Northampton_Saint wrote:
"Smashed to bits" is hyperbole. "Outplayed" is about right.
If you say so, but neither the score, nor the toothless performance from the 13 man team back up that contention.
We will never know for sure, but I propose that any decent team would have taken Wigan to the cleaners. Saints had 78 minutes to soften them up, and then show some of their trademark "Entertainers" flair to put us to the sword. However, they looked as clueless in the 80th minute as they did in the 3rd.
When the sending off occurred, Eddie Hemmings must have made a mad dash for his Kleenex in anticipation of an evening full of climax. His balls must have been full to bursting after that Saints performance. No doubt he will find relief next year when you put the cleaners through Wakefield, aided by the two 19 year old "Monsters".