Fri 14th Apr: SL: Hull Kingston Rovers v St Helens KO 20:00

[FearTheVee]

10 hours ago, meast said:

Weren't some Saints fans telling us early in the season that they would be too good for everyone else and the gap is huge and they could play their reserves and still win the competition easily.

No excuses then Saints

No, that was one Wigan fan who was talking bilge about us being unbeatable.

Not heard too much from him on that front for a while.

[Josef K]

HKR by 22. What supporters have to realise is Saints have only just got back from Oz, but we don’t like to talk about it. 

[Josef K]

11 hours ago, meast said:

Weren't some Saints fans telling us early in the season that they would be too good for everyone else and the gap is huge and they could play their reserves and still win the competition easily.

No excuses then Saints

Not me meast, the way we are playing we’re in a battle to make the top six. We have been dreadful since round one and have continued to be garbage, with the worst kicking game in the comp. Take Walmsley out of the pack and then it’s weak. 

[FearTheVee]

9 minutes ago, Josef K said:

Take Walmsley out of the pack and then it’s weak. 

Bit of an overreaction:

Paasi, Roby, Lees, Matautia, Batchelor, Knowles plus Sironen/LMS/Lussick/Wingfield/Bell is not "weak".  That "weak" pack went through the play-offs without Walmsley.

Part of our issue on GF was that we risked a clearly unfit Paasi, but even so it was execution across the backs rather than the pack which cost us the game. 

Edited April 14, 2023 by FearTheVee

[Harry Stottle]

42 minutes ago, Josef K said:

HKR by 22. What supporters have to realise is Saints have only just got back from Oz, but we don’t like to talk about it. 

I suspect that will go on all season Josef, 2 weeks after getting back from Aus and a week after winning at Cas and Walmersley being hailed as the best prop in the world for all his rampaging runs Saints played Leigh, not much was said that Leigh were very deserving winners, the emphasis was that Saints were still tired and nothing said that Walmersley was knocked backwards everytime he ran the ball in.

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

 

Rovers had another promising half-back in training as a back-up for today, in case Lewis can't make it

 

 

 

[GeordieSaint]

7 hours ago, FearTheVee said:

No, that was one Wigan fan who was talking bilge about us being unbeatable.

Not heard too much from him on that front for a while.

EW to be precise. 

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

6 hours ago, Josef K said:

 Take Walmsley out of the pack and then it’s weak. 

Saints are definitely missing the yards Walmsley makes after the tackle is completed.

[Ullman]

4 hours ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:

 

Rovers had another promising half-back in training as a back-up for today, in case Lewis can't make it

 

 

 

His goal line dropouts can't be any worse than Jordan Abdull's.

[johnh1]

1 hour ago, Jill Halfpenny fan said:

Saints are definitely missing the yards Walmsley makes after the tackle is completed.

And the 6 agains when he stands up, shakes his head and stares at the ref.

[GeordieSaint]

It’s open season on Saints at the moment… 

… but risking the wrath of all non-Saints fans, missing much of our starting pack and our poor form, IMO KR are favourites tonight.

I said at the start of the season I think this is a season too far for this aging Saints team, which also lacks real pace in the backs bar Welsby. Tough start to the Wellens regime.

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

8 minutes ago, Ullman said:

His goal line dropouts can't be any worse than Jordan Abdull's.

We just like to give teams another shot at our defence, helps build their goal line resilience.

Guess you saw the results last Friday eh 

[Chris22]

For what it's worth, here's what actually said in February about Saints. It's reasonably interesting to read back now. Some thought the dominance would continue, more non-Saints fans though. In some ways, that's why sport is good. Unexpected things can happen!

 

[GeordieSaint]

Slowest Centre pairing in the league?!

 

[GeordieSaint]

Looks like we are 0-6 up.

[GeordieSaint]

6-6

[sam4731]

Matty Lees sin binned again. Are we determined to have no forwards available for next week against Warrington?

[GeordieSaint]

18 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

Matty Lees sin binned again. Are we determined to have no forwards available for next week against Warrington?

What for?

[sam4731]

8 minutes ago, GeordieSaint said:

What for?

High tackle I believe

Edited April 14, 2023 by sam4731
Correcting info

[GeordieSaint]

20-8 Hull KR now.

[Hull Kingston Bronco]

 

26-8...!! Parcell kicks for Litten. Two hookers combine to make my night complete, for the first time in about 10 years... now that's what I call a happy ending!! 

[bratman]

26-14 now, 8 minutes left

[GeordieSaint]

26-14 FT.

[fieldofclothofgold]

On 12/04/2023 at 22:59, Padge said:

Are you for real, you obviously are clueless about me.

Yes we're all enjoying it even the rubbing it in 

[Ragingbull]

WELLO OUT!!