Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:37 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

As poor as Saints have been I'd have loved us to have signed Walmsley when he was available. Considering he was a Leeds fan growing up then hopefully he ends up at Headingley one day.

Queue him getting injured

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:37 pm  

Without Walmsley and Roby that Saints side looks like a bottom half SL team throughout.Yes, i like the look of a few of the young lads like Greenwood and Savellio but the rest are average for mine.The side has been regressing badly since 2011, the fluky 2014 GF win glossed over it a bit but if i was a saints fan right now i'd be seriously concerned.

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:39 pm  

Biff Tannen wrote:

Without Walmsley and Roby that Saints side looks like a bottom half SL team throughout.Yes, i like the look of a few of the young lads like Greenwood and Savellio but the rest are average for mine.The side has been regressing badly since 2011, the fluky 2014 GF win glossed over it a bit but if i was a saints fan right now i'd be seriously concerned.

In the forwards Greg Richards and Luke Thompson simply aren't top 4 material IMO as much as they play weekly for Saints.

And as good as Kyle Amor was in the first half of 2014 and all the commotion about us not keeping him....in the last year or so would you have him based on his showings?

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:42 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

In the forwards Greg Richards and Luke Thompson simply aren't top 4 material IMO as much as they play weekly for Saints.

yep, and Wilkin goes missing again in a big game.Walsh has looked shot since his bad injury and the three quarter, well would you have any near our team? i mean Jack Owens FFS!

Anyway, it's for the Saints fans to worry about, and to think some on here think we have serious issues!

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:44 pm  

Just to Add i would have Percivil who is obviously injured, he could become very good we will see.

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 9:54 pm  

I think Saints are better than that performance, as always v Aussie teams I think the biggest skill deficit is mental rather than physical.
I think British teams often panic when playing an Aussie team and the thought that they have to be amazing to beat them gets to us and we lose our composure. We end up trying to score on every set instead of playing the game and grinding them down.

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:00 pm  

Him wrote:

I think Saints are better than that performance, as always v Aussie teams I think the biggest skill deficit is mental rather than physical.
I think British teams often panic when playing an Aussie team and the thought that they have to be amazing to beat them gets to us and we lose our composure. We end up trying to score on every set instead of playing the game and grinding them down.

It is mental, I was just about to reply to a comment from William about the refs. The refs are just like him and he in turn is just like so many supporters and too many players......in awe of the Aussies. From their first knock on and first try conceded the Saints heads dropped and almost admitted defeat straight away.

Enough of these guys (Ian Henderson and Sam Moa) have come over here and hardly blown people away yet if you put an NRL jersey on them people sh*t themselves.

Likewise if Leeds played an Aussie team featuring the likes of Galloway, Falloon and Cuthbertson people would sh*t themselves with worry....when they line up for us they won't be good enough to take on an NRL team.

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:15 pm  

ThePrinter wrote:

It is mental, I was just about to reply to a comment from William about the refs. The refs are just like him and he in turn is just like so many supporters and too many players......in awe of the Aussies. From their first knock on and first try conceded the Saints heads dropped and almost admitted defeat straight away.

Enough of these guys (Ian Henderson and Sam Moa) have come over here and hardly blown people away yet if you put an NRL jersey on them people sh*t themselves.

Likewise if Leeds played an Aussie team featuring the likes of Galloway, Falloon and Cuthbertson people would sh*t themselves with worry....when they line up for us they won't be good enough to take on an NRL team.

Couldn't agree more.Like the statement someone made on the VT about if Cowboys are up for it on Sunday it will be 60 points.

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:21 pm  

Did I hear that Leeds are the highest priced odds for a home team in the history of the WCC?
5/1 odds apparently. I reckon 42-10 to NQC. I was going for 20 points gap before our injuries but think we will be a long way off. At least I get to see Thurston live.

Re: WCC : Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:33 pm  

Having seen the SL garbage on show this evening, I'm starting to understand how a team containing three geriatrics (two now finally retired, though arguably three) swept the entire board and won all three trophies on offer last season.