No pressure on Sinfield at all - had he missed Leeds get a draw, sadly he kicks it !!

I would think most of the rugby league family is hoping for a Wigan win.

We've had enough half full stadiums watching Saints beat A.N.Other, the game cannot afford another one of those. What would be better for rugby league on its biggest occasion of the year - the biggest derby in the game, or the most one sided derby in the game..?

Obviously Wire fans will be hoping for Wire v Huddersfield, but if we look at the bigger picture, a Warrington win will just play into the hands of rugby union.

Then you should want a Saints -v- Wire final because until this season (when we have had inconsistent form) we had been regularly tonking Wigan for at least two years whereas the Wire matches have invariably been close, last minute affairs that could go either way.

I agree but people can`t blame Bridge for us losing the game or not at least getting a draw which they have hinted at previously on this thread, he was made a kicker by circumstances and not by desire. Sinfield is a specialist kicker, Chris Bridge isn`t.

The biggest reason for our loss last night was the indiviudual errors from Bridge when he dropped a simple pass, Johnson for his poor attempt to tackle Lee Smith, Richie Mathers with his howler that lead to the first try and Gareth Carvell losing the ball at the end was unforgivable given the time left on the clock where all we had to do was 5 drives and a kick to more than likely win the game.

All those individual errors above lead to Leeds tries.

It's true. Remember the 2003 cc semi, sinfield always seems to get the hardest kicks under the most pressure.

As a neutral I can't wait for next week, it's going to be a hum dinger.

However still having a soft spot for smith i hope you guys get through.

I've thought for sometime you're gonna end the saints hoodoo in a big game.

If we get to Wembley i think our expansive rugby will be a match for any team and the ideal time to bring Kevin Penny back into the squad all that open space will be great for Penny

Behave yourself

Two mintues to go to half time in front of the sticks it was a gift, couldn't believe a team away from home didn't take it.

Absolutely spot on - add in the Anderson's colliding when trying to stop Donald making an extra 50 meters and you have the reasons we lost........and of course the video ref believing that Diskin deserved a penalty for running at jon Clarke instead of the man diving over the line with the ball 5 metres away.

Harsh decision but only as harsh as the Webb disallowed try, I thought they both should have been given.

I'll go along with that.

Funny that, he's seemed quite a specialist kicker since 2005.

ahahahahahaha

are you insane or a closet pie

Its funny then that Lee Briers has done the majority of goal kicking since 2005, if Chris Bridge was regarded as such a specialist kicker as you say then he would have been tried on a more regular basis long before now given that Lee Briers has never been the most consistent when it comes to goal kicking.