cant fault our effort, for 50 minutes we gave the best team at 99% full strength a test, a couple of dog poo decisions against us, barba losing the ball from abduls' hit and the softest penalty of the match, at 18-10 to us, considering what the ref let go during the game, got them the lift they needed to get back in the game




unless we get anybodies back, we risk losing 5th spot

I don’t think Tarquin actually exists. I think it is just a computer glitch

5th is of little importance IMO. With Connor, Green and Kelly now added to Shaul, Talanoa, Griffin, Sneyd, Bowden, Manu and Westerman we're screwed. Imagine Saints without Barba, Makinson, Percival, Swift, Lomax, Fages, Walmsley, Amor, Taia, Douglas. That's the scale of the crisis. As already said it's a relief to have secured safety with this to deal with, imagine losing another couple of players and having to go to Headingley or Toronto.

5th is important to us, until we cannot qualify for the semis our season is still alive, we've been told the vast majority of our missing players will be back for round 23 and the super 8s

credit should be given to those players who have kept us in touch of the top 4, to just dismiss that is an insult to those players that have played patched up and kept us up there week in week out!

radford should have moved tuimavave or minichello across to the right and shored up the defence on that side, We had 2 injured players and 2 kids defending our right edge and saints cut it to pieces.

I'm sick of the injuries now. The season has completely gone to pot and I can;t wait until it's over

I didn't see what happened with faraimo but someone near me saw it on the screen and reckons he'll cop another ban

Unfortunately the Uber wouldn’t take me to be KC. Wanted paying up front
Not on TV so can only rely on comments here
Seb has one take , some say pathetic goal line defence and some say we pushed them all the way
Goes to prove the diversity of opinion

I imagine it was a galant defeat

Losing Connor is a body blow
Win the next 2 and we have the faintest chance of Top 4

one more win for us at widnes or wire at home and a loss at wakey for you and the derby will just about be a dead rubber in the ever minute counts era

It's going to be a big ask to make the 4 now but 5 points can go very quickly, we need to keep fighting.

The goal has to be to win our next 2 and you would like to think we will be no worse than 3 points adrift at the split. It goes without saying that we will need to beat Wire when we meet in the 8s, but if we do that it would leave 1 point to make up. With players returning and Warrington having the distraction of the cup that is entirely possible.

Mountain to climb, but I haven't lost hope just yet.

if you beat wakefield and kr beat warrington its defo back on, if other way round it will be all but over

Yet another key player injured in this wretched season. It's amazing that we're still in fifth, credit to the coaching staff and fringe players.

We have to win one of the next two or it's a distinct possibility that we'll go in to the Super 8s seven points behind Warrington with a significantly inferior points difference. As it stands we are likely to face trips to Saints, Warrington and Cas with Wigan coming to the KCom.

Very disappointing after the highs of the last two years but we have to hope that we have much better luck in 2019 with injuries.

Not in any way dismissing what this team have achieved in terrible injury circumstances this year, summed up by the cup defeat at Saints which was magnificent. Losing Connor & Sneyd and with Kelly strapped up though is difficult enough but also if Faraimo gets a ban we are missing 1, 2, 4, and 5 with 3 (Carlos) playing busted. Wakefield are scrapping for the 8s with home advantage so just can't see anything but a heavy defeat. This isn't being negative just realistic - it's great that we're safe and that's a praiseworthy achievement itself given the context.

The potential of this side is strong. In the backs we have Griffin who was exceptional until injury, Connor with an international breakthrough, Carlos all class and playing with a knock, Talanoa top SL try scorer until injury and Faraimo who's settling great in now but just needs to sort his discipline, MoS nominee Albert Kelly and double Lance Todd winner Marc Sneyd. We have a very good squad but just can't them on the pitch.

We had a good dig last night.
Losing our double winning Wembley captain compounded by our horrendous injury woes has done for us I'm afraid.

Yes, although to be fair Taylor I think is taking on the Ellis captaincy mantle.
Shaul
Faraimo
Connor
Tuimavave
Talanoa
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Bowden
Manu
Hadley
Westerman

Paea
Minichiello
Green
Griffin

Is a good first choice 17 next year with the likes of Miloudi, Masi, Fash, Downs, Turgut, Lane, Scott, Harris all gaining loads of SL experience this year. Feeling positive already.