Twenty Five

Yes, according to Super Bilkos stats.

surely when considering injury problems it make more sense to consider how many games have been played by players outside of the "first choice 17" rather than just how many different players have appeared?



It may be that the stats are still in Wigan's favour, I've no idea and no inclination to add it all up!

How would you define the first choice 17?

If you did it by squad numbers then at Wigan Deacon would be included when I don't think he should, and at Saints Maurie Fa'asavalu would be excluded which I don't think he should.



And I have no inclination to work it out either.

Truce called then.

Just had a look at our outside backs this season - I can't remember the side ever being so unsettled:



Soliola/Meli - never

Soliola/Wheeler - 1 game

Dean/Meli - 3 games

Dean/Lomax - 1 game

Dean/Gardner - 3 games

Wheeler/Meli - 6 games

Wheeler/Foster - 2 games

Gidley/Lomax - 3 games

Gidley/Gardner - 9 games

Flannery/Gardner - 2 games

Flannery/Meli - 1 game

Flannery/Foster - 1 game

Armstrong/Foster - 1 game

Foster/Lomax - 1 game



Crazy.



With Wellens missing games, Wilkin/Moore playing in the halves, long term injuries to Soliola, Maurie and Wilkin, Meli not being in the country etc etc it's a mystery how we have scored the most points in SL and are sitting joint second, 4 points off top spot.

Young guys want to prove they can make the grade. There's nothing better for our chances than feisty young guys!



And to think, if we hadn't wasted two points at Salford - totally needlessly IMO - then we would have had the best points difference as well. Grr. Stupid boys.

And if Wigan hadn't thrown away 20 point leads (twice) we would have been eight points clear.



Ifs buts and maybes eh!!!

It certainly is, considering Potter would apparently struggle to coach the Aussie Test team to beat Thatto Heath Under 12s, Eastmond isn't fit to lace Matty Smiths boots and Pryce is a winger hiding at 6.

It is a lot of that for sure, quite easily Saints could have won 3 of the 4 games they have lost this season and have been joint top - even if Wigan hadn't thrown away the lead in them games - both teams have reasons to be annoyed about some performances and happy about others.



And at the same with Warrington could have beaten us both (and should have beaten Wigan in that game) and been top on their own!!



One great thing about that for Saints fans (of whom many who thought after Hull in the fog the top 8 might have been pushing it) is that it shows that we are still there or there abouts again despite having major disruption to the backs and injuries in the forwards.

Anybody who really thought that is a knee jerking fool.

Oh i know I couldn't agree more - but they were a good few of that train of thought sadly.