Like I said in my report, we cut saints up out wide a few times - Saints never really did that to us and looked too heavily reliant on the forward pack. So I'm happy overall.

Blowing a 16 point lead is definitely a point lost - you can't look at it any other way. The sooner Finch, Richards and Fielden get back the better.

To be honest at the end i didnt know whether to be gutted or relieved.

Look at it this way. Deacon limped off 20 mins in and we already had Pat, Amos, Fielden and Finch injured. If Saints lost the equivalent, say Eastmond (Deacon), Meli (Pat), Wellens (Amos), Graham (Fielden) and Pryce (Finch) do you seriously think they'd have competed with us yesterday? Let alone build a 16-0 lead up!

That performance yesterday showed the strength of our squad. Five big players lost and we still competed with an expected title rival.

After booting a poofie (of the foot rest variety, before anyone ss!) at my saints supporting brother in laws head and booting my sofa so hard that i am struggling to walk today. Then throwing a massive tantrum infront of the aforementioned brother in laws new girlfriend and storming out the back for an angry cigarette, with expletives ringing out.
It is fair to say that i was and still am gutted.

TBH i would not have cared if Eastmond had stuck the penalty over.

I am happy enough with our performance as for 65 minutes it was one of the best defensive displays i have seen in many a year, but it still feels like a loss to me.

We had Pryce missing for the match, plus Eastmond playing his first 80 minutes since August. We also had Flannery missing and Josh Perry. We had James Graham playing with a back injury. We lost Wello during the match. So you have no excuse. And definitely no sympathy.

I know Perry and Flannery were missing but Wellens played most of the match, whilst Graham played all of it didn't he? Swap which five you want and I don't think you would have competed like we did. Also point made just above we built up a 16-0 lead recieving just 1 penalty! I'm amazed at that stat. Saints needed 5 pens during their late rally in comparison. I'm not looking for sympathy or excuses. I'm absolutely delighted with the way we played yesterday.

Bilko, without looking through your site - when was the last time we played Saints for the first league game of the season, if ever?

1901/1902. Wigan 8 St Helens 2.

A while ago then.


Cheers.

Rogues said we definately deserved to win that one!


I believe it was the first time he'd had to pay full price?

Thought it was a poor game. I can say that because I have not been able to bring myself to sit and watch it again since I got back. I enjoyed the weekend but it was spoiled a little by the rugby on show. Can't quite put my finger on why, empty stadium lacking any atmosphere(should have stayed in walkabout), first game a bit rusty, the loss of Deacon putting us around the field, having very little ball, or what seems like an effort by the RL to step back two years and allow the quick play the ball and scoot at all costs!
I do hope it's one of the first and not the latter. The latter would point in several directions has to the reason. The Cas game was a penaltython ours had it's share of bad calls, even from one of the better refs in my oppinion. I can't comment on todays games because I had my fill yesterday with the rugby on show, so have not watched it!! If you had told me that last week I would have thought you mad.
Now I don't want to seem biased here, Roby was outstanding, he was a easy MoM but the game going to quick plays and scoots makes that feature of his game the one to dominate(good player all the same). My hope is it's not the case and that the first reasons or maybe it was the beer that blurred my thoughts slightly.
It's not great to watch because it's faster, despite what the likes of such RL visionaries like Kear, Hemmings or Agar may want to tell us. Strange game, felt like we should of won, in the end glad we didn't lose. Reet time for bed.