Yes, for the first few games of the season. But NOT in round 18 when we have been losing loads of matches. Had we lost today as a result of his stupid meddling, there would have been outright dissent on the terraces. Why do you think McManus put that piece in the programme? He knows that fans are not only unhappy but making it known they are (there were boos weren't there, the last time we played a home game?).


I don't care about next season right now. I care about us making the best of this season first. I'm a season ticket holder and I want this season to end up a good season. That will not happen if he changes the team around mid game, or indeed midweek. He now needs to stick with the team who played in the first half and bar injuries or major drops in form/attitude, he should go with that and allow it to settle so that us paying punters can get something good from the season.

I haven't written Saints off and I don't care whether others have. I want my team to play to the best of its potential, especially now as we approach the business end of the season. I expect the coach whose wages I help subsidise to have that aim in mind also, regardless of next season.

It did feel like Soliola was holding back a little, so it would not surprise me if he was not 100%. But given how cautious Brown has been with injuries this season I dismissed this as a reason.

I think sia has started to miss some of the big hits he goes for. Maybe the new shoulder charge rules have effected his big hits.

The amount of knock-on's today was ridiculous in such dry conditions.

We dropped the ball far less during that treacherous night against Salford earlier in the season.

We should have put 50 on them in the first half alone. Turner, Lomax, Roby, Wilkin, Meli (in attack), Manu played well for me. There were even flashes of the Saints, the way we threw the ball around at time, dare I say! Still lots to improve on though, but at least we're back to winning ways.

I've just watched Superleague Fulltime.

We made 21 errors in the match and our completion rate was 50%, worse than London's (52%).

I saw the same stats on sky but it appears that most people saw a different game for some reason.

Is it possibly the worst for any SL team this season in terms of errors and completion rate?
Most other teams in the comp would have punished us dearly for that. Obviously the two points are very welcome.

Interesting to see the full game stats when they are out.

It was a curious game. A heck of a lot of chances bombed. Some curious changes at halftime. Bradford came out a lot stronger in the 2nd half. The first half it took them 30 minutes to set foot in our half of the pitch with ball in hand.

Our defense and discipline was outstanding in that first half.
We threw a lot of ball about, which lead to a lot of errors.

The 2nd half Bradford played a lot better. They ran a lot harder and made more ground. But also for about 30 minutes in that 2nd half, we only had 1 prop on the field. Not sure of the reason for that.

I'd say it was far from a complete performance but as Pete said earlier on a step in the right direction, to go with the other steps from the last 3 weeks.

Crazy stat that! We should have put 50+ on really. Just one of those games, good job Bradford were cack.

Seems like it went well. It appears Wilkin is taking the ball playing pressure off the young lads to give them soem freedon - especially important with Lomax.

So the sticking points are three fold

- Tinkering at half time. After all the e we've had to watch lately, it would have been nice to enjoy the whole 80 minutes.

- Wello. Whilst Makinson had mixed results at fullback and, imo is needed on the wing, surely we would be better using Charnock or Swift in either the #1 or #6 position?

- Roby. When Roby isn't playing, we're a shadow of our potential self.

You are right he hasn't been impressive this season at all. This is probably because he keeps picking up little knocks and injuries and never plays for more than 3 consecutive weeks. This means he can't find form, so he is under performing.

Match stats available www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/8884 Very impressive from Wilkin 146 metres along with 38 tackles. Manu also came up with 203 metres Gob came up with 5 errors, most of those I recall were dropped passes that he should have taken.

Match stats available www.superleague.co.uk/match_report/8884 Very impressive from Wilkin 146 metres along with 38 tackles. Manu also came up with 203 metres Gob came up with 5 errors, most of those I recall were dropped passes that he should have taken.

Paul Wellens 48 metres, 6 tackles, 2 missed tackles in 80 minutes.

That is one metre every 1.7 minutes or 100 metres in 2.7 hours. About the same speed he runs at.

As I expected, Manu stats was very good.

Wilkin was also very good. I think playing 13 really gave him more freedom to run the ball as well as ball playing.