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.

He's referring to our style of play which ordinarily never changes rather than the quality of player.

5 drives and a kick tiring the forwards out. Slow ptb allowing the defence to restrict our movement and our normally static defensive line waiting for the opposition to come to us.
That has nothing to do with injuries but rather our structures.

Surely you can see what bonaire is getting at. Yes you have had injuries like most teams. Injuries are not necessarily instrumental in how a team plays.

it is when your number 1 half is sat in the stand!

with 7/8 players sat in the stand, 2/3 not fully fit, loads of young kids in, abdull first match back after broken leg, how the heck do you want us to play, if it was that easy great but it isn't, I expect us to play the game with plenty of effort and guts and play to the best of our ability, with everything thrown at us I think that's what we did, I really don't know what some expect, to be 5th with all the injuries we have had is pretty good imo,

Exactly hull2524, when you look objectively at any sport, to give your all, as a team pushing every sinew till you drop at the end, you can do no more, our team did this, and as another poster alluded to, I was obliged to applaud our boys at the end after the hooter had gone.