We did struggle getting meters I thought when at the game. The stats show this also. The was only big Alex at times making any meters which the stats also show.

We was just more efficient than Wigan. We was making silly mistakes and giving silly pens away.

The best team won on the night but the wasnt a great deal in it tbh.

We noticed that Silverdud was more enthusiastic on getting us on side than the pies, quite a few sets they were in our faces. Some metres were made when we spread the ball out wide on the last tackle with a chip kick down the touch line, Wilkin, Burns and Roby had a decent kicking game with a good chase to gain ground.
Silverdud also decided he owed us a few penalties in the second half, so we got momentum, I thought the pies struggled all night going down the middle.

The kicking game was pretty decent from saints. With a variety of kickers.

Sensible post again from you. It was a very equal game for 60 mins but Saints ending their sets brilliantly compared to Wigan ending badly and making errors was the difference. Wigan were constantly asked to bring the ball back from their own red zone whereas Wigan ended their sets terribly. This probably contributed to the 3 errors by our players Bowen & Sarginson resulting in tries; on the face of it glaring errors but can't help but think it was due to Sts kicking us to death.

On a side note, I think people need to realise Wigan play a vastly different style to Saints with the use of their forwards/backs. It's a well known fact Wigan's backs are asked to do a hell of a lot of work in their own half in sets, they carry the ball much more than the forwards. FWIW, I think they stood up pretty well to a much larger pack.

Wigan also attack on the edges more so use the forwards a little less. They look very dangerous when they move the ball and had us all at sea at times but we handled it better than we usually do against Wigan.

I think Wigan are the team to beat if we are to win the final again. They made silly mistakes with stupid passes, silly dropped balls and to many pens.

We handled them with ease down the middle when they had the ball and they did with us for a good hour but we respected the ball more and took our chances.

Being a Wigan fan I came away from the ground last night thinking Saints are the team to beat, better than Leeds certainly. I must say Savelio looked a great prospect last night, breaking tackles and always looking to offload up the middle.

We're the team to beat. Wigan won't look forward to playing us again this season because our forwards constantly make dents in them. Add in our 1st choice starting back rowers, Walsh and Makinson and we've got alot to be excited about.

You are the team to beat, but I don't recall your forwards making as much of an impact as you say on Good Friday. They had a great night last night but it [icould[/i be another story next time.

How can we beat ourselves? The has to be another team to beat as a final in between two sides isn't it ?

My point - if we are to win at old trafford again we will have to beat Wigan as I think they will make the final again.

I read it as you thought Wigan were the team to beat. If that's not what you meant fair enough.

I agree that its most likely Wigan will be the ones who will stand in our eay though, possibly Leeds and I wouldn't rule Wire out yet.

As for Good Friday, our forwards made plenty of dents in Wigan defence that day too we just didn't have the halves to score the points or to create enough problems.

Cool, I did mean if we are to win at old Trafford we will prob have to beat them. Id rather us play leeds at old Trafford if we get there and dish out some revenge

There is very little between Wigan, Saints and Leeds this year. Any of those sides can beat each other, so predicting cup winners/ Grand Final winners is almost impossible. I have no doubt that we can beat either Wigan or Leeds in a Grand Final, but they could turn us over too.

The side finishing top this year has a huge advantage IMO. If we can get 1st place, Leeds and Wigan would have a much tougher semi-final than we would. The same would apply to Leeds or Wigan if they finish 1st. And if we do get 1st place and can't beat Huddersfield/Warrington/Castleford in a home semi-final then we don't deserve to get to Old Trafford!

Standard of Superleague is pretty poor these days, add in the factors of injuries and ref inconsistency anything can happen from the top 8. The team to beat is very time variable you can look at Leeds, Wigan and Saints with Warrington and Huddersfield on the edges. We,ve got Walsh, Greenwood and Vea coming back which puts us in a strong position to finish top of the pile, we are not in good form for the full 80 mins at the moment, once we do we should,t fear any of the other contenders.