me too..........4 plus years and waiting

You mean we've recruited some new players this week? I mustn't have read the 19 right then because from where I sit they are the same players we have had all season.

I forecast no miracles tomorrow and I've yet to see Lomax kick one from the touchline. He hasn't had to kick many, granted, but I've yet to see him succeed from the touchline.

I'm keeping my expectations realistic, unlike some.

And if Meli is on the wing, against Leeds that can only mean one thing.

I'm going for a saints win tomorrow.

Good on you.

Im sick of all the doom and gloom merchants on here now. We should be happy, we've got shut of the main factor causing our poor play and we can look forward to better times.

How convenient. Because you've lost the focus for your constant, boring whinging, you think everybody else should be happy? You think Royce was the main cause of our problems? Ok then. But don't expect us all to be as happy with the decision as you are.

Backtrack!


Yeah. All it takes to win a match is feeling upbeat before it! Like they are going to be all gloomy with you Pete. Man, you make me laugh sometimes!

Not a backtrack at all, I think we will win but will take a while before we are back playing good rugby.

I think we've lacked confidence this year and this week I've seen Saints lads upbeat and looking like they looking forward to this game.

They have been looking forward to every game and have always been upbeat. They particularly like playing against Leeds or haven't you been listening/watching for the last six years?

We began to lose confidence after the Catalans match. Up to that point we looked like we were missing Jammer big time but other than that we looked better than we did at the same time last year.

Just because they are the same players does not mean that they will play the same under a new regime - no matter how temporary that may be

Look you can change tactic if you like but your comment was about this coaching set up taking us backwards. not the players . I'm not a Royce man and I'm not a cunningham man I'm a Saints man. I'mnot bitter because I did not think Royce was the messiah neither was potter or any saints coach. If in six to eight games time this set up proves a nightmare then i'll be more than happy to call for the transition to a new coach to move quicker. But in the end Royces time was up. Even Royce could recognised that.

I didn't say they were taking us backwards. Well, not unless they play Meli on the wing. THAT would be taking us backwards.

I've no idea what this coaching set up can do. With just one season of experience at this level between them, and then only as an assistant, it is impossible to judge what they can do. If the rumours are correct that some senior players are helping them out then that doesn't exactly instil confidence but then again I didn't have much in the way of confidence in them anyway. How can I? They have just one season as assistant coach between them. Everybody would have a total fit if we recruited that level of experience to Saints the normal way.

If senior players are helping then at least we will have a gameplan the players believe in. If they believe in it, they will execute it better. We might actually see some good rugby today. And before you start, that doesn't mean I think that we will win. I will settle for a good performance, which I think is more important at this stage, to enable players to regain confidence in their abilities.

Actually come to think of it I do think we will win.

That doesn't mean it's the right one though or that we have the players to execute it.