: Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:20 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

But we're only one game clear of Udders. Why is no-one taking any notice of Udders? They could be the Catalans of this season, or even better.

Well aware of them, but we'll see how they stack up more on saturday. No disrespect intended at all to them, but leeds are still our main rivals

Re: Arnold : Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:32 pm  

tm - tl wrote:

This kid is going to be special.
If we can keep him injury free that transition of losing Long will be so much easier.

Really impressed me with his whole game,place kicking is spot on. Lets hope he can progress right up until Longy decides enough is enough!

Sensational game, sell him to wire, could easily get £75k for the kid which is an amazing figure for a kid so young....

: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:39 pm  

Wish he played for Widnes.
Good kid if he can sort out his bad defensive habits.

: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:45 pm  

Billy Bunter wrote:

Loved his involvement in the Dean try. Many would've got white line fever but he threw out a fantastic accurate ball for Dean to go over. You can tell he's got a good rugby brain.

Showed great vision for that try, something that cant be coached.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:10 am  

~ No1 Saints Fan ~ wrote:

Great backing up for his two tries, he's going to be a star. No doubt about it.

Oooh, like sh*tty old Danny McGuire eh, just a support player?

We'll watch this one with interest I think

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:59 am  

RescuedBlue wrote:

Oooh, like sh*tty old Danny McGuire eh, just a support player?

We'll watch this one with interest I think

Kyle Eastmond threw a great pass for great Saints try today. That is one more great pass than Danny Mcguire as managed in Super League.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:36 am  

RescuedBlue wrote:

Oooh, like sh*tty old Danny McGuire eh, just a support player?

We'll watch this one with interest I think

No, he has a good kicking game, is a good goalkicker and threw a great long pass out wide for Dean's try.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:05 am  

Kyle is ready for Longys no7.... Longy will always be a legend in my eyes. But Castleford next sun Kyle should start & kick goals, after kicking his 1st 2 goals Longy only got 1/7. This should be Seans last season (before he gets his pension at warrington) at 7. We need to move on with Eastmond. The whole crowd picks up when he comes on & recieves the ball. Give Longy a bit of a rest & play em both this season at 7.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:09 am  

Longy has stated many times that he doesn't like kicking goals, so whilst Eastmond was on the pitch why didn't Longy hand the goal kicking over to him?

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:23 am  

donkey O'tay wrote:

Longy has stated many times that he doesn't like kicking goals, so whilst Eastmond was on the pitch why didn't Longy hand the goal kicking over to him?

But just how reliable a goal kicker is Eastmond? He got 1 out of 2 on Easter Monday. Sure, on Thursday he kicked a blinder from the touchline plus that cracking drop goal. But to be fair to Long, he is just as capable of kicking blinders from the touchline and fantastic drop goals.

Our two stand out goal kickers IMO were Matty Smith and Ste Tyrer and presumably there is young Foster who Potter clearly doesn't think is ready or something for playing at first grade just yet. But when Eastmond was playing in the first team last season, he wasn't as reliable a kicker as Smith and Tyrer seemed to be. That's not a criticism so much as a simple observation.

Personally, I'd like to see as many people as possible kicking, both in field and goals so that no one player is put under all the pressure.