Quote: SaintsFan "Really? Saints at full strength (but minus two props) whooped Warrington 38-8 in the first game of the season. We beat Leeds at home with Walsh injured and Wilkin, Walmsley and Amor banned. We also beat Wigan at Wigan having lost Walsh to injury halfway through the game.
Saints have beaten all teams this year.'"
By many saints fans own admission, you won't win the GF now apparently due to injuries, hence the sudden desire amongst many of your mob to win the LLS. But you've just provided examples of when you have beaten your rivals without these players. So when/if you limp out of the playoffs, you can't use injuries as an excuse. Whether walsh/lomax et al were fit or not, you won't the GF this year because you have a soft underbelly.
It was a good result for saints not because it gave them the LLS, but because it gave them a home tie against a inexperienced knackered looking Cas team. Against anyone else they'd be losing and going out of the playoffs the week after. But this, this gives them hope. That means that saints will be one home game away from a grand final.
Just close enough to get saints fans dreaming and mouthy again, but just far enough to create dissapointment when falling short.
God help you guys if you get through the semi and wind up at old trafford again.