Like everyone else, I am baffled at that decision to kick for goal from almost halfway. Two minutes on the clock, bang the penalty 20 yards closer, start from their 30 yard line and send the props in for 4 battering attempts over the next 90 seconds, then a drop goal attempt from in front of the sticks from 15-20 yards....

If it goes over - we win.

If it misses - hooter goes and we go to golden point.

Neither option gives Saints a chance of winning in regulation time.

I'm not a £100k+ a year coach and I can figure that one out.

Lam needs to explain why the club royally fecked it up.

What a brilliant game of Rugby League pity it could not have been shown on terrestrial tv and more watching it .Both teams D was trojan like right up to the very last minute .Saints kicking game was far better than ours they must practice this to death on the training pitch high ball up in the air and keep onside at the kick and rush up. Our kicking game was abysmal straight to full back all players offside and no chase. The woodwork played a big part in the match with the ball hitting the cross bar from the conversion and hitting the upright from the drop goal and bouncing back for Saints to score. What fantastic resilience Wigan showed in the match in defense all the possession that Saints had and not score only a freak hitting the upright score in the very last minute. Cant wait for next season to watch this team play again. Was kicking at goal for the penalty the right thing? if it went over the game was won a lot of ifs if we had kicked to touch and gone for a drop goal? Saints line speed a lot faster than ours .
Covid decimated our season this year but will crowds bounce back when they can to watch the finest sport ever. The players this season of all teams were fantastic to play the games at all they must have put themselves out social distancing at all times.

Gutted for the lads,gave 110% all game.
Roll on next season

I think Lammy has summed it up in all honesty.

The kick is 50/50. He kicks it and it's the right call, he misses and it's the wrong one.

The big mistake we made (not using the full minute allowed was another) was not chasing the kick. Saints were 10/15 yards further up the field than they should have been.

And not holding down before the drop goal play. 6 again would mean nothing in that si2as the hooter would go before they could try the drop goal

Does he definitely call 6 again there though and not a penalty?

Yeah if they had done it two or three times in the set then we would be looking at penalty and sin bin but would have been fine doing it once. Whether the players knew that I don't know.

Everything going on in the world and you lot still crying over a game of rugby.

Get some perspective for christ sake.

Captivating game....

Considering many of our "fans" have moaned all season, and many people thought Saints unstoppable, it was hardly a one sided affair.

Massive kudos to all the players involved, shame there had to be a loser, but thats sport. Onwards!

A lesson we also should have learned from the 2014 final with Matt Smith is that the ball had to go dead . Good chance of the ball back and also run the clock down if we don't.

Regards EW

Could be worse. We could be Bradford I suppose.
From Champs to Chumps in less than a decade.

What? People are discussing Rugby on a Rugby forum - how despicable! Shouldn't be allowed.

Simple - if you think it is wrong/disgraceful/disrespectful (" delete as appropriate) then perhaps you should remove yourself from this den of depravity and go and campaign about something you obviously feel strongly about (instead of making snide contributions on here and wasting your obviously valuable time).