Sthelens having a extra man ie man in red top

I was back tonight, and glad I did. Sloppy 10-15 minutes apart, we tried to play rugby and provide the kind of game I want to go and watch. Too many errors, yes, but I'd sooner see us try and fail than plod along playing safety-first basics. First time I've come away feeling pretty positive in a long time. More of that, please.

Much better, and if anything Saints pulled off a bit of a smash and grab.

Back line has to be lineham, talanoa, sa, naughton for me when all fit. michaels and yeaman not up to it

Personally, I came away not feeling like that at all. Did you go or is it the impression the radio gave? Frustrating at times, but not disappointing IMO, we made errors because we tried to play the game the right way. I'll not fault them too much for that, it's what most of us have been crying out for. Only Talanoa seemed to make an excessive amount of poor errors.

Agree. But I thought michaels went ok tonight. Had a real dig. Bet he's got some decent stats

We also made plenty of unforced errors, including at least 3 from talanoa

Maybe a bit unfair on michaels who does defend well (other than kicks) and carries the ball strongly but isn't much of a threat with ball in hand for me

2 buggers - the one in the dark blue top too. In fact, I'm sure he kicked one of their penalties before shefellover and ran off.

What a sideshow that was - obviously deliberate and intended to distract - coaching onfield blatently and not more than 10 swigs of water actually administered to anyone. Exposed the ref's naivety and inexperience in all it's nakedness - he failed to nip it in the bud after the first 10 minutes of -taking then didn't have a clue how to address it. Thought orange-and-blue shirts would accompany him and the touch judges asthey slunk off in a huddle... they certainly had a good go in joining in the other scrums.

I thought Roby dished a fair bit of the naughty treatment out tonight. Not a player I'd really associate with that kind of thing but quite indicative of their tactics.

Agree 100%.

I had a change of heart and attended the match and for what it's worth didn't feel overly and bitterly disappointed at our performance for a change and actually believed we should have won.

The effort is still there this new found expansive rugby although far from the finished article players occasionally still looking lost or wrong last tackle options coupled with unforced errors it was at least encouraging to see.

For me Sneyd and Yeaman still big disappointments with Sneyd still poor in the kicking department and rarely taking the line on and some wayward passes thrown out and Yeaman again for contributing for 2 of their tries from either not blocking or contesting the kicks.

Saints were very average and kicks aside struggled to break our line.
Had it not been for their kicks and a couple of odd refereeing decisions towards the end it could have been a very different result but still well done to all.