I think the pessimism comes from their performances against top teams which, let's be blunt, is the polar opposite of ours. 


That said, this is the derby and anything can happen. Like many of you,  I remember beating them with kids when everyone and their dog had Saints by at least 20+ so nothing is impossible. 


I still expect us to win though but won't be confident until the proverbial fat lady sings! 

Sailor is a car crash waiting to happen under the high ball. If he plays FB or wing Harry Smith will kick him to death

With Harvard and Thompson missing saints will have the advantage up the middle but at times they?ve looked clueless in attack. I do also question with Walmsleys age is he still able to provide the minutes and intensity that they need.


 We should have them out wide for pace and with marshy and Miski we should be able to tire their middles out  hopefully evening it up 


I would love to see nsemba one on one with sailor at full back.


Anything can happen in a derby but really hope we put a score on these men. Nothing less than humiliating them should be accepted. Just use the GF game from last year as motivation 

This Saints pack is nowhere near as good as it was 3 to 4 years ago. I don?t sign up to the fact that it is better than Wigan?s pack, even without Thompson and Havard. If we show the same desire as last week we will take the spoils.

No it isn?t better however on paper they do look better in the prop department. Obviously the game is not played on paper. 


KR pack is miles better than saints and we still managed them without havard and Thompson. If a they get on a roll however with those props it might be hard to wrestle the control back that?s the issue I see us having. It happened against KR who were in control for large parts of that game 

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