I feel Saints haven't got enough improvement in them this season to make the 4, and tonight will be the night that the season ends.

The damage done over the last two years by Cunmigham's strategy and -especially- recruitment, has been extensive. I doubt Holbrook has had enough time to repair it.

Hope to be proven wrong, but I see a Wakefield win tonight.

Think Saints will win tonight. They were actually pretty good last week, we just came up with a couple of try saving tackles and ground out the win.

I think we'll win and win well tonight!

Players clearly still hurting from defeat to Saints last time and want to put that right...there's enough differences tonight to make me think we can...shame about the rain around but I strongly fancy us to finish Saints season tonight!

Bookies have a very small Saints win. The Weather will play a decent part, not confident but would like to think
we might sneak it.

Fages back in so I think saints by 20-30

Regards

King James

Lomax doesn't seem happy.. and I can't blame him! Saints man at heart and a bloody good fullback now getting put in any position so Barba can start...

not going too well for barba so far, still a big half of rugby to play yet though time for him to come good

jeez its turning into poor fayre now, balls losses on the first tackle

Absolute sickener for Wakefield.

....but the reason this is such a great sport is that a generally poor match can supply a great dramatic ending

Grix's brain exploded, what was he doing?

Is Eddie really likening that to wide to west?

Justin Holbrook reminds me massively of Craig Sandercock.

Bye Bye Grix.

Who got sky motm, Lomax?

Roby

Thought Richardson deserved it.

Simply, simply lovely.

whats up with the young kid who plays fb for wakey? how he gets overlooked with grix is baffling, grix brainpoop cost wakey tonight and could've cost them top 4 by tomorrow night

At the start of the year when Richardson was filling in for Smith, I thought the Sky team over hyped his performances simply because of his age. He played very safety first and didn't put his stamp on the game. I'm not saying that now! He's grown in confidence and the comparison with a young Sean Long looked spot on.

He looks like one of those young halves that has a rounded game in that not only can he run the ball and play off the cuff but can also control a game and kick his team around the field.

Under Cunningham it looked like he was heavily shackled on what he was allowed to do, as were other players.
Since Holbrook took over he looks a different player. I think Justin gives the players more freedom to go out and just play.

Anyone who saw Richardson at academy level would have known he is a very good prospect.

Personally would go with him and Lomax in the halves with Fage on the bench.

Fage to fill in at hooker while also supporting an inexperienced Richardson?

Would make sense, but you would think that's a decent amount of cap space sitting in the stands...?

Saints are used to having a large proportion of our cap sitting in the stands. We've had Lomax out for much of the last four seasons, Walsh who was out for much of the time he was here, and Barba sitting out 12 of the last 13 weeks. It's what we do.

Grix has been outstanding for us all season; it's unfortunate that an error at a crucial time in a crucial game will be what most neutrals who only see televised games remember him for, because he's been one of our best players.

Gutting to lose like that - but that's sport; unlike some of our more fickle fans, I'm just happy that we're in contention for a top 4 finish, given the dire predictions that most people made about our chances this season. And congratulations to Saints - that was a lucky escape.

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned them turning down the 2 when they had a penalty under the sticks on 35 mins at 12 - 6. I know we can't say that the game would have been a draw because of the other variables that affects, but I still think it was a dumb move not to make it a two-score game (and did at the time).