: Wed May 06, 2009 4:06 pm  

That one game alone will have assured Noble his job for another year.

: Wed May 06, 2009 5:54 pm  

donkey O'tay wrote:

That one game alone will have assured Noble his job for another year.

I think it might help, but this weekend is more important for his long term prospects

: Wed May 06, 2009 6:35 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

It was Wigans cup final, they wanted it more.

That certainly seems to be the message that Saints got out there clear as a bell. The Sky guys tonight on Boots'n'All agreed that Saints didn't really want it, the press men agreed that Saints didn't reall want it, a goodly number of fans on here, elsewhere and IRL agree that they didn't really want it, and Graham and Cunningham at the very least said they didn't really want it. I think we all know that Saints didn't want that win as much as Wigan did, and boy did it show in their performance!

I hope next time they make the decision that they don't really want it, especially against Wigan and particularly in a place that cost serious dosh to get to, that they remember there are fans involved in this and they should want it for the fans if not for themselves.

: Thu May 07, 2009 10:03 am  

If Graham and Cunningham didn't want to play, Potter should have made the decision and dropped them.

What annoys me about many on here is that there have been very few who have said that Wigan played well (and they did). It's all been about excuses for not wanting to play etc.

Yes Saints were poor but were beaten by a far better team on the day. Wigan should have won the Maunday Thursday game, Saints were very fortunate to get away with that one.

: Thu May 07, 2009 10:09 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

If Graham and Cunningham didn't want to play, Potter should have made the decision and dropped them.

What annoys me about many on here is that there have been very few who have said that Wigan played well (and they did). It's all been about excuses for not wanting to play etc.

Yes Saints were poor but were beaten by a far better team on the day. Wigan should have won the Maunday Thursday game, Saints were very fortunate to get away with that one.

Wigan did play very well, some posters here have commented on how good your defense was in particular.

: Thu May 07, 2009 11:06 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

What annoys me about many on here is that there have been very few who have said that Wigan played well (and they did). It's all been about excuses for not wanting to play etc.

This is the Saints board FFS, not the Wigan board! What do you expect? You want Wigan to be praised? Then go on your own board!

As has been said by others, Wigan played well. However, that doesn't change the fact that we played sh!te. Personally, I would have much preferred us to play out of our skins like we did at the last derby; it would have been a riveting match then, regardless of who won. As it was, I was totally disappointed, switched off by halftime, and was almost as close to tears as Eddie Hemmings, who had clearly looked forward to that match as the highlight of his weekend.