I didn't go to St's today and was not in a position to listen to the game.

To those what went, Did we play well or was this a freak result?

I have criticised Radford on here recently and I fully appreciate that one result doesn't change the tide of opinion, but it would be interesting to know from those there how we played?

Two knackered and depleted teams, tbh the performance wasn't far off games we lost by similar margins (Wigan, Wire etc). Didn't really learn much, but wasn't a fluke. Good to close out a narrow game. Very good debut from Naughton. Thought going into a game with 3 hookers and 3 full backs was mental, but we had no one else available so from that POV not too shabby.

A must win and we did, that is the best thing from the game, the lads will sing their song in the sheds after the match , smiles in training will ensue and its all good... but performance?? similar to many we have seen so far already but its a win , when they hit us for once we didnt hide behind the sticks this time ...
as previous poster said , cracking naughton showing he did look really comfortable and got stuck right in, best part of the match..he looks like a favourite in the making to me, very quick too

I didn't go but it could be argued that it was a freak result based on our historical record away at Saints.

I said before the game after seeing the teams that we should be ashamed if we don't win. Perhaps that's a bit strong, but in the circumstances it's certainly a game that we should have won. Saints had less rest and fielded a very inexperienced team, especially in the backs. That said you've still got to go and do the work and get it over the line, and it would appear that we performed a lot better.

I wouldn't call it a fluke, but whether we have turned a corner or not I have no idea. If we are celebrating our 5th win in a row against Salford in a months time then I'll be feeling a lot happier. For now, it's good to get a win, but I still need alot of convincing.

that sums everyone up i think well said

I must confess that when I saw the teamsheet I wondered what the hell was going on.

Seconded.

It's always good to get a win but can we be consistent?

A few people on here have been calling for talanoa to play , how did he look in that position ?

With Naughton as winger, I thought he was brilliant. Much better in centre.

From what I've heard he looked the same as he usually does, maybe had a haircut.

Looked solid alongside Naughton, maybe we have solved a small issue there?
Thought Naughton was very smart today , fast too

Good to see some positives. A few other teams who have been in bad form have took wins as a precurser to little runs (Salford/KR) so lets hope we can do the same

I can't believe we've left it this late to play Naughton, outstanding performance this afternoon. My highlight of the afternoon which I'm sure will be many others was the step Shaul made to score that winning try for us.

Well said. Widnes a critical game and anything less than a win will prove this win just a blip.

Correct.

I'd be more disappointed than the derby loss if we were to lose on Friday .

For me it was great win, a great afternoon out in the sunshine two invaluable points and the same old chaos and blind alleys fpr long periods!!

However we stuck at it, team spirit was great and the journey was worth it for that step and the celebrations by Shaul after his score when he jumped over the boards to celebrate with the crowd. We looked more likely to score, because they were tired that's all. It was really much the same for long periods because we played some of the usual dumb stuff but it was really entertaining but in the end little different to Wigan, Salford and Cas really, except both sides were out on their feet, Naughton was a real revelation and the big difference was we got a break and we won!!! I'll take it but no one should get carried away!!

Widnes are no mugs and the game is eminently losable.

Aye , Remember last year .

From what I heard on the radio it was no fluke and despite the injury list those players who took the field dug deep and ground out a win.

On the radio commentary it said we conned Saints into conceding the penalty at the end as Rankin stood back as if setting himself up for a drop goal and the Saints defenders rushed forward and were caught offside.

We could do with more smart thinking like that.

whether it was by accident or design the policy of playing smaller more mobile players (cunningham, howard etc.) against the big tired forwards of saints certainly paid off, and it was one of our small guys who scored the winning try. give radford some credit for these tactics, even if the team might have picked itself today due to injuries.

Definitely not a fluke, if a couple of things we tried had come off it could have been far more comfortable. We should have been up at the break really and there was some really smart play around the ruck (which was Radford's plan though I doubt he'll get the credit).
Whoever plays next to Talanoa needs to get him on a lead, he's always running in off the line.
Westerman & Naughton outstanding and pleased to see Shaul get a couple, his second being particularly good.