Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:10 pm  

Tough day but expected with the squad we had playing, going to be even more missing next week, I'm guessing we had 3 failed hia tests given that we had to use our 18th man.

Saints been 'injury ravaged' was a load of crap most of their pack were 1st choice and that's what won them the game. Moy, Martin, Barron and Aydin were the positives, still not getting value out of Trueman with Walker outshining him today.

God knows what we're going to look like next week, Fash will probably get a ban along with multiple hias failed.

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:27 pm  

Fash is a clown, hopefully not part of the first choice seventeen next year.

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:34 pm  

robertson and burns were very good today for st helens

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:42 pm  

Stephens was better than both

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:54 pm  

Can only hope its true that Trueman is going as he makes no impact at all and seemed to be hiding out at centre/wing a lot. The 'finding his feet after injury' excuse has worn thin

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 5:59 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Fash is a clown, hopefully not part of the first choice seventeen next year.

Fash is just a run of the mill championship player and as a forward he has no go forward. Add to that his poor penalties probably caused by frustration.

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 6:15 pm  

He's our Vice which sums up the hole we are in. Hopefully goes back to being a squad player next season

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 6:46 pm  

Wonder if Grix will call out Fash for his sin-bin?….i know we was down on numbers but he seemed to jig the team around to get Moy in and totally unbalanced the team….i was beginning to give him benefit of the doubt bud to leave out a out and out 7 to play a 6 at 7 and f/b at 6 was baffling

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 6:58 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Fash is a clown, hopefully not part of the first choice seventeen next year.

I’d sooner promote another youngster over him…he can go for me.

Re: Oh when the Saints. : Sat Aug 03, 2024 7:00 pm  

The games afoot wrote:

Wonder if Grix will call out Fash for his sin-bin?….i know we was down on numbers but he seemed to jig the team around to get Moy in and totally unbalanced the team….i was beginning to give him benefit of the doubt bud to leave out a out and out 7 to play a 6 at 7 and f/b at 6 was baffling

Grix has spoken a lot lately about overplaying the young players and how he hasn't had a lot of choice in some cases but to do so. In this context I can understand why he left Charles out. In a game where it was clear we would struggle to make metres and be under the pump for much of the game Charles would be onto a hiding to nothing so I don't think taking an 18-yr old out of the firing line for today was a bad call.