Butcher:
Saints beat us on line speed, aggression, wrestling and PTB speed. Added to that, the ball bounced their way a few times, everything stuck for them the first 20 minutes, and the game was over. When you're that fatigued, mistakes do creep in. But there's no way I could pin that kind of loss on individual players. They were just a lot better than us.
It does obviously beg the questions as to how Hull, Leeds, and Warrington (three times) beat them. I would have thought our coaching staff would have picked those games apart to see how you can take advantage of Saints' style. Because it's clear that their style just completely nullifies ours - sometimes that happens in sport. We rely on getting our halves in plenty of space, that's how we beat Wigan. We rely on giving the likes of Faatili, Uele and Storton earlier ball so they can get motoring and moving, rather than a late 2s play for example - that's how we battered Huddersfield. Saints just don't let us do that. So where's the space? Where do Warrington pick them apart?
Saints fan here. I've been browsing this thread after our game. I was there on Friday and full marks for the ground improvements, some good pre-match entertainment and food and drink options too. Makes our effort look pitiful although that's for another conversation.
Just a quick one though to say that Hull haven't beaten us this season and we have played Leeds four times. They have only beaten us once and that was at Magic when we were at an all-time low and there was real pressure on Wellens being sacked.
I can't believe that Warrington have beaten us three times however especially the last game.
We can't beat Leigh, HKR, Wigan or Warrington at the moment. They are our Achilles heel.
