thats very hard to argue with

I don't wish to condone Wigan's victory but the Saints were poor today.

FFS (Saints Team) Please loose the shimmy/stutter/ dance and the hesitation when delivering a pass from the play of the ball and the rest will follow.....


Time and youth is on our side forget this one and move on.....

Regards

Jock,,,,

PS , I have one question, " How come our smallest chap on the field constantly gets 'pinged' for high tackles ?
For example : Lance Hohoia's tackle on Sam Tompkins late in the Derby yesterday would have been round his waist if the gangaly Knob head had been stood up straight.

It was silly!
Gung-ho types will argue about pressing for a try, but that's a maybe 4 or 6 points, the two points were a given almost.
So then it would have been 12-12 with Saints on top and getting the ball back as well.
And the seesaw could well have tipped Saints way.

But as we saw Wigan got a converted try pretty much straight away and that 8 points difference looked like a mountain to climb. Consequently Wigan were buoyed and went on to win easily.

A shame really, I thought Saints might have beaten the pies.

I was surprised Saints didn't take the kick and level at 12-12. Wigan had been dominant up to that point and leveling the scores would have boosted Saints confidence and dented Wigan's. I don't always agree with taking the two but on that occasion I think it was arguably the right choice.

The mission of the new coaching staff appears to be to do everything opposite to what Royce Simmons did. Taking the two was interpreted as a 'negative tactic' (see discussions on here in recent times) and has not been considered an option regardless of tactical advantage. However, from what Mike Rush said in his brief post match comments, it is likely that Saints will be taking the two more often in future.