https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ssion=true Jake Connor, meanwhile, left the field in the second period but Radford was coy on the reason why. "Jake. No (it wasn't tactical)." Asked if he thought it was a serious injury, Radford responded: "No, I don't." Hmm...

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/r ... ssion=true Jake Connor, meanwhile, left the field in the second period but Radford was coy on the reason why. "Jake. No (it wasn't tactical)." Asked if he thought it was a serious injury, Radford responded: "No, I don't." Hmm...

I couldn't attend tonight how did James Bentley do for us ? Not so much his hooking performance because he ain't no hooker but his effort etc.. Good defence? I have high hopes for the lad. Thanks

Played ok, can tell he isnt a hooker though with some of the distribution but when you have forwards running onto the ball at pace all he has to do is pop it up to them

I didn’t see it
Was Manu as ineffective as he has been if late ?

I thought he was excellent. Bit of mongrel about him.

Dominance maybe ? Class no chance , the standard of opposition is no where near . A very good saints team , but let’s not go overboard

We were simply outclassed tonight.
Saints were quality. Speed , aggression and execution, desire .
What makes them so good? Certainly an ingredient we need to find !

He looks like the game has caught up with him. Struggle's with the pace of the game now, doesn't look in decent shape anymore for me.

Done consistently, the reason London have done so well with average players. Holbrook gets that consistently. We don’t . When we do, we can beat anyone

Radford interview after the game
one or two blokes just not learning

Well if thats the case why are they playing in the first team?

ref was appalling.saints are a decent side,but to be honest our home form is just not good enough.any other side would fancy their chances of finishing in the top 5 with last 9 fixtures including 6 at home.not us .

Cas without Gale are rudderless. Can see them missing out on the top 5.

I don't agree. In terms of dominance they are probably more dominant than the 05/06 team but in terms of class much less so. Thee biggest difference is in 05/06 there was FC, Bulls, Rhinos, Warriors to compete with. This year Wire are the closest and they are well behind.

So much quicker in everything they do compared to us, We don't even look like we're playing the same game. they're well drilled, fit, fast, strong and enthusiastic. Everything we're not TBH. Why don't our forwards run like theirs? Why doesn't our defensive line move up like theirs? Why is their first defensive contact so much better than ours? Why is their passing so much slicker and more accurate than ours? Why do they hunt in 3's and 4's in defense when we hunt in 1's and 2's?

For me it's all down to coaching. holbrook is a very good coach who has transformed that group of players from average to way above average and has everyone in the team playing well week in, week out.

If we get to wembley I can see us being completely embarrassed by them, possibly taking rovers record away from them.

You also have to question why weaker squads than ours seem to be able to handle saints much better than we do. As soon as we play a team who play the game with real tempo we just fall to pieces