Wilkin 2match ban and £300

stupid boy! put us right up against it in the cup!

We're fooked.

Walsh back for the Huddersfield game is what we need to hear now!

Wheeler to the rescue

It was an expensive 2 points for us.

So at this moment we have:

Injured: Turner, Walsh, Beaumont,
Banned: Amor, LMS, Wilkin
Probably injured: Percival, Hohaia, Wheeler, Walmsley
Possibly injured: Lomax, Manu, Soliola

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Well im excited for Friday!!

My family are getting my ticket tomorrow.

COYS

Nothing better than an unexpected victory

Saints considering appealing the ban, according to their twitter

worth appealing, if its reduced to 1 game hes free for the cup game, if it gets increased he misses a meaningless league game

Has anyone seen the incident online anywhere?

Got to be worth a shot. Half the season is over anyway if he doesn't play, so may as well try it. What difference will an extra game and a few hundred pounds make to anything?

Certainly worth it. Both him and Amor are huge losses.

Either way, gives an opportunity for someone to make a name for themselves this week. Didn't Jonny Lomax start his first game at 7 against Leeds a few years back? We've been there with inexperienced pivots before and done a job. Won't be easy, but we're at home. Lets get behind them on Friday and see what happens.

Jonny made his debut at Full Back against Wakefield. His first appearance in the halves was against Bradford at Stand Off I think.

Amor I'd agree with but I honestly never thought I'd see the day that Wilkin was described as a huge loss.

In the context of Luke Walsh being injured and our crazy decision to start a season with only one genuine halfback in the whole squad, he's an enormous loss.

To be fair he probably wouldn't as big of a loss had Walsh not been injured.

Meant his first at 7. I remember that Wakefield game though. Flanno supposedly walking round the hospital in his kit for the birth of his child at half-time, and Gary Wheeler sidestepping a couple for a try.

It's decent going though that despite the number of injuries we have, the side that will most likely be put out is still relatively decent. Huge opportunity for a few young players. I suppose that was the benefit of last season to an extent. A couple of experienced guys are still touch and go but without the injuries suffered last year many of them wouldn't have had a chance. At least now they have a decent understanding of what is expected of them and hopefully we'll have another step up and take his opportunity come Friday in a key role.

Club deserve credit in my opinion.

Very true. I personally think he's lucky to still be with us. He's had too many below average games for a long time now and can't see what he actually brings to the team anymore.
He let down both the fans and the club with this and should have been more professional when it's a bit of backs-to-the-wall time regarding injuries and suspensions.

Absolutely. The club have had a long term performance plan in place over the past couple of years and we're starting to see the benefits of that coming through now with the experience and quality in depth of our squad. Not only that but we have a very good core of talented, young, British players you can build a team around:

Lomax, Makinson, Turner, Jones, Swift, Wheeler (If he can stay fit), Percival, Amor, Walmsley, LMS, Beaumont, Richards, Thompson, Savelio, Greenwood, Walker etc...

I think Jon Wilkin is a decent player personally, but I've come to believe that a lot it depends on the players around him. What you'll get off him though is 100% commitment to the cause and he'll make as many tackles and carries as anyone else. When the likes of Amor and Walmsley are taking the side forward he's an asset in my opinion. He has a decent pair of hands down the left and offers another kicking option if needed. He supports well and I'm lead to believe that his communication skills are decent as well, as you would expect from a senior player.

When the pack are under pressure, that's when I often wonder about him but no-one can deny that he's started the season well. Disappointing that he's out but you could see what was going to happen at the time.

Wilkin had a good game vs Leeds about 10yrs ago and has been living off it ever since.
Yes he's 100% commited to the wage he's been stealing.
There seems to be too much sentiment with the club at the mo.
Get rid of Wilkin and Wellens for a start.

very harsh, he's not Scully but he's a decent player

Wilkin is the sort of player you need in a salary cap sport. As is Hohaia.

Whether either are worth the coin? Debatable, but they're certainly handy to have around.

Considering Wilkin's experience, to get wound up by McShane like he did was worrying.