You mean the Bateman that did walk into an NRL side and won the Dally M as best 2nd rower in the comp? That Bateman?

This debate has been done to death mate. Read the thread and save us all some time.

Walmsley, Lees, Matautia, Amor, Grace and Hopoate missing tonight. Not sure about you NK but I make that 6

I actually don’t think it’s a bad thing for Saints going forward to have a few injuries (as long as they’re short term). Those lads like Norman, Bennison, Royle, Wingfield etc need minutes in a team where it feels like people expect them to perform and win games, rather than just being rolled out to give others rests, which for any team seems to result in a drop in intensity across the board.

Yeah I get you. It’s not like we’ve chosen to make 10 changes and almost accepted a defeat the week before a final whatever. There’ll be an element of pressure tonight. Be interesting to see how they cope. I know you joked about Wingfield the other day in terms of his standing as a 1st teamer but I rate him highly. Hope he gets some good minutes tonight.

It was a joke, I do know who the lad is to a point. I can’t say I’ve seen a lot of him but I have heard positive things.

So I’m guessing this has been put to bed now?

No Lees, Walmsley, Grace, Hopoate, Mautatia. There’s 5.

Amor can count as 6.

Child absolutely hammered us with six agains.No matter how poor Leeds have been, to nil any SL team is a superb effort

Eh?

The whole talk was a lack of an injury crisis and it’s not that yet is it?!

You do realise Leeds we’re missing Myler, Fusitua, Newman, Sezer, Dwyer. Tetevano, Mellor, Holroyd and Thompson don’t you? And they lost Oledzki and Bentley during the game.

Saints were pretty good tonight but the whole debate has been can Saints do it week to week during an injury crisis. If the other team has one far worse it’s not going to prove a great deal.

You’re moving the goalposts now. Last week you challenged us to find a single game where we had 5 missing. Tonight we had 6 missing. Yes I know Leeds had players missing too.

We are constantly told we are a one man team. No Walmsley no win.

Don’t talk sense, did you not know the Saints of 2022 are unbeatable?

I thought it was really encouraging for the other 10 SL sides this evening for 55/60 mins; they’re not unbeatable. And before a Saints fan corrects me, I know Walmsley, Hopoate, Grace, Matauitia et al were missing. I think Catalans will fancy their chances next week.

Don’t go all YG on us mate, it’s been done over and again. The whole debate (as you know) was about how Saints would deal with an injury crisis. That isn’t moving the goalposts at all. One game against a Leeds club with their confidence as low as a snakes belly and missing 9 players (and losing 2 more during the game) is hardly going to settle that debate is it?

As for the one man team thing, I’ve certainly never said that and don’t think that in the slightest (I know you’re not throwing that specifically at me by the way). You beat us in a Grand Final with Walmsley on one leg. Any thoughts of that went west that night.

Not seen the game tonight, why were they missing? Obviously know about Grace who's been a long term injury.

Not sure with Grace because didn’t he come back last week?

Walmsley being saved for the cup by the sounds of things.