Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 9:44 pm  

For people who didn,t go to the game consider yourself lucky this was of the least entertaining games so far............. It was a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz game.
Salford brought a spoiling game, referee brought a clueless game, saints didn,t exactly show any urgency.
Loads of stoppages players didn,t seem to want to pack down, tempo slowed right down for penalties, kick offs etc.
The only player to compete for 80 mins was Wellens, at least we are compensated by being top of the league.

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 9:46 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Mine too. I thought Sia and Mose put in shifts too and during the second half Turner seemed to grow an extra one.

Damn shame about the injuries, just as we were due to get some bodies back.

Makinson, LMS, Walker (knocked out), Wilkin, with a head clash between Walsh and Turner (I think), Wello was in pain at one point, I think Wheeler had his nose held up by string, Robes went down at one point. What the f*** were Salford doing to us?

After all I said about Walsh and defence be put in at least three crackin try savers tonight.

Gotta fess, that was one heck of a game we played there. It was awful in terms of skill, with just two really great tries, but in terms of guts it was up there with the best we've put in this season.

It was Thompson whose face had been rearranged about three times.
Looked like he was enjoying it though, proper forward. The tougher it is. The more maniacal he ran in.

Those walsh tackles were down to brilliant play by Wellens. He really did position his self well to force the winger to slow down and adjust which allowed Walsh to chase back and effect the tackle.

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 9:57 pm  

Mose's really looking a handful. He does struggle getting back, but going forward he can really make a dent. I enjoyed him sitting down Hock early on.

Robes and Walsh were great.

I thought Thompsn and Greenwood looked a handful, LMS pretty good and I think flash deserves a shout - usual uncompromising defence but showed quite a bit going forward.

Generally, the positive for me was that we reLly got stuck into them when defending. Negative was that we could get the ball wide with any quality - the Hohaia - Wellens link up was very unconstructive for pretty much every play except Wello's 2nd try.

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 10:11 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

It was Thompson whose face had been rearranged about three times.

Oh was it? I;m as blind as a bat stood squinting in the West Stand when they get down to the far end! I need to invest in some binoculars! I'm impressed by Thompson though I have to say he is the only one of our young forwards that stands out to me (Savelio aside).

Those walsh tackles were down to brilliant play by Wellens. He really did position his self well to force the winger to slow down and adjust which allowed Walsh to chase back and effect the tackle.

Yes, but Walsh still made the tackles and not all of them were with Wellens' help. I could see THAT much!

Tonight was a team effort; a real gutsy win. I disagree with Judder Man. I have no idea which game he was watching but it definately wasn't the one at Langtree Park!

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 10:14 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Generally, the positive for me was that we reLly got stuck into them when defending. Negative was that we could get the ball wide with any quality - the Hohaia - Wellens link up was very unconstructive for pretty much every play except Wello's 2nd try.

Yeah, last week our attack looked back to its old self; this week our defence did!

Wello isn't the best attacking fullback and Hohaia never thinks to do something himself when he gets the ball, which has been passed to him for a reason. A nifty grubber or something (which I know he can do) would help but he just passes the ball on.

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 10:16 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I'm impressed by Thompson though I have to say he is the only one of our young forwards that stands out to me (Savelio aside).

Thompson and Greenwood are significantly harder to handle than Walker and Richards.
I enjoyed tonight, too.

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 10:16 pm  

Th'ump wrote:

Don't be silly, he's Leeds.

my thoughts exactly when i saw it.

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 10:20 pm  

Offside Monkey wrote:

Thompson and Greenwood are significantly harder to handle than Walker and Richards.
I enjoyed tonight, too.

I forgot about Greenwood. He seems to have been around longer than Thompson? But yes, I'd agree, Greenwood and Thompson are standing out from the group.

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 10:20 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

Yeah, last week our attack looked back to its old self; this week our defence did!

Wello isn't the best attacking fullback and Hohaia never thinks to do something himself when he gets the ball, which has been passed to him for a reason. A nifty grubber or something (which I know he can do) would help but he just passes the ball on.

But Wello's first try was from an absolute peach of a run onto Walsh's shoulder. As a couple of us posted recently, could he play this narrow attacking role from 13 and let Lomax do the work outside?

Re: Saints V Salford : Fri May 30, 2014 10:23 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

I forgot about Greenwood. He seems to have been around longer than Thompson? But yes, I'd agree, Greenwood and Thompson are standing out from the group.

I think a Greenwood is 20 and Thompson 18.
Walker is 22 and IMO needs to give us an extra gear going forward, sooner rather than later, if he's going to be a success long term.