Quote: Itchy Arsenal "I personally have no problem at al in acknowledging that saints a have five or six first teamers missing and that we have two arguably three missing.
Don't see what all the fuss is about. Saints are at home so that should count for something and we are either moderately hot or freezing in terms of form/consistency therefore, as per virtually all saints and Wigan matches either team can win.
Again I do accept that saints have key players out in fact it would be ludicrous to argue otherwise. Does that mean they will be any less motivated or a very difficult team to beat? Absolutely not.
If saints lose then I'm sure if they perform well and compete the majority of their fans will be happy. If Wigan lose I just hope we at least compete and put up a good show in terms of effort and expansive play.
Let the best team win and hopefully the officials let the game flow.'"
Exactly. Though I would point out to Saints fans that it's not really on to claim Lomax as a true loss when you've signed someone to replace him. Similarly, we can't claim that the loss of Manfredi and Thornley is too much of a blow, can we? Gelling being out in the backs and Clubb in the pack are our real losses IMO.