: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:18 pm  

It was a shocking attendance for the top of the league no matter what excuse you mite come up with weather etc.. if people are bored with you winning i cant see your crowds growing cos your losing unlike at wigan. The number of WAFC shirts in your town is very alarming.

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:49 pm  

Lippy wrote:

Not seen Saints play much this year as I no longer have Sky Sports. When you say its boring, what has changed?

Less flair, more errors, a sense of malaise/apathy about the team (with exceptions: at Wire, at Leeds for the CC round, Leeds at KR, Wakey away).

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:03 pm  

Jesus, what is the world coming to when the most reasonable posts on a thread on the Saints board are from Wigan and Warrington fans...

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:04 pm  

those were the days wrote:

It was a shocking attendance for the top of the league no matter what excuse you mite come up with weather etc.. if people are bored with you winning i cant see your crowds growing cos your losing unlike at wigan. The number of WAFC shirts in your town is very alarming.

I'm in St. Helens fairly often as I work there and have family there and I agree. St Heleners wouldn't go round with Wigan jerseys on so why the hell do they go around with latics jerseys on?

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 3:05 pm  

Ski wrote:

Reminds me of a side in the early 90s...

But we were averaging 15,000 attendances in the league in 1995.

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 4:13 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

Jesus, what is the world coming to when the most reasonable posts on a thread on the Saints board are from Wigan and Warrington fans...

Well, you wouldn't expect Wigan and Warrington fans to be upset/bothered/somewhat irate at Saints losing, now, would you? So likewise you would hardly expect them to be less reasonable than Saints fans following a loss of the great team that is St Helens.

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:01 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Well, you wouldn't expect Wigan and Warrington fans to be upset/bothered/somewhat irate at Saints losing, now, would you? So likewise you would hardly expect them to be less reasonable than Saints fans following a loss of the great team that is St Helens.

What are you on about?

I would actually expect Saints fans, who are following a team that is top of the league and in the CC semi final be more reasonable yes. I'd expect fans of other teams to be trolling, yet it appears that they don't have to.

We lost a game by 2 points. A game played in atrocious weather, with no recognised goal kicker, with a second rower playing scrum half, with two senior players playing their first game after injury (one having had surgery), a very inexperienced pack with only 3 recognised props. A game in which we actually scored more tries than the opposition and they only scored 2 of theirs due to our mistakes.

Would I expect Saints fans to be more reasonable, rather than crying things like 'Potter Out!'. Yes, I would.

Added to that, comments along the line of 'We shouldn't be losing to a team like Wakefield' scream arrogance of the highest order.

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 5:02 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

What are you on about?

I would actually expect Saints fans, who are following a team that is top of the league and in the CC semi final be more reasonable yes. I'd expect fans of other teams to be trolling, yet it appears that they don't have to.

We lost a game by 2 points. A game played in atrocious weather, with no recognised goal kicker, with a second rower playing scrum half, with two senior players playing their first game after injury (one having had surgery), a very inexperienced pack with only 3 recognised props. A game in which we actually scored more tries than the opposition and they only scored 2 of theirs due to our mistakes.

Would I expect Saints fans to be more reasonable, rather than crying things like 'Potter Out!'. Yes, I would.

Added to that, comments along the line of 'We shouldn't be losing to a team like Wakefield' scream arrogance of the highest order.

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:42 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

What are you on about?

I would actually expect Saints fans, who are following a team that is top of the league and in the CC semi final be more reasonable yes. I'd expect fans of other teams to be trolling, yet it appears that they don't have to.

We lost a game by 2 points. A game played in atrocious weather, with no recognised goal kicker, with a second rower playing scrum half, with two senior players playing their first game after injury (one having had surgery), a very inexperienced pack with only 3 recognised props. A game in which we actually scored more tries than the opposition and they only scored 2 of theirs due to our mistakes.

Would I expect Saints fans to be more reasonable, rather than crying things like 'Potter Out!'. Yes, I would.

Added to that, comments along the line of 'We shouldn't be losing to a team like Wakefield' scream arrogance of the highest order.

Well said.............

: Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:49 pm  

Billinge_Lump wrote:

What are you on about?

I would actually expect Saints fans, who are following a team that is top of the league and in the CC semi final be more reasonable yes. I'd expect fans of other teams to be trolling, yet it appears that they don't have to.

We lost a game by 2 points. A game played in atrocious weather, with no recognised goal kicker, with a second rower playing scrum half, with two senior players playing their first game after injury (one having had surgery), a very inexperienced pack with only 3 recognised props. A game in which we actually scored more tries than the opposition and they only scored 2 of theirs due to our mistakes.

Would I expect Saints fans to be more reasonable, rather than crying things like 'Potter Out!'. Yes, I would.

Added to that, comments along the line of 'We shouldn't be losing to a team like Wakefield' scream arrogance of the highest order.

Coming on here, talking common sense...