Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 1:41 pm  

bazdev wrote:

Defensively Havard has improved unbelievably he really hits hard now which has been a worry

doesnt offer much in attach tho - he needs a bit of oooomph about him....a few times this season he's had the ball in hand and he needed to just pin his ears back and go for the line....

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 1:48 pm  

dany1979 wrote:

Not just today, all season.

Thompson is a machine.

The Penrith win seems even more impressive now considering we managed it without Thompson, Havard and Nsemba - our top three performing forwards this year (alongside Faz).

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 1:51 pm  

nikos wrote:

doesnt offer much in attach tho - he needs a bit of oooomph about him....a few times this season he's had the ball in hand and he needed to just pin his ears back and go for the line....

Possibly but he isn't a battering ram type of forward - I think its been his best season by a good distance.

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 2:33 pm  

1 game ban for Ellis, wonder who'll be 13 this week

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 2:34 pm  

The Reaper wrote:

Agree, he was woeful. It wasn't very intense for a derby game anyway but he seemed pretty determined to ref any intensity out of the game. Made it a chore to watch

Mate, get use to it. Some of the so called infringements and sin bins are ludicrous.

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 2:38 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

1 game ban for Ellis, wonder who'll be 13 this week

What a surprise, players are getting suspended for accidental contact!

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 2:40 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

1 game ban for Ellis, wonder who'll be 13 this week

Havard to 13, Hill into the 17.

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 2:56 pm  

Hill was my second thought after seeing Ellis was banned. Oh, ffs was my first

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 3:06 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

1 game ban for Ellis, wonder who'll be 13 this week

Deserves a break and let's be honest we couldn't have handpicked a better fixture to give him one, Thompson shouldn't be anywhere near the 17 for this one either

Re: Saints (Magic Weekend) : Mon Aug 19, 2024 7:24 pm  

CM Punk wrote:

1 game ban for Ellis, wonder who'll be 13 this week

Mago or Dupree I would assume.