Cunningham replaced by roby who was man of steel last year.
Long and Eastmond (only one can be claimed as missing as both wouldn;t have played.
Cayliss who has only played about 4 games in 2 years.
Fa'asavalu (sp).
So realistically they were still a pretty strong team out there and a team that will look very much like the saints team for next year.
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sandy wrote:I think its more to do with complications from his broken jaw why he isn't playing, keiran purtill their assistant coach said last week long has nerve damage in his face which means he can't close his eye and it's causing him serious discomfort ( maybe why he was wearing the posh spice shades at the semi
Oh....cheers for that mate.Its a bummer to be truthful,as I don`t like to see any player from any team injured.
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Gordon Gekko wrote:Only four players there who under normal circumstances probably wouldn't play. Hardly an injury crisis is it??
I appreciate your inclination to extract the Michael. It's what I'd do if the situation was reversed. Banter and all that.
However, we weren't just missing four players. We were missing our first choice hooker and scrum half and our second choice hooker (Lomax) and scrum half (Eastmond), not to mention two of our props (leaving just the one, with second rowers acting as props). The scrum half on the pitch was playing only his second match at first grade level and, bless him, he's been on the losing side on both counts in spite of doing nothing wrong himself (so his confidence may be screwed!). You might have noticed that we lacked organisation on the pitch. That's what happens when you're down to a scrum half who has only two matches to his name (and an impact hooker who is great on the impact but not so hot on the organisation).
You try playing a game with that mix in your team, bearing in mind all the changing around that has to be done. IMO it's a wonder you didn't put a cricket score on us. And we've been dealing with worse than this for the last two months so we're basically all knackered and much in need of that week off being out of the Challenge Cup will give us.
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SaintsFan wrote:I appreciate your inclination to extract the Michael. It's what I'd do if the situation was reversed. Banter and all that.
However, we weren't just missing four players. We were missing our first choice hooker and scrum half and our second choice hooker (Lomax) and scrum half (Eastmond), not to mention two of our props (leaving just the one, with second rowers acting as props). The scrum half on the pitch was playing only his second match at first grade level and, bless him, he's been on the losing side on both counts in spite of doing nothing wrong himself (so his confidence may be screwed!). You might have noticed that we lacked organisation on the pitch. That's what happens when you're down to a scrum half who has only two matches to his name (and an impact hooker who is great on the impact but not so hot on the organisation).
You try playing a game with that mix in your team, bearing in mind all the changing around that has to be done. IMO it's a wonder you didn't put a cricket score on us. And we've been dealing with worse than this for the last two months so we're basically all knackered and much in need of that week off being out of the Challenge Cup will give us.
Bloomimg nora , your as bad as suicidal Chris 1953
Joined: Jun 11 2007 Posts: 12260 Location: south of Hull.
SaintsFan wrote:I appreciate your inclination to extract the Michael. It's what I'd do if the situation was reversed. Banter and all that.
However, we weren't just missing four players. We were missing our first choice hooker and scrum half and our second choice hooker (Lomax) and scrum half (Eastmond), not to mention two of our props (leaving just the one, with second rowers acting as props). The scrum half on the pitch was playing only his second match at first grade level and, bless him, he's been on the losing side on both counts in spite of doing nothing wrong himself (so his confidence may be screwed!). You might have noticed that we lacked organisation on the pitch. That's what happens when you're down to a scrum half who has only two matches to his name (and an impact hooker who is great on the impact but not so hot on the organisation).
You try playing a game with that mix in your team, bearing in mind all the changing around that has to be done. IMO it's a wonder you didn't put a cricket score on us. And we've been dealing with worse than this for the last two months so we're basically all knackered and much in need of that week off being out of the Challenge Cup will give us.
Don`t mention that,I did once,and think I got away with it.
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Don`t mention that,I did once,and think I got away with it.
