Did I just watch Powell say he believes this team can win the Grand Final?
The man’s living in cloud cuckoo land.

He also said Philbin was ‘absolute class’. I must have been watching a different game.

Well, as a paid up member of the moaning minnies club, I'll try and accentuate the positive.

Much better with ball in hand and defence looked much more desperate. With better options off the bench we may well have snatched it.

Much needed reinforcements in the pack back next week and Wigan showed their vulnreability tonight ...... but we need tonights levels and more if we are to get the season back on track.

A gallant defeat is a defeat

I hope we dont try and over turn Dudson's ban. He needs to be out of our side for a while.

Bullock had a good game.

Well the Moaning Minny votes are in and there is a very clear winner.
In real life everyone walks away from a MM but on a forum you are stuck with 'em.

Someone’s got to believe it.

Bullock has been good for a season and a half now. He needs more love, he’s a cracking prop.

So two wins and a draw or three wins then, or are you advocating 4 points and a trash loss.

Some real moaning for moaning sake, seems endemic.

God help us next week.. slowly given up with this bunch....saints were there for taking tonight and we blew it good style and they're bang average..some players have got to go.. Workington need players

When I'm in the HJ I'm surrounded by people who often seem to enjoy themselves when Wires lose and they are proved right.

There’ll have been proved right and loving life a lot in the past 18 months then…maybe something needs to be done to shut these people up?

Currie, Ashton, Dufty & Bullock all put in a real shift tonight.

Gutted not to win, but feel proud of the performance. Much better defensively than the past few weeks.

Yeh, but. "Last few weeks" You shouldn't need to say that should you?

No, obviously. I'm just looking for positives. 'Glass Half Full' and all that.

The one in the first half was forward, the others weren't. Ball steal was also correctly called, Ratchford pulled it out.

The balance of penalties and six agains didn't match the game either. Someone said 13-3 to you combined, which is odd given the game was so tight.

We were pretty poor tonight, attack is miles off and unable to get any sort of consistent go forward despite the forwards generally being on top. Right edge wide open with Batchelor and Makinson missing, but we just about did enough. Can't wait to see Vaughan's stats, didn't feel like he made any ground at all, be amazed if he did 120m+ like he usually does.

If Bells try was from a forward pass it makes the win even sweeter

Pass nowhere near as forward as everyone is making out. Inside pass plus passer is tackled makes it look much worse. Optical illusion. If you slow it down side on at release it’s marginal at best, probably fine.

Regardless I’d be more concerned about the markers switching off. You can’t allow that to happen.

Shame as aside from switching off twice the defence was great.

Too many poor players playing tonight. Really shouldn’t be having to shoehorn a centre to play stand off after one injury.

Thought Holroyd decent when he came on.

Green struggled but he says to be in the 17 ahead of Dudson. Same for Wrench. Why is he 18th man? I know he gets caught out defensively but he’s got pace at least and Minekin gets caught out every game and offers nothing.

Drink water kicking game much better but he offers nothing ball in hand. Did really well to stay close considering.

One other point. They must have conceded 10 plus pens and resets fist half. No warning. The game doesn’t help itself. Had to be a bin, and Welsby should have been binned for the cynical flop. Though refs never give “flop” anyway so surprised he gave it!

Two poor teams with players missing if we're honest. Only one halfback on the field and he made the difference. Drinkwater is turned out well but not sure why he's on the field. NRL clubs keen on Dodds - seriously? Players back in the next few weeks may improve matters provided Kasiano and Dudson aren't amongst them. Powell must regret most of the signings he's made.

I'll be amazed if it was 13-3 saints seemed to get the 6 against and Warrington. Penalties seemed fair Saints are grubby.not it was grubby at the pub,

You definitely won the should have been sin binned by 4-1, in particular where there were two high shots within minutes perhaps Smith was operating a three strikes rule.

The MRP will get you though expect to be without Lee's and Hurrel, Duddson will probably cop a ban for us but no great loss.

Dodds was awful. He’d be lucky to get in this Warrington team nevermind the NRL.

Double the Booze Ups from now on in
And we’ll be flying

Lees for what? Hurrell's shouldn't be a ban, just an open hand collecting a falling player. It's a penalty but it's not worth a card or ban.

Is passing from the floor when tackled not a penalty ?

Dufty/Thewlis
Davis (Catalan)
Wrench
King
Ashton
Williams
Drinkwater
Harrison
Walker
Vaughan
Currie
Fitzgibbon
Nicholson

Dwyer
Bullock
Philbin
?

So that is the potential line up so far for next season