Saints away was the draw nobody wanted that is for sure as they're currently head and shoulders the best team in the comp...

It's knockout football though and league form goes out of the window as plenty of games and performances in the last round showed!

Saints will start heavy odds on favourites and rightly so but the underdog tag suits us just fine!

As a Wakey fan I'm relishing the tie...we've come a long way in the last couple of seasons and this is a game where we can measure just how far we have come and we can go there with no pressure on us.

Since we've turned ourselves into a pretty decent side under Chester these last couple of seasons we've not done too badly against Saints....last 7 meetings has thrown up two wins for us...three close defeats by 2, 4 and 6 points and two blowouts...one last game of a season and the other the super 8's where we just made the numbers up...

The one game that really meant something and had something on the line other than two points was the super 8's game in 2017 where we were both playing for a top four spot so everything on the line in a knockout type game..Saints edged it by two points with a score at the death after a catastrophic error by Scott Grix! The majority of that Saints team is what's playing now...they have improved but so have we...our last two visits to Saints have resulted in a four point win and a four point loss so in my eyes we have every right to believe we can go there and win in a one off game if every player plays to the best of their ability..

Saints were running away with the league last year looking head and shoulders above everyone and were destroyed in the cup by Catalans...that day the French pack got on top and Saints had no answer...to me that's the way to beat Saints...dominate their forwards...a tough ask I know but we've a monster pack and when they're on song we're certainly one who could mirror what Catalans did that day...hoping we can get a few key players back in these coming weeks and you never know, a shock could be on the cards!

=#FF0000Let's keep it polite yeah? Cheers, Karen

The full post (which is directed at another Wakey fan), says:

"If we go with the attitude that there's nothing to lose, and get in their faces anything happen.

What such as Wollo should focus on is that we are a better team and have better strength this season, than at any time in the SL era.

We've got to third in the table with serious injury problems and that shows the spirit and attitude at the club.

Saints should be worried not us."

That's all perfectly fair in the context of the post - Wakey are underdogs and should play without worry, let Saints do the worrying.

It has to be said these Wakefield are the strangest set of fans I've ever come across, and I thought Wire fans were bad. Warrington fans are top class in comparison.

I just don't know were Wakey fans get this misplaced arrogance from. I suppose fans from clubs like Wigan, Saints, Leeds (and to a lesser extent Warrington) can be entitled to be a little bit cocky and arrogant at times given their clubs achievements but Wakefield???

For the record the Wakey/Saints game is the tie of the round and of co Wakefield can win but it's a nonsense to suggest Wakey have nothing to be worried about. But if they play anything like they did against Widnes then St Helens will win easy.

Quite rightly Saints are expected to win, and perhaps quite handsomely.

Wakey can go there with no pressure, no expectations, no fear. What is there to worry about?? Losing? They are expected to!

It's humility, not arrogance.

Someone has tried to explain to you once already the post about saints should worry not wakey was ment as wakey are expected to lose so no worries if they do but saints are expected to win so have more pressure to worry about

TV picks done

- Hull FC vs Catalans Dragons (Thursday 30th May - 7.35pm) Sky Sports

- Hull KR vs Warrington Wolves (Friday 31st May - 7.35pm) Sky Sports

- St Helens vs Wakefield Trinity (Saturday 1st June - 3.15pm) BBC1

- Bradford Bulls vs Halifax RLFC (Sunday 2nd June - 2.45pm) BBC2

Warrington have got to play a month later than everyone else? Doesn't seem fair that

And on a day that doesn't exist.

I appreciate that Catalans will not travel with any more than a taxi full, so let’s put that to one side, but wire having to traverse the M62 on a Friday night?. Do the powers that be deliberately try to put off travelling fans? Put that on either of the weekend days and would a five figure gate. Wakey to St’s is barely an hours away. Fax to bulls about 15 mins!

Did I say that? So what your pointless point?

So what did you mean when you said that comments on a message board would fire up the team?
It’s difficult to read this statement in any other way.


Just seems a bit daft that’s all.

Well that’s that then, Jean Capdouze on RL Fans said he thinks Saints will beat Wakefield so the Wakefield players will be well up for it now and will probably win. Somehow I don’t think the Wakefield players look at this forum and I don’t think it would make a great difference if they did.

I’d say this is a fair summary.

If the Saints vs Wakefield game was at Belle Vue then I wouldn’t be overly confident as it’s always hard work there. However, at home I’d fancy us to win fairly comfortably. For Wakefield to win I think they need to play at their best and we’d have to have an off day and I fancy that the former is unlikely if they still have a few injuries. I was fairly pleased with the draw, it could have been much worse.

In the last 7 meetings between the two 5 have been at Wakey and Saints have won 4 of them...two by decent margins...the last two times we’ve played at Saints we’ve won one by 4 points and lost one by 4 points...so that’s an indication we may have a better chance playing away with no pressure and not many people believing we will win...

If our forwards are healthy for that date and our pack can do what Catalans did in the cup last season we’ve a squeak in my opinion...

Yes.

HTH.

The draw has thrown up some excellent fixtures and ensured that there will be a Championship club in the semi finals.

Saints will be strong favourites against Wakefield and Wire also favourites against KR but, the real intriguing fixture is FC v Catalan.
Hull should be favourites at home but, Catalan, on their day are a real force and could cause an upset.

Bradford and Fax will both fancy their chances of progression but, home advantage should see Bradford go through.

Trinity will need to have something close to their strongest pack and play to their full potential to get over the top of Saints but, they (Saints) made very hard work of beating an out of sorts Huddersfield side, which gives Trinity a little bit of hope, maybe.

As you say, it's all up for grabs. I am not sure a championship side in the Semi's is a positive, but they earned the right and the draw was kind. Am sure both Bradford and Halifax would have preferred a SL side.

With both sides having a genuine chance at making the cup semi and with the proximity of the 2 clubs, there will be probably be a better attendance than if they had played some of the other contenders.
Certainly a better draw than if they had played Catalan and assuming its going to be another double header for the semis, their big payday will come there (assuming they dont make the final).

I really hope that there is a plan for Catalan making the final again.
If they were to beat FC, which is entirely possible, they have a 50/50 chance of drawing Championship opposition in the semi and would then be very strong favourites to return to Wembley.
I hope they (the RFL) have got their thinking caps on so it's not a "surprise" if Catalan make the final.

See this is what makes me laugh. Wakefield fans always come up with statements like this whilst forgetting their last few games consist of

26-6 win vs a championship team at home and were second best for much of the game.
A one point win against an out of sorts huddersfield team (yet somehow when saints do it, it means we are there for the taking)
Trounced by hull, a team we put 60 past
A 2 point win against Leeds who just lost to Bradford
and a loss against another team we trounced, Cas

You should be concerned with your own form, not ours.

Easy win for us and a spot in the semi

You

Your arrogance is astounding,good job you are in the minority of Saints fans.

Well, judging by that insightful back story it looks like a wasted trip over.

Things can change in the space of a couple of weeks, I'd wait until nearer the time to profess total annihilation.

If you had left it at that, it would have displayed your obsession and saved space and the time it took reading your ego trip.

A full strength Saints side squeeze past Huddersfield and a Trinity side with 9/10 players missing beat them by 1.

Remember, Saints beat Trinity earlier this season by a MASSIVE 6 points. Therefore, to suggest that something close to a full strength Trinity side, playing close to their best will definitely test Saints (or any other side in the comp), is not too difficult to imagine, even for myopic fans like you.

So what is your point big boy

Apart from the last line which I don't agree with as it won't be easy, the rest of this post is totally spot on.