Surely that article is tantamount to bringing the game into disrepute?

A clown like McManus spouting drivel like that does absolutely nothing good for stains or the sport of rugby league as a whole.

He may as well have laid down on the pitch banging his feet on the floor screaming "it's not fair!"

A classless individual who deserves the respect of absolutely no one involved in rugby league - if I was a stains fan (shudder) I would be so embarrassed by these rantings of a very bitter old man.

I pray to all the gods that they don't win the grand final, just in the hope that his head will explode.....

If Moran released that statement I'd be spitting feathers. It's an embarrassment. The ramblings of a drunk man in a bar.

I happened to be in the lounge where the director's were before the game, the saint's crew came bowling in with the attitude it was a formality that they would win and were so cock-sure it would be a case of how many!

At half time they came in and were calling for the ref to be lynched.

Full-tme Mc Manus reluctantly shook our chairman's hand and sat down and looked like his dog had just been run over !

they then made a hasty retreat.

poor looser !

Since when has a death threat been a publicity stunt? Also questioning the integrity of the official is pretty disgraceful. If the RFL had any balls they'd fine old bacon face.

They've done pretty well when Hicks has been ref, winning 75% of the time.

Their last 10 matches with Hicks as ref they've won 60%.

2018 Jul 19th St Helens W 14 -  6 Wigan
2018 Aug 5th St Helens L 16 - 35 Catalans
2018 Oct 4th St Helens L 13 - 18 Warrington
2019 Jan 31st St Helens W 22 - 12 Wigan
2019 Feb 10th St Helens W 24 - 18 Wakefield Trinity
2019 Feb 22nd St Helens W 27 - 22 Leeds
2019 Apr 6th St Helens L 10 - 18 Catalans
2019 Apr 22nd St Helens W 62 - 16 Hull FC
2019 Apr 28th St Helens W 50 - 14 Catalans
2019 May 26th St Helens W 36 - 16 Castleford Tigers
2019 Aug 24th St Helens L  4 - 18 Warrington

Questioning not just the integrity of Hicks, but of our club including the CEO. A fine and a warning about his future conduct should be coming his way.

What a whopper!
... and he's got white eyebrows.
.... and he's associated with that club

Life clearly has dealt him a 5h1t hand

Good stats....Add to the list.
Their last 2 matches against Warrington with Hicks as ref they've lost 100%

The comment from Dave Woods sums it up perfectly:

"Dave Woods
@DaveWoodsSport
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15h
There’s never, ever been a golden age of refereeing. Though I think we’re in a golden era of bitter, wearisome, boring carping about referees"

redvee in meltdown 2.1 Apparantly it was the death threat that won it for us.

Expect yet more bitter posts about Chris Hicks from WA9 to WA11.

Reading some of the comments on RedVee combined with fish faces diatribe leads me to question the quality of the drinking water over there.

Paranoia? You calling us paranoid? We're not paranoid its just the RFL, the refs, and the world hate us.

I fully expect a thread any day saying Steve Price was spotted on a grassy knoll in Dallas 63

Don't tell me Saints are a small club in Warrington!
noooooooooo

I think they're now officially trying to detract from our success. It's beyond sour grapes and completely at odds with the spirit of rugby league..of any sport. They may want to think about the two routes to the final our respective clubs took and then have a think about who were truly worthy winnersb of the 2019 challenge cup and just get on with it. They're really letting themselves down.

McManus' rantings make St Helens look like a small minded club, who just can't accept defeat, and the accusations against Warrington and Hicks are staggering.
First the Saint Helens Star report, now this in the programme notes. Had he just congratulated Warrington and then corresponded with the RFL, privately, then he wouldn't look such a childishly sore loser.
I'm so happy that Simon Moran and Simon Middleton don't behave in this way.

I think Saints should be able to select their own ref. It’s unfair that since Wilkin left they haven’t been allowed to do so.