Wolves Team:
Russell, R Evans, J Monaghan, Atkins, Ormsby, Bridge, Ratchford, Hill, M Monaghan, England, Waterhouse, Westwood, Harrison

Wolves subs: Higham, Asotasi, Laithwaite, B Evans


Saints Team:
Lomax, Makinson, Turner, Jones, Dawson, Hohaia, Walsh, Walmsley, Roby, Walker, Wilkin, Greenwood, McCarthy-Scarsbrook

Saints subs: Thompson, Masoe, Soliola, Wellens

Turning point of the half was Asotasi Laithwaite and higham coming on

please ignore my previous comment lol

Hold the turning point for the time being. It's gone from 36-6 to 36-18.

36-24 now.

Easy

Well done. Enjoy the bragging rights.

Well in wire!

Thankyou, we will. Last two games have both seen good performances. Huge difference today with Benny Westwood back in the side.

It looked like the Saints players turned up expecting an easy win, and that's what won us the game in the end. Our enthusiasm was far greater than theirs and gave us a commanding lead.

We need to maintain that kind of intensity now, it was the kind of start we've been accustomed to in the 3 seasons previous, not giving teams room to breathe and often having the game won in the first half an hour.

Ratchford looked better than he has been, being allowed to play that off the cuff style as apposed to putting him in a structured half back role.

I wouldnt read much into that game as it was won by you caring about the result and us seemingly not.

If I were Smith I'd be very concerned about your defense. Despite how appalling we were, you conceded 24 points and we made far too many breaks. Against Leeds or Wigan today you'd have conceded bucketloads.

and if i were a saints fan id be worried on how we got ripped apart by a team that many pundits reckon wont be a million miles off the grand final..

Have to agree with RLIMR.

Always nice beating Saints.

Though M Monas was superb in the 1st half - oh how I wish he was 10 years younger and playing like he did in 2011.

Need to back this performance up now.

Post of the year.

I thought you'd mellowed over the last few months, or someone had nicked your keyboard.

Welcome back, same old Saddened.

Defence

Superb today, Wire. Well done.

Hope we can kick-on from here

If I were you, I'd be concerned about my spelling! Typical Saddened reaction to a Saints defeat by the Wire. From the post-match interviews it would appear that there are a few problems behind the scenes at Saints.

Well I certainly can't put my finger on the dip in form at Saints. But in the end we are paying top dollar for the coach he got a free ride last year and was allowed to experiment. This year he has to produce.

I think we should have expected to ship a few points against one of the leagues free scoring teams ,but that seems to have been helped by the usual 15 minute eye off the ball lapse that is par for the course in most Wire games.

There was mention on the radio commentary that Nathan Brown is homesick again & looking for an Aussie club for next season.

Forget the spelling, the sun has gone to my head. Saints are a mess, as mentioned by Wello we're in a totally false position through scraping a few wins early doors. Our performances have been worsening with every passing week and we were well and truly shown up for the also-rans we will be this season by both Wigan and Leeds in the big games we've had this year. We've got better players this year, but we're still not in contention, no aggression, no commitment and no structure or gameplan. Brown will surely be out soon, McManus made some very strong comments in his programme notes after the cup exit and he's got to see those through now. Either some of the players or the coach must now be shown the door.

Did your defending not concern you though? Goal line defence wasn't bad, but we were making a lot of breaks in the second half and the better sides would have run in a fair few points.

Well we've played Leeds and Wigan in the midst of our "all over the place" phase of the season and didn't concede bucket loads.

Plus it was almost the same score line as last year's Magic.

I must say Saddened that i have been concerned on more than one occasion this year at how the defence has opened up at times. May be if we can get the attack in order then the defence can be worked on ,but didn't Saints have an ethic of ignoring defence at one time, being confident of outscoring any opposition.

Your missed calling as a politician is much to the country's detriment, Saddened.

"Our unemployment figures/NHS spending/financial growth figures aren't where they should be, but they're so much better than the previous government's were".

Just give us our deserved credit, mop your tears, and move on. Don't be bitter.