Maybe some were showing Long some appreciation ......



for missing some of the kicks

Still think we'll beat Wakefield next week...I stand to be shot down....

i wish someone would shoot ya

Well i thought the team showed a lot of effort today we ruffled a few feathers in the saints team tonight and hit hard.

But our attack is too pedestrian we only seem to have one move on the opposistion line (and we cant implement that well) and when that goes to pot we are clueless.

i'll let others argue why that is, players or Coach, maybe both ?

understatement of the century

I clapped the effort, you cant argue with that. I was pleased how the crowd got behind Thorman too. We're not a bad lot you know

Don't you mean from the comfort of their desks

The players deserved applause ,they worked hard against a team that was out classing them all over the pitch (i.m.o.)


Saints fans don`t know how lucky they are.

Over the years i've lost count of how many time people have said " You dont mind getting beat as long as the team puts the effort in."Well thats what I applauded.

Didnt stay and clap, but thought the effort was much better tonight, IMO we would have beaten most teams tonight if we played like that, we would also have 2/3 more games if we played like that.

The scoreline flattered Saints slighly, had our try not been disallowed and had Calderwood taken Whitings pass it would have been much closer.

We need to cut down stupd errors, Dowes dropped ball in the 38th minute on the last tackle and Tony not taking the bomb, these cost us two trys and put the game out of our reach.

I thought we matched there pack, but they had too much class for us when they got near our line, there passing speed is fantasic, hopfully having long will quicken us up as his distibution was excellent.

Still along way to go, but I saw positive signs last night.

Must win our next two games.

Watching the teams approaches was funny. We have been quoted as saying we play 3 props from the start to copy saints, but then watching saints throw the ball the full width of the pitch to stretch us i really wonder what saints team it is we are trying to copy? Maybe Northampton RU?

Excellent summary. Thought we were pretty good for the first 37 minutes in a game we were never realistically going to win. Mistakes put the game well and truly beyond us. The interchanges were just unfathomable though. Burnett should have been spelled, King looked lively but played about 20 minutes. We really need to get a grip of this - in closer games it makes a huge difference.

Why were we never realistically going to win?

If we threw the ball about better and actually use our centres and wingers we could have competed far better.