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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:52 am  
The performance and scoreline might give Leeds a second thought they are not going to get an easy game.
Yesterday we had Wilkin, Lomax, Hohaia, Roby, Manu giving us plenty of attacking options, I know Leeds will try and close those option down but its all about positive attitude from now on. We have a chance at Leeds.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:11 am  
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3. Hohaia was not terrible, but still for the life of me can't work out what his position is.

5. Not sure why we're releasing Meli. He was very impressive today. Easily the best centre on the pitch.

7. I think Lomax looked like he was playing on one leg after he injured it.

8. In the second half, ominously, we really struggled to make yards out of our own half. Leeds will cane us.

9. Our defence still lacks real aggression. Quite a contrast from both sides in the preceding game.



I have been a critic of Lance and there is no way I have given him and easy ride. But yesterday he took the line on and after I said he could not kick for toffee fair play to him he did have a few decent kicks.
So well done lance it actually looked like 2 halfbacks on the field yesterday.

The Meli thing must be down too ££££££ also there are a good portion of fans been calling for his release, me included for some years. The fact he has found his place at centre after several years of being put on the wing is at best ironic,

I think lomax over stretched it in the tackle. Not sure how that will effect him going forwards, but did not seem to effect his running to badly, or the chip through. It maybe a case of pulling him off the pitch if the game is covered.

Speaking of which, it was handy of the announcer to tell the opposition we had pulled the FB off, before we had rebalanced the team. Dobson latched onto that info a lot quicker than us. lol (timing).

I think second half we took a leaf out of the Wire and Leeds book and just kicked deep. The game was won and we played a more counter attacking style.

I'm not sure we lacked aggression, but when the game is done by halftime it's hard to treat it as a 0 - 0 game. You can say go out and treat it as 0-0 but everyone knows it's not and you are already through.

Shame so many missed one of our best performances of the season.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:25 am  
I loved the first half. I couldn't make the Wigan game and so I cannot remember when I last saw us win in anything like any style. To have so many wonderful tries scored at my end of the pitch (I migrated to the North Stand for yesterday's match) was just wonderful. The second half was not the best, and we were pretty dire in the final 10 minutes (something we must not be against Leeds if we want to actually win the game), but it was sheer joy to see those first half tries.

I'm really thrilled that we appear to have some speed and agility in our back three. All of them did a great job yesterday. In addition to Hohaia in the halves and our two centres (assuming Percy gets back on the field next season), we have some real pace in our team. That's something which has been missing for years. Robes isn't a slouch either! I just hope his ankles hold together.

With his ankles and Lomax's hamstring I was a bit twitchy yesterday, especially when Lomax over extended in an early tackle.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:18 am  
I think we have to take into account that the game was dead by halftime.

If it was a league game we could accuse Saints of not piling the points on, but points difference means jack in the playoffs. I know the players probably wanted to put on a show, but when the game is dead in the back of your head you know it's over.

Also Hull KR had to improve their ruck defense, so lets not be too harsh, we still won the seconds half. If we had won a tight game against Hull KR, we would have been pleased.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:24 am  
Great performance by your lads last night - the best I've seen from you guys all year I think.

Brown was smart in that he chose to target our edges early on before our forwards got into the arm-wrestle and took the sting out of the game.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 1:13 pm  
Biggest win of the round by Saints. Biggest crowd of the round at Saints. Best rugby of the round by Saints. Need I say more?!!!!
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 1:31 pm  
The attendance seems to be a little disputed.

The ground had 9900, the announcer had 6900.
SKY had 6900, sporting life had 9900.

Saints website has TBC???

Bit of a mess. If I was having to estimate I'd go with 9k as each end can hold 4k+

I doubt everyone could have fitted in the north stand alone.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 1:57 pm  
I'm gutted we're letting Meli go. 16 tries this season, has laid on the same again for Swift down that side and has been an extra forward bringing the ball away from our line. I worry that Swift won't be anywhere near as prolific without Meli inside him next year.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:06 pm  
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I'm gutted we're letting Meli go. 16 tries this season, has laid on the same again for Swift down that side and has been an extra forward bringing the ball away from our line. I worry that Swift won't be anywhere near as prolific without Meli inside him next year.


I've said it for years, he's our best attacking back. He's been a top player apart from those grand finals but he's Bounced back from them every season.

It will be interesting who will play there next season.
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Re: Much Better Performance Today : Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:11 pm  
It must be Percival, big ask though to come in after only a handful of games and be first choice centre.
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