Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 5:44 pm  

MattyB wrote:

Apparently Saints fans on twitter whinging that their team is "decimated" yet 12 of their first 17 squad shirts are on the field.

1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
Bench - 15, 17
Missing - 2, 3, 4, 7, 11

Surely their world class Academy lads should be filling in and at least competing with Salford. They were unconvincing last week too!

Don't forget that Hurrell is their first choice centre and he plays in No. 23.

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 5:46 pm  

thesaint62 wrote:

As a Saints fan I have to say thats the performance of the season by any team for me esp as Salford only had 19 fit players to pick from

So it wasn't Saints worse performance in four years? Salford should have done the double.

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 6:58 pm  

Must be difficult for them being the best team in the world and only losing or playing badly when they have an off day and the opposition have the game of their lives. Seems to be happening more and more. Maybe they just aren't THAT good and are now finding out what it's like to have injuries in key areas like everyone else has had.

Oh and Walmsley is done. He hasn't had a good game all season and is just plodding through games. From being stand out to also ran in the space of a few months. He is playing like someone with imminent retirement on their mind for me.

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:06 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

Must be difficult for them being the best team in the world and only losing or playing badly when they have an off day and the opposition have the game of their lives. Seems to be happening more and more. Maybe they just aren't THAT good and are now finding out what it's like to have injuries in key areas like everyone else has had.

Saw a list of comments on Twitter from Saints fans all about injuries and one stood out. It just said ‘jeez, we’re having it rough with injuries this season’ and I just can’t help but wonder if they don’t realise that they’re still having a decent time of it compared to some other sides. Look at HKR the other night, 14 missing going in to the game and 4 more going down during the game. Hull missing 12 or so for a few games a month or so ago, Leeds consistently having 8,9,10 players missing. Huddersfield naming 18 man squads, Salford naming only 19 today and so on. We’ve had a fair year of it as well and can be pretty pleased but we probably have as many missing as Saints currently. The lack of injury problems in the last 3 or 4 seasons have spoilt them.

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:16 pm  

Hello everyone, I'm just back from the moon. I left just before the season started and all the media pundits were saying that Saints were going to go the whole season and not lose a game. Can you bring me up to speed, is that how it's panning out?

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:19 pm  

Welsby played, surely that should've been enough to see off Salford

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:35 pm  

Happy for Salford, Lafai and Croft are exactly what you want from quota players.

Watkins also playing great and brilliant to see Sarge back.

Hope you’re all including Lomax in Saints injury list! They always include him even though he’s been ever present since his season ending injury.

Saints will be fine though. Frustrating that if we’d have held on at Magic we’d now be sitting top.

Also long May Woolf play Roby in the halves, if he stays there for the rest of the year we’ll win the GF.

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:42 pm  

When we lost to Leeds I was thinking that Saints wouldn’t lose in such a manner but it sounds like they got a bit of a hiding today.

Credit to Salford, sounds like the ex Wigan contingent did well and Saints exposed by the speed outside.

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 9:55 pm  

How is this happening Stains with their team of Australian standard players which are so superior to our super league players have just lost against Salford with their vastly inferior players,I dont get it what is wrong with world this shouldnt happen I truly am shocked.

Re: Saints : Sun Jul 31, 2022 10:59 pm  

NSW wrote:

Happy for Salford, Lafai and Croft are exactly what you want from quota players.

Watkins also playing great and brilliant to see Sarge back.

Hope you’re all including Lomax in Saints injury list! They always include him even though he’s been ever present since his season ending injury.

Saints will be fine though. Frustrating that if we’d have held on at Magic we’d now be sitting top.

Also long May Woolf play Roby in the halves, if he stays there for the rest of the year we’ll win the GF.

You have to get there first!!