I think there is some truth in that but it is not coincidence that both Saints and Cats got mullered a week after their encounter in France.

They've got the won the league on Good Friday trophy to ease their pain

As bad as anything under Cunningham that today would have said we where sh*te but that would be kind

Going to be hard work (and a harder watch) trying to defend your way to OT, fair play if you manage it.

I have said the last couple of years this saints side are on the slide with their players getting older and slower possibly the slowest backline in SL now.
Mind you they could still be suffering from WCC in Aus so time to bounce back I think.

They’d nearly got over that but the clocks changing has put them off kilter again and don’t even start on the trip to France.

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They've broke it already

Prior to the game on Good Friday I was confident that if we remained relatively error free, maintained good discipline and kicked Saints into their own twenty then we would win. I did also predict that it would probably be a low scoring affair due to the poor forecast.

Well our discipline was shocking and we made numerous costly errors, yet only succumbed very late on from a winning position with only twelve players.

Why was I so confident beforehand? Put simply Saints these days seem unable to attack from deep to score (and if/when they do its very rare). Would love to compare Makinson's tries over the last two seasons to Marshall's. Field's to Welsby's, Lomax's to French.

Give Saints a penalty in your own half and you're asking for bother. Make them come away from their own line and its comfortable. This is where we failed Good Friday.

That said they play Hull FC at home at the weekend, if they don't score 6-8 tries against them lot (at best) or even get beat again then they really are struggling, obviously can't see this happening as FC are shocking so should be a easy win.

Medium term - Saints obviously have a pretty serious rebuild to take on in the next few years. Really does make you think that they should've been more ruthless with the length of the contracts they've been giving out recently.

This year, it's all going to be about if they can get their troops fit and ready for the back end. Going out of the cup will give them up to couple of weeks off and means they can focus on just getting the job done in the league. If they can put out a near first choice team in the play offs then they'll be thinking they can beat anyone in a one-off arm wrestle. I certainly wouldn't swap with them though.

Absolutely disgusting. It is only a game of rugby when all is said and done. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/paul-wel ... oss-90334/

Absolutely disgusting. It is only a game of rugby when all is said and done. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/paul-wel ... oss-90334/

Absolutely disgusting. It is only a game of rugby when all is said and done. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/paul-wel ... oss-90334/

Absolutely disgusting. It is only a game of rugby when all is said and done. https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/paul-wel ... oss-90334/

A sad reflection on todays society.

A sad reflection on todays society.

I feel sorry for Wellens in a way. I liked him as a player. Not a 'Charlie Big Timer' just a solid good pro and i like him as a man. The way he conducts himself in his position. He has been dealt a bit of a ty hand like Moyes did at Utd. The last coach got the very last bits out of an ageing side and passed it on to the next man. I don't think Saints fans just realise how much of a rebuild they have on. Players like Bennison and Wingfield are nowhere near the level and are in the 17. Then they have the obvious ones that are on the way out. It's a near complete rebuild. I fear that Saints fans will vilify ellens like they did with Cunningham.

As a Wigan fan i can't wait to enjoy it but it will be at the expense of Wellens, alas, i will take it though. No way do i condone any sort of abuse to his family though. It is just a game at the end of the day, though, one that consumes us.