Apparently Saints were rubbish thats why we won



Then again its the same every time we win

Cullen?...His team had a poor record of playing Saints when the Knowsley Roaders were rubbish

Thought he gave a fair assessment, remove your red and white glasses and don't scream when someone looks at the game from a neutral point of view without proclaiming that you are going to win the GF, he gave the plus and minus points to every side especially his beloved Wire,

I never mentioned the GF
Just pointing out that in our 3rd season in superleague we still only win
due to the opposition having an off day

(even when we win by 36 points away from home)

Didn't think he came across too bad actually. In any case, we won, so who cares?

Hope every pundit and opposition coach carries on proclaiming that their team played bad when Rovers play them.....it would mean a very succesful season for us.

We just take the game for what it was, 2 points gained away from home against a team that should be challenging for silverware at the back end of the season.

We can only beat what's in front of us on the pitch, Saints didn't play poorly & nearly all the Saints fans agree we deserved our win, I'll take that & move on.

Not actually what he said but hey ho.

Yup indeed.

Another over reaction by the bobbins. Cullen made some very valid points and indeed gave Rovers plenty of praise. I went last Friday and was disappointed at the overall quality of the game. It was a fantastic result for Rovers don't get me wrong and it was exciting because it was a close contest, but i reckon Rovers have played better there in the past and been soundly beaten.

Just my opinion mind

Thanks for the plural!! As you can see from some of the above posts not all of us over react. Not sure why but some seem to take things far too personally, Cullen was just giving the point of view of a neutral. He didn't exactly say anything surprising, at the end of the day if you win at Saints these days, it's generally because they've played poorly. If they play well you're not likely to win, pretty obvious IMO.

Typo.

(Just for bob bob bobbin

)

Almost a year to the day since some of you and your coach were moaning about Rea.

Bless

I thought he made some valid points about what Saints were doing wrong and Rovers were doing right. He wanted to point out Saints were underpar but also was quick to make sure he also praised Rovers for the things they did well.

He is doing a decent job at the minute.

Cheers Mate

I agreed with everything he said except Ben Galea's try. If they'd have shown the set leading up to the try they could see how we battered that right hand side to drag 10 defenders over making room on the left. Just good work from Rovers on that one.

I think he made some valid points and I really enjoy is analysis of the games. His language is appalling though

Roversmad, have you gone completely mad?

I am a diehard Rovers fan, but Cullen's opinions were free from bias and he actually said that Rovers tenacity and style of play last Friday forced Saints into errors.

I'd say that is high praise for Justin's gameplan and to the players ability and attitude in carrying it out to a tee.

I’m waiting for the day when a pundit describes a Rovers win as fantastic, despite the opposition been at the top of their game. Do doubt you’ll be the first on here rolling your eyes and calling them sarcastic!

Got to agree with you, if anything Hemmings went ott with his opinions, but I thought Cullens analysis was fair.

The set leading up to Galea's try was the set of the game, and for him to just point out 10 saints players just happened to be on the left hand side was a bit odd.
other than that, a fair assesment of the game all round I thought

Let's be fair, if saints were on top of their game they'd have won irrespective of the way rovers played. It's one of those games where your team needs to be at their absolute best and for the opposition to be below par for you to pull a win off. Anyway, all that matters is the 2 points which you have. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks

Completely agree and as Cullen said teams have to make the most of the situations and capitalise which rovers did, Saints will play worse this year and win.

I agree. You need Saints to be having an off day to even have a chance at beating them, and that's still a tough ask as we found out by scraping through with a 1 point win. Not many teams will go there this year and pick up a win, regardless of whether Saints have an "off day" or not.

Thats the whole point

that will never happen

Correct!!! Rovers will never win a game if their opposition are on form, you've finally got it!

As above. 100% agree.