We got our pants pulled down and our bottoms spanked,by a Saints team which wanted the win more.

How old do you think Riley Atkins Ratchford Myler McCarthy Hill and Cooper are (with Harrison to return)?

We need saving by Super Benny Westwood.

And the rest of the team in pivotal positions are over 30 !

It is simple why you lost. You lost the forward battle which meant that you backs were ineffective

So it's a good mix then.



Age is not the reason we played poorly yesterday.

I think Sia was the game breaker.



Saints had a period of the game sat in the wire half, we kept turning the ball over or gave relieving penalties. Warrington got good field position from these up to the point where Warrington scored their try. Don't forget Meli almost gave you another one, if it had not been for Jones, you could have been 12 - 0 up.



However, as luck would have it Jones was there and Sia came on just in time. Your defence was just as good as ours but Sia is one of those players a bit like Cunningham in his prime, if he is going to go for the line it's going to take a lot to stop him at speed at that kind of range. All teams have players like that, who can not gaurantee, but have a high % chance of scoring, when up against firm defence.



The loose carries and knock on's continued for both teams really, but sia again took full advantage, rather than just diving on the ball to make it safe.



After that we really did not look back and Sia and TP kept the intensity up from our forwards with some bone crunching tackles.



I'm hoping you don't come out of next week as you don't become poor over night and the next time it maybe a lot closer.

Disappointed and hungover.



Roll on next week to right the wrongs from yesterday. Keep the faith.



ISWT.

Correctamundo !

The Meli non try at the end due to foot in touch not seen by Silverpud on his big telly sums up the evening for me.

I get days like that, but unlike me Warry get to put it right next week.

same team that won the cc a month ago or did you not see that

Same team that would have won the league had it not been decided to sacrifice the London game in favour of a victory at Wembley.

Fans as well as players must keep their bottle !

Saints deserved to win.

Their defence was awesome - ours wasn't too bad I thought.

We couldn't handle Soliola though.

Also we bombed 3 chances.



Both us and Saints made plenty of unforced errors -too many.



Don't agree that 'rotation' had any bearing on this match - unlike a few on here

We missed Carvell, Westwood and Harrison, but we've got to be able to cope with that.



I also think that Saints gameplan worked and ours (not sure exactly what it was) didn't.



No complaints from me - even though I'm hacked off we lost.

High five to Ritchie Myler for his laudable efforts in dealing with Soliola , but disappointing that not one our forwards really made much of an effort to help him out.

54% completion 16 errors & 9 penalties given away , enough said

SHEESH. I only heard the game on the radio, but I didn't realise we were THAT bad.

We need to buck our ideas up, fast.

I'd been looking for the stats, Christ almighty.

....and one of SL'S most successful coaches has decided to reward them with new contracts.



So, who's Rugby League nous do I chose to believe in, in relation to player retention......



Tony Smith, or somebody on a web site

well said sir

i have to say i attended the match sober (work straight after) and wished i hadn't!

We had our chance and let them off the hook, we'll get chances again and we have to be more clinical. It's as simple as that.



On 30 mins, we had them, we we're dominant, they didn't look like scoring, then two things happened, a charge down didn't pay off (by a fraction) and a wayward St Helens kick gets a flat bounce and we get caught in goal from a 55 meter kick. Game changers that we had no control over. From there, Saints took their chances that we offered up with our poor timing. That's what it is with most of our errors, timing. And we will get that with a rotation policy. Ball's behind/infront of people, running the wrong line and the pass not going to the target. But sticking with the same backline (potentially, pending Hodgson's fitness) will help to eradicate that and passes will find the mark.



I think we need one of the Ben's back, McCarthy as eager and enthusiastic he is just doesn't deliver the same meters as those two, neither does Simon Grix. But the key for me is simply timing our plays. We could have, and maybe should have, seen that game over as a contest in the first 30 mins. Grix should score, Hodgson 2 on 1 and grubbers off the outside of his foot to Riley, the Monaghan scoot when he drops it and the charge down opportunity. On a different day it could have been 12, 18, 24 or anything by 30 minutes, but we just didn't take the chances.

You can tell what you've been doing when "working" from home this morning!

The TV may have been on in the background, but I was not watching it...

with a 54% completion rate and an error count of 16 we would of struggled to beat a championship team nevermind a superleague side

I don't think I heard Thaler ask for checking in touch? at the time i was screaming at my in-laws TV because we'd scored and I've not had a chance to watch it back as the In-laws are still smarting and won't sit down to watch it with me.