Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:24 pm  

For me it doesn`t matter who signed him.
It was a mistake of a signing confirmed by the Cas fans who have said he was a liability and I`m not sure what we saw in him at the time.

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:45 pm  

Anybody going tonight? Not sure what to expect. On paper this is the weakest Saints pack we will have faced in many a year, and our forwards should dominate. However their first choice spine is available and clearly better than ours. Feels like a game where we need to start fast and get on top. If we do Saints recent tough schedule might take it's toll. Given the league table it's one we really need to win.

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:54 pm  

chapylad wrote:

For me it doesn`t matter who signed him.
It was a mistake of a signing confirmed by the Cas fans who have said he was a liability and I`m not sure what we saw in him at the time.

About the only bit of decent business Cas have done since appointing Radford.

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:29 pm  

ArthurClues wrote:

Anybody going tonight? Not sure what to expect. On paper this is the weakest Saints pack we will have faced in many a year, and our forwards should dominate. However their first choice spine is available and clearly better than ours. Feels like a game where we need to start fast and get on top. If we do Saints recent tough schedule might take it's toll. Given the league table it's one we really need to win.

I'm going.

I've given up overthinking the games to be honest - this season is so unpredictable (as are we) I'm just not sure what can happen.

Saints could be fired up after all their whinging last week, but then again I'd like to think we have had a couple of weeks to prepare for the next two games and treat them as playoff games as we then have another break after the Leigh game.

I'm not sure their first choice spine is that superior, on paper maybe but Roby is showing his age, Dodd has been poor all season and Wesley has been up and down. Lomax will be off in the first minute anyway when McDonnell gets his free punch to the head that he is sure owed.

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:39 pm  

Me and the Lad will be going and I'm 100% confident we can get a result no worries.

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:53 pm  

I hope we're not rusty like the 2 teams last night that also had 2 weeks of to prepare. Sometimes it doesn't seems to be favourable to consistency and they both looked disjointed last night.

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 4:41 pm  

Seth wrote:

I hope we're not rusty like the 2 teams last night that also had 2 weeks of to prepare. Sometimes it doesn't seems to be favourable to consistency and they both looked disjointed last night.

In fairness the break after the Wakefield shambles did us no harm!

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 5:23 pm  

Zoo Zoo Boom wrote:

Olphats has another two years after this!!

Olpherts OOC end of 2024.

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 5:33 pm  

Pitch is a right state

Re: RD 20 | St Helens (A) : Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:17 pm  

RAPIDO wrote:

Me and the Lad will be going and I'm 100% confident we can get a result no worries.

of course we will get a result , but it will probably be a loss