I was surprised how poor you were second half tbh, you very nearly blew it!

Somehow we got 2 ahead at one point but given how poor we are must make you wonder why you struggled to see the game out?

I thought for 10 minutes in the 2nd half Saints where outstanding.

We looked knackered for the first 15 minutes of the second half

I don't really.

We did better because we had nothing to lose and throwing the ball about seemed to pay off. That's only when we seemed to get any joy. Our first try was fantastic, but it was due to 'off the cuff' rugby and highlights the point as to why we are so cack atm

You are obviously one of those fans who never give their own team any credit

Don't know why that 'obviously' leads you to that conclusion if I'm honest.

I'm just realistic. I profess to being someone who is objective when it comes to my own team.

i finished your sentence off mrs b

I thought it was paea's spells on the pitch which made the difference. When he was off, saints got on top

He only did yesterday what he's been doing all season.

Imperative that we keep him.

Sounded like nobby would be willing to dangle a lot of money in front of him to tempt him away

Just the same as West Tigers getting rid of Gareth Ellis.

Regarding yesterday's game, Eden showed why he's worth persevering with some top quality plays. The more experience he gets, the less mistakes he'll make and the less erratic his performances will be.

Paea was obviously top draw but the most encouraging thing for me to come from yesterday's game, were the performances of Beaumont and Green who despite their inexperience, were excellent in attack consistently gaining yards against a big experienced Saints pack and also in defence where they were managing to turn the Saints ball carries onto their backs to control the ruck. I'm very content we have a set up which is drilling these types of technical aspects into our young players because it's these things that win games.

Both Beaumont and Green are growing with confidence and stature each game and to deliver in a high intensity cup game against a pack like Saints, proves to me they are going to be more home-grown players to make the grade. Green in particular looks to have frightening potential as his huge frame fills out as he gets older.

I see the Rugby League media continue to view the game like a bunch of sheep as in voting Michael Dobson MOTM just because that's the status quo regarding Rovers team even though Eden, Paea and Burns were more deserving. Our left edge (controlled by Dobson) was miss-firing yesterday - hence why none of our tries came on that side.

Burns was involved in all of our crucial plays in the first half; his inside pass to Eden before his kick for Hall's try, the line and pass to put Hall through a gap before Meli poll-axed him (would have been a certain try), a pass involvement for Hall's second try, attracted Saints' defenders for Eden to exploit for Eden's first try, as well as a couple of pin-point kicks which should have forced repeat sets. Burns makes the right play virtually every time he gets the ball - he wastes nothing.

Not only is Burns great in attack, but his contribution to our right edge defence is immeasurable. Our right-edge went from being a frail and leaky edge against Hudds to not conceding a try against Saints in a cup match because of Burns' organisation and communication.

Yesterday showed the difference between a player who have been first choice half-back in the NRL in Travis Burns and the rest of the NRL bit part half-backs plying their trade over here.

WELL SAID

Edit - MR.

Ouch, remind me not to take betting tips from you. Jake's the man

I told you he was on top of his game:



Beaumoint was alot quieter than at Hudds, but young Green played well. Soliola was the pick of the Saints forwards. They played much better than the league game 2 weeks ago, but we always had too much for them and I don't subscribe to the sending off being the turning point, we were well on top before it happened ands they played better when down to 12. Set of dirty s though, something not usually seen from them.

Regards Burns it was good to see him give Hally some choice words regards his effort in trying to keep Eden from been pushed into touch. we received the penalty but Burns was still fuming. You can pick up his colourful language on the BBC's commentary. Guessing it went something like " You have to do f******g better there, He needs help and you've got to f*****g give it to him. Only made out the f words. Lol

comical ali's back. Have rovers won?

Dirtiest saints team I've seen in my era of watching RL, they never use to have to stoop to those levels because of the class they had throughout their team. They appear to be going through a massive transitional period on the field.

To be fair, it was his daft offload attempt that put us in that position in the first place, so a 1-on-1 steal was the least he could do!

Not really, as he's not even played yet, I wasn't alluding to injury proneness (if such a word exists) more to the loss of form of messrs Galea & Manu at their new employers. It's also possible that neither are being played to their strengths (not seen enough of either to comment) but for whatever reason, both look past it.

That Ellis comment may come back and bite your ass when he finally gets on the pitch.

I comment on every match win, lose or draw unless I don't see the game live and last week I didn't go.

Just like I don't expect to see as much feedback about your match today given only 3,879 people attended.

He also asked to be released from the final year of his contract. But when did Zod ever deal in facts?

What ever way it's dressed up you either get value for money from signing a player or you don't and all the indications are, are that Gareth Ellis is going to struggle to beat the 11 appearances he made last season which is poor value.

Given the chance would you have had him at kr before this season had started ?

The context of the original point was that player-x leaves club-x at what was seemingly the right time in hindsight. The circumstances of each player's departure were not mentioned.

Anyway, if you want to carry on bel13ving you've got a value for money signing in Ellis on 160k per year then good for you because it makes no difference to me - I'm happy very happy with our second-row signing in Cory Paterson who's form has been noted by many to be excellent.

FC fans have to understand that whilst they continue to sign players who are well past their best, then it will inevitably be mentioned occasionally on a rugby league discussion board so they need to stop being so paranoid.