Not a chance!! Even with all their players back it won't change the predictability.of their play, I don't think they would be able to bully.your pack about and we have beaten them twice showing a defence that almost knew what they were going to do.

The injuries are masking wanes shortcomings and stubbornness!! Their own fans are bored of watching them even when they win no way can them winning be good for marketing an exciting game

SportsBet must have read my post and not Doom & Gloom's LOL

Hull are now favs then Wire then Pies

LONG LONG , too long , to go to 30 games. World Club Challenge anyone ?

Just enjoy it while it lasts. I think wire and wigan will be the teams to beat come the business end of the season but if we can stay relatively injury free we're in with an outside chance. I do fancy us to do well in the cup this year. I think the performance level lifted a notch at saints and maybe this is an indication of us targeting the comp.

Agreed, it would be crazy to think we can go from 7th to winning the comp in one season. Catalans cup game is massive IMO.

Still a long way to go,
As long as the boys keep their feet on the ground, take one game at a time, stay focussed. We'll be OK.

Found this on the Cream site ;

Like Arthur Bunting Hull have a coach in Lee Radford who is now acquiring his more than justified praises. Bunting came into the role a legend whereas Radders has had to endure a lot of stick – some of it certainly unfair – but now along with Andy Last and Motu Tony, he has built a squad capable of winning titles.


Until Yeamo found that sublime pass to Shaul on Good Friday we were looking at comparisons to Len Casey !!

I think he wrote that piece late on Sunday night

Just worried the doom and gloomers will be out in force if we don't win anything now, reckon if we lose a couple in a row it'll be back to radford out and Standee might even reappear.

enjoying the ride atm, maybe top for one week, maybe 3 or 4 or rest of the season, not very often as fc fans we can walk around with huge grins atm

the old saying has never been true though, take one game at a time

Question. Is this team better then the 2006 team that got to the Grand Final?

The team that played at Old Trafford was:
Briscoe, Tony, Domic, Yeaman, Raynor, Cooke, R. Horne, Dowes, Swain, Carvell, McMenemy, Radford, Washbrook. Replacements: Whiting, G. Horne, Wheeldon, King

I think only Raynor, Cooke, Swain & Carvell were better then what we have now, I know Brough had fallen out of favour by then (Richard Horne at Scrum Half anyone?)


As a side note how good was the 2006 Saints team?

Wellens, Gardner, Lyon, Talau, Meli, Pryce, Long, P. Anderson, Cunningham, Cayless, Gilmour, Wilkin, Hooper. Replacements: Roby, Graham, Bennett, Fa'asavalu. 

That bench is unreal!

Peter Sharp was a very under-rated coach and did fantastically well with what he had in a very very short space of time. Even more so given how tight the Hetherington's were.
I'd have Domic over Fonua, 2006 Yeaman is still head and shoulders above 2016 Yeaman, 2006 he was on fire and bags more pace.
McMenemy is as hard working a 2nd row as you'd want and versatile enough to put in kicks too, a bloody good tackler and very decent passer of the ball and would be miles in front of Washbrook both then and now.

Saints were a team full of top top players though