Quote: NickyKiss "I don’t get the whole ‘we don’t get enough credit’ line from Saints (well I do but I don’t believe the players/coaches actually believe it deep down). I think it’s a mantra the inner circle at Saints are throwing out to keep themselves motivated but it’s absolute rubbish IMO. The main coverage of Rugby League is via Sky and my word, they absolutely love Saints and lord the club and most of it’s players to the hilt. You would think Welsby was the second coming of God, Grace the finest winger to have pulled on a pair of boots and Walmsley was made of titanium and so on and on.
Saints have always been a popular club across the game as a whole, certainly a far more appealing winner of a comp to the game in general than Wigan or Leeds and I’m not sure what it is the club wants? I get the players using this line as motivation and also that the fans will just go with that but you surely see why they’re saying it. There’s nothing more dangerous than a quality side thinking they’re badly thought of but nothing could be further from the truth.'"
I'm not talking about Sky, I'm talking about fans of other clubs.
Players are bigger, faster and stronger than ever before and defences are harder to break down yet all of a sudden it's a poor comp. Suddenly when Saints are winning- its a poor comp. Funny that.
We've had luck in finals- so what, it won't say that in the history books will it. What about when Wellens got injured during the 2011 GF and Shenton had to go FB. We were beating Leeds up to that point and they scored to win it down the side where Shenton had been defending, was that not bad luck for Saints?
As I say it riles me that we don't get the credit we deserve. Now we are only a one man team with Walmsley, however if I'm honest I think losing Lomax would have a much bigger impact than losing Walmsely. We didn't lose to Toulouse because Walmsley was missing.