Exactly the same here, for me he was the spare part at wigan who seemed to be the person still clinging to wanes terrible tackling style long after he had gone.

He's been a very very shrewd purchase and I have to eat some serious crow

daryl who?

Bell was ok, all 3 other points would be highly disputed yesterday

Another point to bear in mind was how we neutralised Walmsley. Every time he got possession we were in his face and not afraid to let him know. He normally returns for the last 20 mins against a tiring defence and looks a world beater. Yesterday they were forced to bring him back before 50 mins and he got battered again before leaving the field injured. As most of their go forward is on the back of him running over tired defence or little blokes they were a busted flush without him.

Anyone else just a tad disappointed that neither Wilkin or Amor were part of the commentary set up for this one?

Watched it back got to say unsung heroes of Powell and Crowther. What a win.

Walmsley is in quite rapid decline. Catalans had him in their pocket all of last week. He is still a decent SL player but nothing like the threat he was. Brilliant moment when he went looking to bully Hayes and dropped the ball cold.

Also it is worth persevering with RedVee, I've just spent an enjoyable 15 minutes sing at the pre- and post-match content.

Just had a read (as much as I could bear) and thought their horrible entitled tantrum nature was summed up with "after that pitiful display today, against a team that, let's be honest, we should beat".

They want Wellens' head on a stick.

I've not checked the stats but our completion rate must have been extremely high. In terms of discipline I only remember us giving away two penalties. 1 for offside on Clarke in first half and 1 for Thewlis holding down in the tackle when the game was won. Fitzgibbon's fantastic facial treatment of Welsby was great to see. About time we had that housery about us.

Need to back this up with a win against Leigh at home.

So I’ve reflected on it and my conclusion is…bloody brilliant display!
Tactics were right (neutralising the rush defence). The players were at the right level of enthusiasm without crossing the line into “headless chicken mode”. Fitzgibbon has just the right amount of niggle while still being an excellent player.
Our right edge is starting to gel, and now that Dufty has learnt to jump to catch the ball following Jiffy’s on tv coaching hopefully he will continue to do that (I did think he was actually tackled in the air once…).
Harrison immense, Williams magnificent, Hayes quietly but efficiently doing his job, Ashton now the leading winger in SL in my opinion.
And will Saints finally accept that they stopped being “The Entertainers” a long time ago? No wonder their supporters think the game is boring, it certainly is the way they play it.

Wonder what Phil Clarke thinks about Dufty now. Called him for not being a good enough fullback, some of his passing this season as been sublime.

Saints are still a decent side, and could still beat us on another day, but there's no reason to fear them now. They look like a team in need of a rebuild. There was a time when yesterday's game would only have felt safely wrapped up in the final few minutes, but to be honest, once we went 19-8 ahead, I couldn't see Saints scoring another two converted tries.