Proud of the players last night. The fact they scored 4 tries in the 2nd half whilst we had men out of the line getting treatment just shows the issues we have had all season. Green injuring his back on the bloody sideline! Thought Abdull played well, his passing accuracy and speed is something we missed.

Sounds mad to say it, but at full strength we beat them last night and in the cup

Why? You keep telling us injuries are no excuse.

I thought play had to stop straight away for head/neck injuries, clearly the ruling has now changed.

There was a lot of inconsistency last night. Ruck was managed differently for both sides - an obvious flop by Richardson in the 2nd half goes unpunished and then Lane penalised a few moments later. Every one of their knocks seemed to stop play whereas we had to play on and they took advantage

Some good performances last night from Jansin, Buretta, and the booming left peg of Jordan Abdul, AK super effort, keep going boys it’s been a nightmare season for injuries, all we ask is give it your best shot, and last night they did just that, come on yu ull.

Spot on.

Kelly played himself to a standstill and they played on that towards the end.

What we need is a physio as fit as theirs (he must cover some km`s during a game) and to find out what drink he is pouring down their necks as they were running with as much energy at the end of the game as they were at the beginning.

…… I don't think missing 2 interchanges for more than half the match helped.

Hmmm, this flies right in the face of you continually dismissing/writing the team off as early as 20 minutes into a match and continually stinking the place out with your 'season over' comments and M8s thread.
So you write the players effort off in game, you write off the team in game, you write the team off for the season and yet you say "Not in any way dismissing what this team have achieved", somewhat hypocritical isn't it?

Why can't you get behind the players/team/coach when it counts on game day, why continually write them off pretty much ignoring the effort and how matches and a season have peaks and troughs. you come back and write what you have with no sense of irony whatsoever
So, is our season still over or do you think our season still has a way to go, you know seeing as we are still in with a chance of making the play-offs????

I don't think we have a cat in hell's chance of making the GF, but it doesn't stop me supporting the team, going to matches, leaving at the end of games (not with 15 minutes to go like many last night).

It's called being realistic, but stick to your agenda bumpy, it's all you ever do.

Another rant at Coffee Girl
At least you left Radford and Pearson alone, no mention of their incompetence. Just give up FFS.

I wouldnt hold my breath

It really is getting embarrassing how many people leave early, even when we're still in the fight. Don't see the point in going at all if you're rushing off to miss traffic.

Its nothing to do with physios or energy drinks. When you look at how Saints and Castleford play, the ball is moved through the backs at a fast pace so effectively the backs make a lot of metres without the forward involvement and therefore their forwards are usually a lot fresher, unlike our play which at most times involves just taking the ball up man by man with no ball movement.
This also means with more energy they can protect their last tackle kicker a lot more.I have never seen a half back given as much time to kick as Richardson and the same when Gayle plays which means a much more accurate effective kick.
Saints have it all.Confidence,pace,Power and brains.
We have endeavour and enthusiasm and a very long way to go to be up there with the top 4 on a consistent basis.

Not forgetting, of course, the large number of senior players who are injured.