Neither side won anything tonight.

I wanted to see how we handled a few things tonight and we handled them pretty well. Still a few things to look at, but still pretty confident of doing the double.

Yeah them limped and then went on the wing for a minute to try and make it look real.

I don’t think it’s harsh at all. He falls off too many tackles and has work to do. I simply put Smiths improvements in that area down because it shows what can be done. Smith I thought nailed the vast majority of his tackles and when he didn’t make them first time, he’d be there to make a second attempt. Cust gets bumped off and left behind too often and is taken on his outside and beaten or very nearly beaten too often also IMO. I think his elbow might be hindering him a little but it’s been an issue from the first night at HKR. I like him and I’m really happy with how he’s gone this season in the main but it’s an area that needs work going forward.

I forgot about him mate.

Get a grip, it’s a man’s game you pussy.

Interesting that Peet says the following in his post match:


Saints were clearly the team that won the arm wrestle but there’s more to a game than that.”

Speaking on the intensity of the game, he said: “I think it prepares you for the kind of games that are coming, the intensity and the 80-minute nature of it. We probably got a lot of our goal-line defence practice in tonight.

“Any team that plays St Helens has to come through that, they put you in difficult positions, they build pressure well and you’ve got to be comfortable in those positions. You’re not going to have a game where you dominate field position but it doesn’t mean that you can’t post points.”


When I said similar a few weeks ago I was apparently wrong.

Over to you Stu

KPP should have lined up against Hurrell.

I agree.

Tommy replaces Cust for me and Havard in for Mago.

Put Lomax in our team and we win in a canter. We need to find a way of closing him down as everything revolves around him.

I’m with you Nicky, I thought Cust was poor tonight. He doesn’t have the skills or pace to play stand off for me. If it is a choice between him and Tommy it is Tommy every time as his defence is far better.

Special mention for Liam Byrne. He’s a real handful now and doesn’t half put a shift in. Other than Harry Smith, probably our most improved player over the last 18 months or so.

Great atmosphere last night, nice to see a healthy crowd on, and also experience a bustling Fan Village with coffers going into our pot instead of that of the football club.

Roby showed his age in that game. Was hanging off tackles and left on the floor most of the time. Hung on a bit to long and tried to prevent the play the ball at one point. Great news he’s signed 1 more year

Congrats Wigan.

Some tremendous defence and took your chances well when they arrived.

We played with our usual effort, I was actually pretty proud of how we kept plugging away, but we simply didn’t have the bite to break you down. Wigan could focus on targeting Lomax and Welsby in the knowledge that nobody else was likely to do anything. And Wigan did that very well indeed.

Fair play to Peet again. Until next time!

On the ball I’m happy enough with him and I think he’s had a good first season but defensively he has work to do. I would go with Tommy and Smith in the halves though and play Cust from the bench if all 3 are available against Catalans and moving forward.