WOW there are some BIG statements from the Saints fans on the Wigan v Warrington match thread on Redvee. I am stumped by some of them. Remember when Liverpool only had to turn up against Wimbledon in 1988.............

When will we put a 80 minute performance in

Great first 40. I was happily ready to eat my words.
But the second half?

Working on playing to a high standard for the full 80 needs to be a consistent goal.

October 12?

You must be joking second half we rarely had the ball down to10 men and tackled like trojans even to the last minute.

I’d say that was an 80 min performance. Don’t forget we were playing 2nd in the league who were always going to come out fighting in the second half. The defensive effort was outstanding.

French looks top quality.

Great performance all round from the boys in the wet weather.

He’s certainly got a bit of X factor about him. Whether he’s prepared to do the tough stuff too remains to be seen.

Do you seriously, honestly think we played well in the second half? Seriously?

Sorry mate. Not for me. Not by a long shot.

I'm still not sure where he'll play next season.
I have a feeling it won't be wing.

I think the second half showed what difference a “big man” impact sub can make.

BMM made a massive impact on the game and wrestled control and momentum back for Wire and Philbin was amazing.

They were able to expose our lack of size in the middle, however next season that looks to be a different story.

I would imagine the stats will show that they made more post-contact metres than we did, but ATEOD we stopped them playing, Goal-line defence was much better organised than last week too. Considering we also kept them out with twelve men (did anyone else think the sin-binning a bit harsh? Looked a pen to me, no more? I wondered at the game if it was for dissent, but seeing the highlights back, apparently not), which was no small feat.

Also, other than that, I thought our discipline much better. We hit them hard, but legally, and didn't give them too many easy outs.