Somehow methinks you are not being entirely honest there.

It will be interesting to see how the fans of the losing team react (unless it is a draw!). We, with sad resignation, Saints with effigies, riots and motions to parliament. The north/south divide lives on.

If we win we will have street parties, if they win they will just shrug their shoulders as that was what they were expecting.

It is a funny old world. Maybe we should call John Kear as a consultant, whatever he is giving his team, our lot could do with it.

not making excuses for the punch

but flipping heck to cause that damage from such a short punch, just saying he should take up boxing
and always thought of him as a dirty player

I can't speak for you guys, but so far as we are concerned if we win on Saturday then we defintely won't be shrugging our shoulders. We will be heaving the biggest sighs of relief. We will keep on doing that should we win against Wigan, against Udders in the semi and probably the next match too, depending on when we start getting our players back (assuming some others don't swap places with them of course).

Could it be Hecks that has the groin injury and not Haggy? Seems a bit of a coincidence that Haggy has done one too.

Guess we will hear shortly (at least Williamson should be back).

19 squad

Clubb, Dorn, Gafa, Gale, Golden, Haggerty, Kaye, Mbu, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Melling, Orr, Randall, Robinson, Sharp, Temata, Ward, Wells, Williamson, Esders.

That looks a good squad. I can't help but thinking, would Danny Orr and Chad Randall be fully fit to play or are they being "rushed back"?

Worries me as well, if there's any doubt about either of their fitness I'd be for leaving them out of Saturday's game. We've got a number of winnable /must-win games coming up and I'd rather have Orr and Randall fit for those.

Agreed.......

Given Saints' injury crisis this match has become winnable if we get some of our key players back though. I've never seen us beat Saints. Our last home win against them was the match before I became a regular in 2002.

Quote: Prince of Denmark "Given Saints' injury crisis this match has become winnable if we get some of our key players back though. I've never seen us beat Saints. Our last home win against them was the match before I became a regular in 2002.'" That was damn unlucky timing mate, still read all about it here www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... aints.html

Quote: Prince of Denmark "Given Saints' injury crisis this match has become winnable if we get some of our key players back though. I've never seen us beat Saints. Our last home win against them was the match before I became a regular in 2002.'" That was damn unlucky timing mate, still read all about it here www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... aints.html