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| I'm not very optimistic about beating Widnes looking at their London result.
I do agree that "don't panic Mr Mannering" is the best approach but IF we are humiliated again against Widnes with Hull and Bradford to come - hardly the most intimidating of fixtures normally - (although we lost both games last year) then "something" needs doing.
I am also not encouraged with Brown's comment:
"I thought we'd do a bit better than we did"
A bit? Thats hardly reassuring - it sounds like he expected a mediocre performance not the worst for many a year!
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| Quote: SaintsFan "Ah, diddums.'"
Agree with that,they are quick enough to take the plaudits when they play well.When they show 0 effort and comitment then they should take the booing and use it as motivation to improve.
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| Quote: Albion "So nobody can have an opinion on an opposition player, ever?'"
Have an opinion by all means. But do not state as a fact that he was useless for most of last season when you hardly saw him play. For what it's worth he was excellent for most of last season, although I cannot comment on the 2 games I missed.
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| Quote: The Chief "It was obvious to me that Huddersfield came with a very simple game plan. Run harder, tackle harder, move in faster, play the ball quicker. They achieved all of those things and totally dominated the game.'"
I think this sums it up for me.
There's not a lot of point in talking about the (half)backs when our base was so comprehensively out enthused up front. Conceding that try from the scrum base show how below par our team was.
The opening fixture is a big day, and Hudds brought a big game attitude. We were beaten in a similar fashion to those awful defeats we've suffered to Wigan over the past 2 seasons - because they wanted it more.
That is what is unnacepltable to the ticket holders.
I'd bring in Ade Gardner, for a bit of purpose when retuning the ball.
I'd hope that Clough can come back in for a bit of hard graft and, after I'd defended him so many times, I'd drop perry, start LMS or Tony P and bring in someone like Walmsley/Hand who might actually play with a bit of passion.
I'd also give Flash, who was one of the few to look respectable, more game time.
Curiosly, I think Sia and Manu were both guilty of "trying too hard" - Manu coughing up possession and Sia missing too many tackle trying to ring bells.
No focus at all.
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| I agree with The Chief and Offside Monkey. We can only get better lol.
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| I think we read far too much into comments and press statements. Do people really want the coach to come on and lay into his players first game out?
He has to manage the squad for the season, not game to game. He has to go into training and get the best out of them. As shocking as that performance was, Brown can hardly call them a waste of space and expect to hold their respect for him for the next 3 years.
If my manager called me a waste of space no matter my performance I'd have issues with him from then on. It's a professional game and he has to act professionally. If it was 2 games from season end then he could call them what ever he felt like as he could get shut in 2 games.
Lets just see where we are come the Leeds game, before we all jump off the pier.
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| Quote: Northampton_Saint "I thought Flannery had his quitest game in a Saints shirt in a very, very long time actually - you could hardly even tell he was on the field
I know it was great, usually he cocks up so much I just blame everything on him. I think he has finally found his best position (on bondi beach working on his tan).
I was trying to think of why I was feeling a little happy at half time even though we were 22-0 down. Then it came to me, Flannery.
He is my Meli. Come to think of it what will happen when Meli retires and we lose a big game. Some people will be completely lost for a reason why.
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| Quote: Noel Cleal "Quote: Noel Cleal "I thought Flannery had his quitest game in a Saints shirt in a very, very long time actually - you could hardly even tell he was on the field
I know it was great, usually he cocks up so much I just blame everything on him. I think he has finally found his best position (on bondi beach working on his tan).
I was trying to think of why I was feeling a little happy at half time even though we were 22-0 down. Then it came to me, Flannery.
He is my Meli. Come to think of it what will happen when Meli retires and we lose a big game. Some people will be completely lost for a reason why.
Manu is a better player than flannery. But then we wouldn't have been anything like as leaky up front had flannery been in the side and I doubt the scoreline would have been as bad.
Just sayin!
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| Quote: Noel Cleal "I know it was great, usually he cocks up so much I just blame everything on him. I think he has finally found his best position (on bondi beach working on his tan).
I was trying to think of why I was feeling a little happy at half time even though we were 22-0 down. Then it came to me, Flannery.
He is my Meli. Come to think of it what will happen when Meli retires and we lose a big game. Some people will be completely lost for a reason why.
People will always find a new Meli.
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| As each season progresses Saints fans far and wide will find a scapegoat to blame; for this ill or that ......early last season against the run of the mill, it was Foster.Then Meli surfaced as the arch villain once more, and so the circle is again squared. Nothing changes and its only round 1, but should anyone remember........Never write off the SAINTS
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| Not a game to find scapegoats.
As every Saints fans on here knows your team was outplayed from 1-17.
Widnes is the type of game to get back a bit of form. The pack have to work harder and if they do then they have a good chance of running the game for the halves and backs to exploit.
Saints should win by 12+, if they don't then you'll have more to worry about than you do now.
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| Think you will be favourites but you only snatched it last year in the last play of the game. We've improved a lot since then, however you have strengthened your squad with Manu and turned. Should be a good game
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| Quote: Viva La Vikings!! "Think you will be favourites but you only snatched it last year in the last play of the game. We've improved a lot since then, however you have strengthened your squad with Manu and turned. Should be a good game'"
I hope and expect to see a fired up saints, fancy we'll win comfortably.
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| Quote: bewareshadows "I think we read far too much into comments and press statements. Do people really want the coach to come on and lay into his players first game out?
He has to manage the squad for the season, not game to game. He has to go into training and get the best out of them. As shocking as that performance was, Brown can hardly call them a waste of space and expect to hold their respect for him for the next 3 years.
If my manager called me a waste of space no matter my performance I'd have issues with him from then on. It's a professional game and he has to act professionally. If it was 2 games from season end then he could call them what ever he felt like as he could get shut in 2 games.
Lets just see where we are come the Leeds game, before we all jump off the pier.'"
I agree. If he'd come out slating the players, what good would that do? What he really thinks will be said behind closed doors - as it should be.
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| Quote: Viva La Vikings!! "Think you will be favourites but you only snatched it last year in the last play of the game. We've improved a lot since then, however you have strengthened your squad with Manu and turned. Should be a good game'"
Think we'll still be favourites, but it's one of them where we could either win by a small or large margin!
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