I know everyone wants to be in both competetions and win every throphy on offer however, now wigan have the distraction of the challenge cup and possibly another two more games to play i fancy us to win the league leaders now and then possibly old trafford, we have got to play wigan yet and that game comes a week after wembley, if they get there, they'll be sure to have a tough game and if they get beat they could be on a downer (theres lots of different scenarios), also the weeks rest will do us the world of good come play off time,

Nice tough game for Goons and Saints while we have a week off.

Certainly agree that the game plan seemed to have been forgotten early on.
We could have been absolutely tonked yesterday.
No-one was bossing the team around - a role Lee does superbly.

Bridge never will be a decent half back. He doesn't have the range of skills or verbal prescence for that role. I thought he had poor game yesterday.
Suits centre much more.

Going back to the origianl thread - I think it'll help us in the League, but maybe not in the play offs.
Can see us finishing top (if we tighten our defence) and then getting knocked out in the semi's

Personally i'd rather of won and chanced our arm.

I would much prefer us to win the GF... so if we do achieve that I will look back on this defeat as a big bonus.

So would Smith with what he said after the game.

Briers rates the Cup more hopefully a Grand Final would change his mind.