It's a mammoth task, no doubt about it! Saints on a different level at the moment.

It's a one off knock out game though and history says we have a chance.

In recent seasons we've played well against Saints and just fallen short a few times....on the odd occasion I think to the odd suspect decision so if it's right what they say about decisions levelling up over time then who could deny us getting a few 50/50 calls our way!

What we need to do to win...

Get in their faces from the off...if we stand back and let them play we'll get steamrolled....they deserve huge respect for how good they're playing but we have to show them none from the start..

Play for the full 80....not something we've been able to do...but...if we do we're a very good side ourselves and well capable of producing an upset...

Complete high...again...when we do we're a very good side...we can't afford the dumb, unforced errors we keep doing that's putting us under pressure...

Be smart and disciplined...will be very tough I know because Saints like getting rolls on with quick play the balls and any signs of us trying to slow and the crowd will be loud and trying to influence the ref...we need to try and win the ruck as much as we can...

Not be too one dimensional...again, will be tough...as against Catalans showed...first half when we were trying to play safer, we looked devoid of attacking ideas and were too predictable....second half, straight from the off we started throwing the ball around and looked a completely different side. Going back to when Chester took over the reigns he said he was allowing the team to express themselves and play with smiles on their faces...that's the attitude I'd like to see us adopt...I don't see any point in going there and trying to beat them with five drives and a Brough kick...lets take the game to them from the off and signal our intent.

It's a huge ask but if every one of our players plays to the best of their ability for the full 80 minutes then we have every chance...all the pressure is on them as everyone in rugby league is expecting them to beat us comfortably.

Left edge is a real concern though up against Makinson and Naiqama who's really starting to look the part after a slow start...will Kershaw be brought back in or could we play Ashurst in the centre to be a bit more solid? If Percival isn't back I fancy us to have a bit of success against their left edge with Lyne and possibly Hampshire running out there....some big calls to be made on team selection!

EVERY player is in the team to defend or, at least they should be.
Of course you wouldn't put your halves in the middle but, you would expect them to be tackling their opposite number.

On the game itself, with the patched up side that Trinity put out, especially with the late withdrawal of MCB, we never looked like we would have enough to win the game.
Even with a full squad to pick from, this would have been a tough ask but, as we were, it was always a question of how many Saints would win by.
The bookies had Trinity with 20 points start and even that didn't look enough and so it proved.

Saints played well today, especially in the first half but, were never tested.

We were close to that first incident, the player had a knock to the knee and got up on all fours to ease it off. The trainer came on and told him to lie down and it looked as though he indicated a head knock to the touch judge. By that time the tackle was 65 metres away and I assume the touch judge relayed head knock to the ref who decided to stop play. That was what the fans were booing for because it looked as though the officials had been conned as saints were 10 metres from the try line.

The second incident was a straight forward head knock and I dont think the home fans responded as much as the first incident despite the fans seeing it with a bit of suspicion.

Yes you are correct.
I should have said....he's not in the team to tackle. However defend is different.

Isn’t in the team to defend now that’s a classic. That’s why yesterday rocky pulled off 3 or 4 try savers and jowitt did last week cause people aren’t doing their job.

You see I already said I was wrong and changed defend to tackle.
I cannot answer for your eyesight.