Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:20 am  

I wouldn't be at all surprised if we saw a completely different saints when they come to town next friday. Our pack will need to be on top from the start, hopefully Wood and Anderson will be back and we dont suffer any injuries tomorrow.
Wigan look like they are getting stronger and stronger just at the right time and a few more defeats could see us lose top spot.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:35 am  

Colin_Fishwick wrote:

Wigan look like they are getting stronger and stronger just at the right time and a few more defeats could see us lose top spot.

Look at the table. Wigan have played the same number of games as us and are a point ahead, so we've already lost top spot.

In the context of our games against them Saints are still the team I fear the most, and they will be until we beat them five or six times. Obviously by that I don't mean five or six times in a row as that's unrealistic against a top side, but five or six times in maybe ten or so attempts - beat them at the HJ for the first time, win at their new ground, etc - ie start beating them with relative consistency. Our win in February obviously buried the hoodoo, but it'll take more than that to banish the nerves completely in my mind.

Obviously we have to take one game at a time and we play Hull KR tomorrow, but as a test of our winning mentality next Friday is huge for us.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:10 pm  

If we play like we did last night you will batter us.

Hopefully we will improve for next week.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:23 pm  

Let focus on tomorrows tough game first.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:41 pm  

Hull KR is a massive game for us - as it was earlier in the year. Had we not come through in the last few minutes, we would have been going to saints away on the back of 2 defeats

If we lose on Sunday, then we face the prospect of facing saints on the back of 2 defeats

Sunday is massive


Saints will be a different side on Friday - I fully expect Cunningham, Long and Sculthorpe to be fit for this one and would be surprised to see the game go down to a one point ball game.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:46 pm  

MrF wrote:

Saints will be a different side on Friday - I fully expect Cunningham, Long and Sculthorpe to be fit for this one and would be surprised to see the game go down to a one point ball game.

Mmm, I reckon that Newlove will sneak in to win it at the end.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:49 pm  

Lets concentrate on tomorrow, eh....not exactly a happy hunting groung (in the league) for the last couple of visits.
Anyway, for the Stains game, I'm still petrified that Neil Holding will get pole-axed with seconds to go, pretend he's dead, and then go 60m under the posts in the dying seconds, to break our hearts again

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:55 pm  

And i'm certain that Harry Pinner will get a drop goal or two.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 5:55 pm  

Saints at home doesnt scare me after Wigan flaming grilled em last night!

But our home form this year has been shocking and we need to be really on song for this.

The key to beating Saints is to get Briers to constantly kick high to the wings and our two wingers next friday will have to be Monaghan and King, with their inexperienced lightweights Foster and Makinson they won't be able to cope with the ariel presence.

Re: Saints 24th June : Sat Jun 18, 2011 7:18 pm  

Raymond Pennington wrote:

Saints at home doesnt scare me after Wigan flaming grilled em last night!

But our home form this year has been shocking and we need to be really on song for this.

The key to beating Saints is to get Briers to constantly kick high to the wings and our two wingers next friday will have to be Monaghan and King, with their inexperienced lightweights Foster and Makinson they won't be able to cope with the ariel presence.

I think Wigan's style of play is perfect anti-Saints methodology. Aggressive defense, numbers in the tackle, slow the play the ball to remove Roby from the game and do the basics well with the ball. Warrington can do that better than Wigan if they play it that way. Position is enough these days against Saints as we're not strong enough to defend the line as some of the farcical tries Wigan scored proved (Mossop, Lima and Finch).

But if there was a strong refereeing performance that cut out the obvious attempts to slow the play the ball down there is still enough quality to beat Warrington.