Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:40 pm  

Great result once again. Levy Nzounghou was outstanding

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 8:45 pm  

It was actually 46-8

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:41 pm  

Sounds good, but speaking from a position of complete ignorance, it just seems we've taken the reserves far more seriously than anyone else. We've signed big senior players specifically to play reserve grade and most of those they are playing against are sparrows.

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:52 pm  

U16s lost to widnes. Think it was 28-16

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 9:57 pm  

Is it true that Nzongou isn't going to move up to the first team and that he may leave? What's that about?

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:15 pm  

It was my first reserves game and I enjoyed it.

Wigan were really disappointing, but as I'm not a regular I don't know if they were missing players etc.

I was shocked at how much weight Savelio has lost. He looks a lot leaner and played the majority of the game at 13.

I was impressed by Grace and I wonder why he doesn't get a game in the first team over players like McDonnell and Owens.

Interesting that Travis Burns was in the stands watching.

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 10:18 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Is it true that Nzongou isn't going to move up to the first team and that he may leave? What's that about?

I heard this tonight and I don't know why. He looked exciting and was a real handful for the Wigan lads.

At one point he went about 80m following a kick off before being caught by their full back just short of the line.

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Wed Jun 22, 2016 11:20 pm  

Levy is not leaving. I believe his only just turned 18 his been training with the first team ever since he arrived his just not ready yet

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Thu Jun 23, 2016 7:43 am  

Is Savelio a new pet project for our illustrious leader then? Make him a ball-playing 13? Or am I trying to find positives in a clusterf*ck of a season?

Re: Saints reserves 40 - 8 Wigan : Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:34 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Sounds good, but speaking from a position of complete ignorance, it just seems we've taken the reserves far more seriously than anyone else. We've signed big senior players specifically to play reserve grade and most of those they are playing against are sparrows.

Who have we signed specifically for reserve grade? We brought 2 part timers in, and gave a trial to an England 7s player, but thats hardly signing players to take it seriously - it was just bulking up our numbers! A few teams did that as well so its hardly like were alone, Warrington poached Joe Ryan from us for example.

Having Talbot specifically coaching the reserve grade might by different to other set ups though (I dont know)