Plenty of fat/Deadwood to be trimmed from the side still - Shorrocks, Partington and Singo spring to mind. Luckily the club have already identified that they need an experienced prop (something Singo should be) to lead the troops. It was night and day when we brought Havard and Mago (excellent tonight) on.

Isa was ok, but we struggled to get momentum early on (see the above about props). Baffling that KPP didn't play - unless he's injured?

Was it balls. No initial reaction in the ground and the ref was happy to play on until the Saints guy milked it. If he doesn't stay down, then nothing happens.

KPP is ill

Fair play. Not been near a TV all day.

Ill

The delay was probably because it was being reviewed. They are now carding people even if there is no injury and rightfully so

100% rightfully so Loads of money and time down the can, all cause a guys milked a pen.

We could quite easily have won that given a touch more luck and smartness. The derbies are now unpredictable because we have closed the gap considerably and have more improvement in us. They can have that one, we'll have the Grand Final

This is the gap in quality.

Saints are missing..

The best prop in SL
The best scrum half in SL
The best centre in SL
The best winger in SL

And still beat second place. That’s embarassing.

That said, I thought Byrne was easily your best forward with Farrell second. The rest were anonymous, especially Bateman. Why oh why did you break the bank for someone who is utterly terrible and offers nothing

The biggest annoyance at losing, is that you don't disappear for a week.

You agree the rule is BS. Moore had a choice, be a jobs worth or actually play what the majority see i.e nothing in it.

What happened to, instead of forcing a black and white decision , looking at the the context or actual play (like you have)?

If Sironen doesn't stay down then it's play on. He actually fakes being injured, because he knows what might happen. That's not something I want to see in RL, as it's another small step towards diving. For reasonableness, Faz did something similar in the 1st 20. I'd happily see a pen reversed for players that jump up and play on after it. No place for simulation, or fake injuries.

Bet his was twitching at the end. Or maybe that was his dad coming for seconds

As I said earlier I thought it was a yellow. But Iv always thought its a problem that players will inevitably feel encouraged to stay down on the floor. He plays the ball - the referees can't go back to it. So why wouldn't you stay down if you know that's going to result in the video ref looking at it from 4 different angles to find something wrong?