I'm honestly a bit lost at the moment and the only phrase that comes to mind to describe it is Jekyll and Hide ( and no that is not a mis-spelling).

Lets start at the top, the big man is a huge Saints fan, I do not doubt he would do whatever is in the clubs best interests. However as a fan which we all are, we can make decisions that we think are in the best interest but we can be wrong.

The coaching staff and structure..

There must be an issue, I'm not going to profess great insight but others outside the club have commented on our ex-players conditioning and they are experts in their fields.

Signings which are down to the whole team, why do we have props who only like to play loose forward? 2nd rowers who only like to play loose forward? etc

The coach I do think he knows what he wants from the team, but I'm doubting that he has the force of will and motivation to get it across. I think he has the smarts but you can see people in any company who are very clever, but have no idea of how to manage people and get the best from them.

The players, these are the hiders. I've honestly no idea who is our best line up. At the start of the season it seemed very straight forwards, but now I'm not sure. Why because the player with the name on the back can have a great game one week and be awful the next.

We can't blame yesterday on Lance (I have had no time for him the last 2 years, but that's down to him not being a 6 he certainly puts in effort)
Laffranchi, Wilkin (all three missing from injury)

If I thought there was something magical like sacking them all then fine I'd suggest it, but I'm not sure playing the kids will change much it's seems to be catching.

Next week we could be fine, but a lot seems to be down to how the other side turns up.

I think the whole structure and culture at the club is very fragmented and this should be fixed first, otherwise any present and future coach will struggle at first base.
I.m very critical of our players conditioning to run the course of the season and the mental toughness impregnated into the players.

In a way I have a bit of sympathy for McManus who has had to battle on all fronts, a new stadium, turning the club into a profit making one whilst balancing youth development with overseas signings. All this means we have been in a long term transition period instead of a short one.

We really need a highly disciplined performance related structure in place to operate as one entity instead of the "cherry picking" of individual players who have and have not performed in a match.

The biggest problem we have and which can be fixed quite easily is our attitude and intensity of starting a game, I,ve only seen 2 games where we have got this right against Leeds and Huddersfield.

Hopefully monday morning is a positive productive one as for the next 2 games there is nowhere to hide for both player and coach.

Apart from Lomax . IMO put in a shift for Saints last night . Tackles well above his Wieght . Class player hope the injury is not too serious .

Regards , EW

The last trophy saints won was in 2008. That's 6 years ago. Quite a long time.

Completely agree, what a freak accident, just to turn in his run as Johnny did and go down like that! Noticed one forward who likes to go out to the wing area, and still struggles to get back in the line???

Could be very very tricky against Cas on Sunday. If they come out fired like against Wigan in the cup, it'll be a long afternoon.

Clearly it can't be fixed quite easily then! (But I'd add Warrington at the HJ too as we were great on that night)

If what I have heard is true, we will need a new fullback for the rest of the season.

That would be the icing on the cake of our season. Injuries yet again causing problems. Just stick Wello back in there. It keeps him quiet.

We've got one in Wello