Ashton at FB would be a bit of a good move i reckon for your Saints game. A lot of Saints' attacking game comes from Regan Grace breaks, there is only one player on the pitch quick enough to get hold of him and break those plays down and when the field is broken Ashton will be crucial.

Not kidding! Apparently the only way Saints lose any match this year is because the opposition cheats.

The lunatic fringe are definitely out in force on Redvee, the CC final defeat cut them very deep.

I ordered a taxi at 9.30, where the hell are you?

What happens in your own bathroom is your business and yours alone sir.

Intrigued I also visited redvee what a place that is we've definitely got under their skin like scabies a la John Cooper Clarke's poem and the rest.

A couple of interesting points though Saddened was as pessimistic on there as on here so not entirely getting his excuses in early. Also our returnees do we think the break will have done them good and freshen up the team or will it have the Catalan effect

Most excited pre match for a long time. Genuinely have no idea how this will play out. I would want Ratch back at full back, but the 2nd half back position is a quandary. They are at full strength, bring it on!

It looks like “Austin fake head injury in the in goal” is the Saints supporters equivalent of the old Leeds “how many Briers dummy spits”. Normally a good sign when a player irritates the opposition fans (LMS being the exception to the rule).

He was good enough as our only recognised hb at Wembley.

In contrast, Catalan more or less had a fresh team in semi final vs Saints, bolstered by Wire giving Saints a punishing league game the week before, that saw LMS and Richardson run round like they’d won the NRL.
Covid or not, our successes under TS came after we sent a diluted team out away the week ahead of the CC final.

Beating Saints will come down to what we did in 2019. We out muscled them because we’re bigger across the pitch.
If we do that again, we win regardless who our hb are...

However, I’m not completely convinced by my own comments as I usually am vs Saints. :-/

I hope that you are right rd but a couple of weeks rest doesn't always do you a favour

Difficult to say how our returnees will fair, or how SP will use them. We may see starting players come off the bench for this one, who knows. After their Covid19 break, Catalans don't seem to be up for it when things don't run for them. I thought they were terrible against Wigan, and you have to question their attitude when they all stopped playing expecting a knock on. To win this game, first and foremost our attitude has to be right.

I'm hoping our returnees will only have a positive effect. Most of them are in the forwards and will provide extra momentum and freshness without disrupting the attack too much.

I'm hoping we don't change wholesale in attempting to accomodate all the returnees; Hill, Clarke & Philbin will give us much needed energy but Walker, for example, deserves to remain in the 17.

Saints look well up for this. Jack Hughes in attack is woeful breaks down every time he has the ball.

Never a forward pass..as mcmoanus been in refs dressing room