Saints ground out a 0-4 win against the new comers tonight.

Torrential rain plighted the game apparently, but taking my Saints specs off for a moment, well done Celtic. They got 6,500 through the gates (more than a Union game up the road) and pushing a side which is well known in that part, with many former Saints being of Welsh origin, will only serve to push the cause in the area.

Well done Celtic, and best of luck for the rest of the season.

My only regret is I couldn't make it.

Yeah well done Celtic - that showing won't have done them any harm. Just need a few victories now.

Celtic's next matches - HKR (a)Wakefiled (h) Warrington (a) Quins (h)
Could nick a couple of wins there.

I'd like to pick you up on the weather. It was light drizzle and even then it wasn't constant throughout the game.

Didn't Salford beat Celtic fairly comfortably?

shhh! dont spoil this with facts

Gwent at home to Munster 6.865
Ospreys at home to Leinster 8,046

Celtic at home to St Helens 6,351

Decent crowd given the weather. Yet another game where Mr SLong fails to kick a goal.



I just wish for the sake of coolness that we had won it 1-0.

But Celtic need to win a few of the buzz around the club will quickly disappear.

Sounds like a great defensive performance from both sides, well done to them.

Very encouraging crowd as well, hope they liked what they saw and will come be back at the Brewery for more.

Sounds like a good defensive display by the newcomers.

One thing that made me laugh last night was when the Half Time score come on Sky, Stevos claims he wasn't surprised at all.

. what a load of balls! Even repeated it later on in the show.

No, leave them to getting beaten more soundly by the Barrow's and Oldham's of this world. No offence intended to any of those clubs.

Thought Crusaders did very well tonight. The night and the performance was summed up by me in Wellens celebration at the final whistle. He was ecstatic.

The Saints had known they'd been in the game. I just hope we can keep that level of performance going for the rest of the season. I think we would have beaten Salford comfortably with that performance last night but unfortunately we faced Sally when were in our snooze for 20 minutes then start playing phase.

Anyway, onwards and upwards.

It wasn't the muddy slog that it looks to be from the scoreline.

Don't get me wrong it could be described that at some times during the game but if there is anybody out there who know Crusaders they will know we like to sling the ball about whatever. We tried last night and had Saints creaking at one point but couldn't crack that defense.

Anyway, well done to our team, but draw a line under that now and get that first win under our belts. Nothing is achieved by standing back and admiring past achievements so we need to keep focused on our displays. I think JD will make sure we do just that.

Yeah, him and Long had Saints to win by 1-6 points



Well done by the way.

A really good defensive display by celtic, we hounded their line for most of the match. There isnt a team in the league or even the world that wouldnt be happy by holding saints to 4 points

Leeds would be gutted.

Well done to Crusaders, as has already been said their defence was very good throughout the game and I hold my hands up to being amazed how well they did!

Weather was very poor for most of the match. Fantastic atmosphere though in the stand!

I thought a good atmosphere was created by both sets of fans.

Not over spillling though, good healthy banter.

It was, I think the way the fans mixed together in the stand really helped, we stood right in the middle and it was great!

Right. I've cleaned the thread. Let's keep it to a discussion about Friday night's match.

And two other points:

• to the usual suspects – stop the constant Widnes baiting and thread diversion;

• Widnes fans – stop reacting: it's giving the baiters what they want, so they keep on doing it.

If Widnes were in Super League it would have given the Crusaders another big name to entice the Welsh public to the Brewery Field...

Good point, well made old bean.

I think messages to yourself would be better done by PM.

The inability of some people to be able to read and comprehend really simple things is obviously not very good.