Sun 14th Apr: CCQF: St Helens v Warrington Wolves KO 16:30 (BBC)

[GeordieSaint]

4 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

So we threw the ball wide.

Honestly one of the best performances from a Warrington team I remember seeing.

You were excellent. Beat us up down the middle in the second half too. Well done Warrington. 

Horrific day with Liverpool losing too. 

[Wigan Riversider]

Must be fun being around the East Lancs Rd at this point with both Saints and LFC imploding?

[JohnM]

4 minutes ago, Wigan Riversider said:

Must be fun being around the East Lancs Rd at this point with both Saints and LFC imploding?

It certainly makes ME very happy! 

[Championi]

Mighty Trin do I take it your not a Fartown fan

[bobbruce]

Superb from wire really match Saints up front and then picked us apart out wide. As other posters have alluded to Saints lack of pace out wide is killing us both in attack and defence. Saints will have a hell of a job getting the backline something like at the end of this season. 

[Dunbar]

I'm a huge fan of watching young players develop and succeed in our game but I have to say I can't see the attributes that Jon Bennison has to make him a top class player.

[Barry Badrinath]

Did bbc show makinson booting the ball into the crowd as hard as possible after the harrison try?

 

Poor reaction from him.

[GeordieSaint]

11 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I'm a huge fan of watching young players develop and succeed in our game but I have to say I can't see the attributes that Jon Bennison has to make him a top class player.

He’s never going to be a top class player. He has ability - but I personally feel as a squad player who fills in when others are not available. That he’s our starting left winger tells you much about Saints’ investment in wingers in recent years post-Grace.

[Championi]

He kicked the ball hard is this for real

[Waynebennettswinger]

Totally blown away by a much better Warrington team today. More nous and pace. Well done Wire

[Loiner]

1 hour ago, GeordieSaint said:

Saints have no pace. No invention. We rely on forward power to overwhelm teams. Today our pack has been battered. 

You need to get shut of Dodd, only the Lord knows who thought he was any good for Saints never mind England.

[Loiner]

1 hour ago, Fly-By-TheWire said:

Wow.    Burgess has finally silenced his critics and doubters.

They haven't won owt yet.

[JohnM]

1 hour ago, Fevrover said:

Saints fans doing the Wigan walk.

I have no problem with that, as long as they pay us royalties.

[Loiner]

Don't you just love it, Saints,Liverpool, Arsenal and Leeds United all lose.

[redjonn]

Warrington deserved the win.

Thought Saints made too many errors and some ill discipline at key moments for which Warrington made the most of.

Thought two key decisions/errors didn't help Saints as they managed to gain momentum and look dangerous.  One was taking the two points and all be it watching on TV I thought Warrington were going through a ragged lose of energy patch,  the second being Lomax mistake again with Saints in the ascendancy.  From their on in Wire took over and never looked like losing the ascendancy.  To read some comments you would think the game wasn't in the balance and that Saints never had any ascendancy at all. For sure after 60mins Saints imploded whilst Warrington showed how dangerous they can be with their attacking prowess.

The last 20 minutes certainly most unlike Saints in they lost all composure or nous, I guess Warringtons tackle pressure taking its toll.

 

 

 

[daz39]

FFS, forgot i'd got this on record when i was watching it, picked my phone up to read a whatsapp message to be greeted by 'Bring on the Wire', after about 18 minutes of me watching!.

Ah well, still it was a great 2nd half by Wire, Saints are slowly turning into a 2 man team, Welsby at the back and Walmsley up top. 

The rest are looking bang average these days.

Wire it is then, should be a great Semi final.

[Reliant Robin]

Great performance by wire. Hope to see u in the final

[Gerrumonside ref]

Well done Wire

[Fly-By-TheWire]

42 minutes ago, Loiner said:

They haven't won owt yet.

That wasn't the criticism or doubt I'm talking about.   It was whether a former great player would translate to being a good coach.   He's already transformed a pretty average Warrington squad into a very competitive side that's getting better each week.   And he's overturned one of the top two teams away from home with a very convincing performance with every bit of intensity needed to be a top side.

He's only a few months into the job, and hopefully he'll stay true to his word and stick out the full two years before moving to a top NRL post.

[Barry Badrinath]

49 minutes ago, Loiner said:

They haven't won owt yet.

Nah we've won the challenge cup, in April, this year

[headtackle]

Well done Wire - you deserved that today

Saints have a lot of questions to answer as looking very ordinary at the moment, nothing much in attack and a few players starting to look a bit past it. 

 

 

 

[Snowys Backside]

Plan B worked. Well done Wire. Far too much pace for Saints. 

[LeeF]

1 hour ago, GeordieSaint said:

He’s never going to be a top class player. He has ability - but I personally feel as a squad player who fills in when others are not available. That he’s our starting left winger tells you much about Saints’ investment in wingers in recent years post-Grace.

And isn’t Makinson leaving at the end of this season?

[LeeF]

So is Wellens under pressure?

Edited April 14 by LeeF

[Coggo]

Worst Saints performance I can remember since before Justin Holbrook took over. A towelling, really.