: Mon May 04, 2009 10:42 pm  

i think the team as a whole played badly due to a number of things, pryce handled his situation well (like i said originally i question no ones effort on a pitch) but it just wasnt saints day, 1-17 were poor decision making with ball in hand a particular factor

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:07 am  

i agree with some of the comments from the original poster.

i thought it was a disgraceful performance t.b.h! apart from graham and wello(who always play their heart out i.m.o) the rest were awful! they did'nt look @r$ed to be there,they were 2nd best in every facet of the game against a not verygood wigan side. not to mention our most "bitter" rivals! it did'nt matter where it was played it was a league game for 2 points and more importantly it was a game against wigan r.l.f.c and if you cant get up for those two reasons then they should'nt be selected. it was like the bad old days when we were mullered by them virtually every time we played them! regards the game on saturday. if you have any negative thoughts before the game then it will stay in your subconcious mind and it will show in your performance and that was clearly the case i.m.o those players need to watch that game to realise how awful they was! we praise them to the hilt when they perform and win games/trophy's and we should be able to "bag" them when they play with no pride or passion for the shirt against our biggest rivals!!

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:24 am  

If the stadium had the roof closed we would have won that game easily. RFL made the wrong call leaving the roof open, we asked for it to be shut, they didnt listen and it burnt us.

: Tue May 05, 2009 8:26 am  

Supreme Sydney2002 wrote:

If the stadium had the roof closed we would have won that game easily. RFL made the wrong call leaving the roof open, we asked for it to be shut, they didnt listen and it burnt us.

Re: They should be ashamed!!! : Tue May 05, 2009 9:50 am  

Kelly's Eye wrote:

Maybe, but your experienced players who should step up to the task were very clearly not arsed one bit and Long is just a tart, simple as!!

Exactly thats why saints no longer win the superleague, they dont step up to the high standard of leeds

: Tue May 05, 2009 11:55 am  

I watched the video back last night and to be honest, we weren't as poor as I thought we were at the game.

Some poor options taken and bad reads in defence from us and some tremendous scrambling defence from Wigan added up to a bad day at the office.

To call the players a disgrace is out of order, but not entirely unexpected from the usual suspects.

: Tue May 05, 2009 11:56 am  

As a leeds fan i rate long as a player, since taking over from goulding he has been superb, unfortunately, a few off the field incidents might take away from his achievements on the field!

players, like everyone, are allowed bad days at the office, and thats what i'd put it down to.

: Tue May 05, 2009 12:28 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

some tremendous scrambling defence from Wigan
.

This was the big thing for me. Just before half time, we looked like we were in for an 18 - 12 HT score, but the goon scramble defence was sensational, kept us out and they then went down t'other end and walked in with a huge HT score on us.

: Tue May 05, 2009 12:59 pm  

Supreme Sydney2002 wrote:

This was the big thing for me. Just before half time, we looked like we were in for an 18 - 12 HT score, but the goon scramble defence was sensational, kept us out and they then went down t'other end and walked in with a huge HT score on us.

I agree, that really put our heads down

: Tue May 05, 2009 10:45 pm  

What a massive over reaction.

It was Wigans cup final, they wanted it more. Watching the game again Saints were not as bad as you are all saying.