But the reason Sts are still right up there is because in today's game the key players are 1,6,7 and 9 (add 13 in SL). Which is where - even with a few injuries - your strength is.

I think having a go at Potter is a bit much. You're having a form dip, quite possibly due to the CC run. Now you get a week off around Wembley which will help all your players recover a bit physically and more importantly mentally.

TBH if money is as big a problem as has been made out, Sts are doing an incredible job of staying at the top.

Saints desperately need a dynamic aussie full back.

Too true. We can't do anything about our lack of speed as things stand and we have to go with what we have. We can only hope that Fas gets back and Cunningham is fit for the play-offs so he and Roby can interchange again. I doubt Cayless will appear in the V again at all. He's out of contract (4 years expiring this year)and will no doubt retire in a few weeks time.

Wilkin, Pryce et al need to step up if they want to taste success at Old Trafford or even get there at all as things stand.

Whatever happens it will be good to have Moore back next year. Hudds will miss him I'm sure.

But if we're honest

1) Great fullback, still one of the best in SL, but one of the slowest, it wouldn't be so much of a problem but our wingers are nearly as slow so he's becoming exposed.

6) Pryce is out of form and looking a bit lazy, no doubt he has it but isn't showing it in the last few games.

7) Long is gone/going and Eastmond needs time and a decent run without injuries which isn't happening. Great talent though and he should get his big chance next year.

9) KC is retiring and no doubt still has it, but to be honest we need to bring Moore back as the long term replacement. Better to have KC retire than risk losing Moore who has been more than patient waiting for his chance. Roby is just back from injury.

13) Clough, Flannery, Wilkin. Take your pick, all good players but nobody is our set loose forward and nobody is as good as Scully was.

So our 1,6,7,9 and 13 all have problems at present.

Webb, McGuire, Burrow, Diskin and Sinfield are still the solid dependable spine of Leeds which is why Leeds surely must be favourites for a three timer.

A 25 year old Lockyer would do nicely.

the trouble with potter is..he signed for saints they should have left him in france with catalan..no go forward..one man rugby...and what a bundle of fun this bloke is.

I'm still not sure what the outcome of the game in two weeks will be. Our form has been alot better than yours, but the week off will benefit you.

and not you? we have no advantage over leeds with this. With any luck this season will end the opposite of the last two

Serious question - what were these big games Anderson prepared us so well for in his first season (with a much bigger and better squad than Potter, in a less competitive league)?

the cc semi final and the playoff final eliminator, oh hang on a minute

The same people then will have been moaning about Anderson saying sacking Milward was a mistake, and our RL is boring etc etc

Some people support teams in football or rugby to moan. They like nothing better than to complain about anything and everything.

IF we win its a boring win, or Meli knocked on, or that player is poor. If we lose is the entire team, the chairman, the coach who are all at fault.
Its a wonder such people ever get through life. They must be so miserable.
Then again i suspect they blame anyone and everyone for their ills rather than look closer to home.

I remember us signing DA and me thinking, uh oh, why, this guy alienates players and folks dont want to play for him... I think the majority wanted the other Anderson to come and coach us, but with his heart condition it wasnt goign to happen. I remember when we announced the signign of slick mick, i was over joyed, having seen what he had done at catalans with a team of nobody's. DA's first season saw fans have a moan N groan at him, then the rest became history as he led us on a merry dance year after year to final after final... Mick isnt happy at the moment, he doesnt think the team are doing what he is asking them to do, lets see if he can correct that.