: Sun May 10, 2009 6:42 pm  

eddiewaringsflatcap wrote:

:lol: at some of the rot from oter supporters on this thread.

A team gets smashed 42 - 8 and the ref won it for us. Genius

Go and give your head a shake, lads.

When the penalty count was 11-5 (from memory) yes, the ref helped you ALOT

there was odd good try from pryce or wellens, but sorry mate your obv. blind to it!

: Sun May 10, 2009 6:42 pm  

DannyRic wrote:

Pryce was the stand out player for me, always is, him and wilkin are realy the glue that is currently keeping st. helens together.

Graham has lost it IMO, not the player we've seen in past seasons

And i still don't know why you even let long near a kicking tee.

No way at all that graham as lost it. He still best prop in super league by a mile.

He is looking tired at moment tho and needs a rest.

Teams have started to target him. They know he has massive go forward for saints.

We gotta get at least 1 prop in to take some work load off him.

: Sun May 10, 2009 6:44 pm  

DannyRic wrote:

Pryce was the stand out player for me, always is, him and wilkin are realy the glue that is currently keeping st. helens together.

Graham has lost it IMO, not the player we've seen in past seasons

And i still don't know why you even let long near a kicking tee.

Garham is making literally miles more yardage than any other player this year (well 1/4 mile - buts thats a lot on a rugby pitch) and has developed a good passing game as part of slighty different tactics this season - if that is lost it - god help everyone when he find it!!

: Sun May 10, 2009 6:45 pm  

DannyRic wrote:

When the penalty count was 11-5 (from memory) yes, the ref helped you ALOT

there was odd good try from pryce or wellens, but sorry mate your obv. blind to it!

Catalans indiscipline cost them - the ref can only play what he sees!! I'm not saying every decision was correct but its was hardly a game changing performance!

: Sun May 10, 2009 6:52 pm  

DannyRic wrote:

When the penalty count was 11-5 (from memory) yes, the ref helped you ALOT

there was odd good try from pryce or wellens, but sorry mate your obv. blind to it!

: Sun May 10, 2009 6:55 pm  

Chris Saint wrote:

Garham is making literally miles more yardage than any other player this year (well 1/4 mile - buts thats a lot on a rugby pitch) and has developed a good passing game as part of slighty different tactics this season - if that is lost it - god help everyone when he find it!!

I agree but he needs to cut out all this passing every week.

It worked well against Leeds away coz Leeds was ganging up and targeting graham so when he passed it took 3 men out which created space.

Teams have now noticed it and no longer get sucked in.

: Sun May 10, 2009 7:48 pm  

DannyRic wrote:

Pryce was the stand out player for me, always is, him and wilkin are realy the glue that is currently keeping st. helens together.

Graham has lost it IMO, not the player we've seen in past seasons

And i still don't know why you even let long near a kicking tee.

agree with the long comment,
why his he still taking the kicks.
hopefully whealer will be a regular for us now.

Clough was outstanding today. very fast for a big guy. my mom today

saints are still nowhere near their best though.

Graham hasnt lost it, but I reckon he could do with 1 game out for a rest, and get fasavalu doing more time on the field to cover for him.

We are missing the little things Wilkin does, that go unoticed by some.

: Sun May 10, 2009 8:06 pm  

Graham has really done my head in recently. Why he insists on passing the ball near enough every time he gets it, i don't know. I obviously don't know if Potter is telling him to do it, but it only ever works every so often, not every time. He's going to get someone smashed. It works when the opposition don't expect it, but now they know exactly what he's going to as he does it nearly every time.

: Sun May 10, 2009 8:10 pm  

DannyRic wrote:

When the penalty count was 11-5 (from memory) yes, the ref helped you ALOT

Don't be a pratt. It isn't our fault that Catalans were indisciplined enough to give away so many penalties. If those guys would only get their discipline sorted - and their coach must be tearing out his hair - then they would make life much easier for themselves in matches.

There were two occasions when the ref was wrong and the ball went to us when it shouldn't have. Those two decisions didn't cost Catalans the match but they may have helped them feel defeated. I don't like it when we get wrong decisions in our favour (or in fact when they are not in our favour). I would rather the ref be right all of the time. That means we win cleanly and silly people can't come on our board blathering on about how the ref won the game for us.

: Sun May 10, 2009 8:26 pm  

Great performance from Saints, Wello was great on the ball and was my MOM by a mile.

Credit to Meli and Gardner, too - both have come under heavy criticism recently, but turned in great performances today. Gardner's hit on Bell was worth the admission money alone.

And Wheeler - hats off to the lad. Out of position, but played like a regular seasoned centre. More game time, please Harry.

Thought Thaler reffed this superbly, all those bitter oppo fans claiming Saints bias need to go and watch the video - he made some great calls, without having to stall for time and secretly check the big screen like some lesser refs do.

Hopefully the blip is over, and we can go onwards and upwards from here. Would love a 3rd appearance at Wembley2.