently the case with Shaun Wane. Unlike Wane he's not shouting his mouth off every five seconds whilst working his players up into a blood frenzy.

Right now we are a forward-oriented side. There's no sense denying this when it is patently obvious to anyone where our playing strengths currently lie. It would be madness to try to play like Leeds or Wigan (who are both below us in the table, I might add). We aren't set up to emulate either game plan and any attempt to do so would blow up in our faces.

Am I one hundred percent happy about everything which has happened this season? Of course not. But I think one would have to be heavily biased to think Cunningham has been anything other than a success.

I should also add - Cunningham didn't lose us that game. Senior players took their eyes off the ball and paid the price.

Thankfully there was no lack of effort (as has been the case in all our games this season - which is something you can say very rarely about Saints over an entire campaign). The problem was it was misdirected.

We should have put twenty points between us and Cas. They posed little to no threat and most of their points came from our own stupidity or a favourable bounce of the ball.

The players know they screwed up. I'm sure they'll put it right.

The horrendous injury nightmare which shows no sign of abating in the slightest isn't helping matters either. I am amazed we are still top to be honest. Other clubs would be floundering around the bottom if they had to contend with the injuries we have had/are having.

That's a good point and one which really does get to the heart of WHY Cunningham has done so well this season.

Leaving the Souths aberration to one side - our worst performance was probably the Leeds game at home. And yet EVEN THEN there was a point ten minutes after half time when we could easily have snatched that game. Leeds were getting jittery and the introduction of Walsh threatened a realistic comeback. I really am struggling to point to a single defeat this campaign where we just threw the towel in. Indeed, we could have won all of them.

Now, over the past thirty years how many Saints sides could you say THAT about at the end of the season?

We can argue about whether Cunningham has made some tactical mistakes. But there can be no questioning the team's determination, commitment and fighting spirit.

Which are precisely the kind of attributes you need to be crowned champions. Congratulations are in order for Cunningham's achievements here.

Its not all doom and gloom. Greenwood's try last night showed we can still hit those lines out wide. I'd like us to get some decent ball over to Percy as well as Turner. We did play some very entertaining stuff at times.

Realistically, we should've been further a head at HT, given the possession and position we had. The fact they were still in touching distance after being 2nd best for the first half probably buoyed Cas's confidence. Second half they bossed the speed of the game and really ate up the yards. Fair play to them.

Just seen big Sav out running in woolston.

It's not always wise to run a young player week in week out when playing in the pack. When Jammer started he would have weeks where he was rotated out to have rest periods.

Lets not forget Sav was touch and go as to whether he would ever play again at one point, so having a rest week would not be out of the question and quite frankly we had enough to win that game on Thursday. Losing it was down to many many many individual errors.

On the back of his best performance in the V the week before in Wigan v saints Derby, he should have been one of the first on the sheet. I agree that Young players and especially props needs to be eased in and protected but he picked another young prop in Richards before him.

100% sav should have played at cas.

Savelio was very good v Wigan and I was surprised when he didn't play on Thursday. Is he still wanting to leave or was that just rumour? Isn't his contract up this year? It would be a shame for Saints to lose him.

Id heard the deal has been on the table for 4 month and not been signed and that his agent had spoke to other super league club. He was suppse to be in meeting two weeks for the final chance to sign so im not sure what happened. Someone posted Hes signed it last week but I've not heard anything.

Never mind him not plsying in front of Richards, he should be in before Mose. He is a better player than mose.