We seem to be playing a more expansive game too. I don't mind the occasional knock on or dropped ball as long as the effort is there .

indeed!

Was very cagey about him at the start of the year, but he's doing well with the odds stacked against him at the moment.



Bit concerned that we haven't won one of the three big games against our rivals (Wire and Wigan), but we did OK in 2 of those games.



Keep it up Royce!

I think with the injuries we have beating Wigan, Warrington and hudds looks very unlikely but I really fancy us against any of them with our first choice 17.

Well, on Friday we lost two players during the match having gone in fifty men down. And I'm sure Royce didn't suggest Lomax kick that little grubber into Ratboy's hands or that Scott Moore have a snooze on the tryline just as red head was itching to put the ball over. Until we lost Wheeler we were dominating Wigan. We drew with them in Cardiff - could have won if Jamie had had his Cas kicking boots on. Wire was inevitable one day so I'm just glad we got that over with. We beat Leeds very well indeed.



I liked the sound of Royce when I first heard him talk and then from what said when he first came over here. I also was of the view that he would be teaching us a new way to play post Keiron and that it would take time for that new way to embed into the team. We've also had the disruption caused by injuries and Kyle Eastmond and moving to Widnes.



I'm very glad he's joined us.

from a neutrals perspective, you are playing well at the moment despite a few injuries and the loss of KFC last season and Eastmond this season (although some may argue he was never in the team enough to count as a loss).



The true test will be how he rebuilds after the loss of Graham, and Puletula (sp?) next season, who are without doubt your 2 best players at the mo, and between them almost sneaked a victory at the DW.

We're lucky that we have James Roby to build around. He's our best player this season, but I agree that TP and Graham are fantastic also.



But people have been predicting our demise and our big tests for years. Sculthorpe, Long, Newlove, Joynt, Cunningham. They've all left and we continue to compete at the top. We're a special club with a winning mentality and anyone who says otherwise is a fool.

Roby has been our best player this year. The is nothing to say that TP is going yet as he's still making his mind up.



They will be a big loss if they go but we'd also have a huge wedge of cash to splash on replacements.

Also people forget about the passing of his father, that must have had a huge affect on him as well as the team.



As you say he's doing a superb job



And when you take into consideration all those distractions, i'd say he's worked miracles over these last few weeks.



This squad needs 'coaching'. That may sound daft but what I mean by it is that under DA we had such a great squad that 1-17 picked itself. We had the best team in SL bar none.



So to be top of the league (alright, it'll probably change tonight) with this current 1-17 (excl. injuries) is phenomenal!

I agree on the 'coaching' thing, it's not that we have a lack of talented players it's just alot of them lack experience , that squad Anderson had charge of had far more seasoned pro's and established leaders

Simmons has proved me wrong as is working wonders at a club that has got a horrendos injury list but is still winning matches playing a great brand of Rugby League Football. I know for a fact we would have crumbled under Millwards tenure if he was working under similar conditions as Simmons and even the most succesful coach of our Super League era at Saints Daniel Anderson would have struggled with it. Keep up the good work Simmons!

I wasnt convinced when we signed up Simmons , mainly because he didnt come with a brilliant coaching record as a head coach. I wasnt a fan of Potter and never hid it , I got to the point where I had to really really think about if I wanted to keep my season ticket or not the Rugby was that poor at times (even in games we were winning). Plenty people on here defended Potter so I would be interested to hear there opinions now we have something to compare it to , alot of people made excuses for the Bradford esc Rugby we churned out most weeks and they mainly revolved around having a weaker team/squad than Anderson had , so far this year Simmons has been working with barebones and yet has produced a team well worth the entrance money .... thoughts?