Just proves a point that take 3 or 4 main players out all teams struggle, some comfort for all you doom and gloomers out there

Yeah they got battered there to be fair, that Wire pack is no joke - absolutely monstered Saints. That lad Ashton looks like a right signing too, wonder what Price is gonna do when Widdops back.

Nice headache to have

Plenty of cracking youngsters on show tonight,
Probably a few too many for saints liking
Matty Ashton looked like a seasoned pro tonight with pace to burn.
These clubs seem to have no issues blooding their youngsters and none of them let their teams down tonight and will have done the lads the world of good with their confidence and development

It’s a shame Wakefield don’t have any good youngesters or else they might be able to do the same instead of relying on 80 year old Danny Brough

How very insightful
We have plenty of decent youngsters and it would be more, if it were not for some of the bigger clubs luring our local talent with contracts that Trinity just cant compete with. Back in your box pal.

On a more serious note, the big 4/5 clubs can afford to blood their youngsters in relative comfort, knowing that a couple of losses wont derail their season or move them toward the SL trapdoor and possible relegation. Although SOME of the bigger clubs seem to CHEAT their way out of tricky positions. One of them being very close to your heart, I believe

Haven't you got a football club to hang around and ponce off or something?

Hmmmm, it's not like Wigan are relying on old timers past their best is it ??

Pot, O'Loughlin, Leuluai, Kettle !!

I see what you did there

I do a bit on the scouting side at Wakey an have seen things that the so called big clubs do and what local coaches have told me are staggering. I suppose it’s the arrogance they have.

You mean the Danny Brough, Wakefield Academy product?

We are just like you with SOL, we get plenty of mileage out of them.

By the way your trolling is really sub standard.

That St's side would have turned over Wakey very easy.Thats the difference bringing in younger players who have been coached well

Not forgetting of course that Wire were just about flawless - an outstanding performance from them, right across the park; BMM is the most destructive forward in SL, and that Ashton lad has all the potential to become an absolute superstar of the game.

Enjoyable to watch, if you like seeing the game played right.

Yes...I found that reassuring too! Chill pill time

You may be right but my post was regarding how a team is weakened big style when key players are missing wether it’s Saints or Wakefield, the difference being they have the money to attract a much deeper quality of squad.

It's a false dawn for Warrington. Most seasons begin with a team burning brightly at the beginning. Last week, they stayed in the game by playing with real intensity. Last night, they blew Saints away by playing again with intensity. But that is not sustainable in the Super League. Too many games, and it will attract injuries.

The test for them will be when they can't raise that intensity, and playing this rather reckless offloading game will undo them, because they'll spend too much time defending.

Great to watch, but bright lights burn out more quickly. It's the team that just does the good stuff regularly and persistently that wins. Wire might only just make the top four because of the way they're playing. Saints will return. Wigan will just plug away. Hull look big and strong. It only takes Cas to start firing and they'll be out of the four.

(PS: I'm in Phil Clarke mode: make a ridiculous prediction but look a genius when the rare one comes off)

Hopefully starting next week ???

I did think last night that this will help us. It'll be like the game after a cup final. The downside for us is that they get a longer rest.

I was hoping so too but they didn't look particularly battered and bruised when they came off last night


We really do need to start stepping up if we are going to compete this season (just in case people hadn't worked that one out already !!)

Agree what your saying BLM but I see our current squad as the strongest in a long time and I’m sure most if not all would slip into other squads comfortably, there is just something missing from our team that I can’t put my finger on ,wether that’s the coaching set up or a mental thing that’s stopping us from kicking on as we should. IMO consistency has always alluded us over the years, we beat teams that should beat us then lose to clubs that we expect to win .Not a clue how to sort it out but that’s my take on wakey over the years and probably why we’ve never really put a decent challenge on either league or cup ,which as a fan of over 50 years is frustrating. Yes I know we’ve had the odd nearly and what ifs but on the whole the only thing to shout about is we haven’t been relegated .But you know what I’ll still be supporting wakey up until I draw my last breath, I’d just like wakey to put a bit of silverware in our cabinet sooner rather than later .

Agree 100% Kettykat , nothing comes easy being a Wakey supporter

Thing is with that game, if you compare it to ours' at HKR, it looked like it was played at twice the speed! Saints by their standards were poor, obviously partly down to how well Warrington played. You just hope when we play those teams we can somehow go along at the pace they go at. At our best with a full team I think we can match them, but people are running out of patience a bit. If we don't win on Sunday anxieties are only going to grow.......

I think people just need to chill out a bit. We are in the midst of an injury crisis, with even those playing are carrying knocks or recovering from long term injuries. Im not too fussed about a resut tomorrow, the performance is what we are looking for.

We can safely write off Wire next week, but then we have Cas and Salford, Hudds Toronto all coming up we should have some bodies back for those and need to capitalise.

Well yeah that all sounds good in theory! If you are writing off the Wire game, then ditto for Cas because we never beat them no matter who's playing for either club! You have already fallen into the trap of.......players coming back+winnable fixtures=?? Doesn't mean we will automatically win any of those games, our level of performance has been pretty poor for some time now, that has to change quick if for confidence levels alone. I think it's pretty important we win on Sunday, but no not the end of the world if we don't. It is about time we saw a better level of performance from some of those players, both individually and collectively.

I thought Wire had poached Ashton from Swinton?

Yeah thats true enough but its hard to play with a beaten pack. Koppy has been a shadow of what he was when he first came, we've had to move our best strike player to prop where he is totally wasted. Our golden left edge are all on the way back from bad injuries.

I just think once we get Dave, Arona, Green and friends back we stand a much better chance of standing up through the middle. Josh Wood looks a great signing too - watched the HKR game back and hes a beast.