Saints

Saints game, yes he played well and I didnt forget that. However I also didn't forget the Cas game and the whole of last season.
I'd give it Borough or livett.
Tbh it does really matter, Paul Rowley has forgotten more about rugby than I will ever know so am happy with whatever he chose and will back whoever get the shirt. Even Sarge

Helen Skelton says she is a big fan of the Salford fans, best in the League; so a song on Saturday?

Saints reckon they’ll be at full strength. 5 returning from injury but does that mean not match fit?

Yeah she's defo loving Salford.

"Helen Skelton is a red, is a red, is a red,
Helen Skelton is a red, she hates Myler"

😁

With Sky it’s the Chuckle Brothers McDermott and O’Connor who ruin it; ramble on with the same stupid comments but say nothing….I often turn the sound off it’s that bad
Carney, Wells and Jenna are good…but often they appear to sit in a stupid shoe box.
Get rid of the two aged props who clearly don’t understand the game and put Brown, Johnathon Davies, or others in their place and it will be good.

Anyway, 1pm ticket office opens. Hoping to see a big queue down there! If we took 3k to Hudds we should have 4+ at Saints

RE coverage: I think most people's issue with Sky is the commentary team, which is extremely poor. I think Carney and Jenna do a good job. I quite like the Wells section. People like Clarke and Wilkin are there to have an opinion and create talking points. I listen to the podcast Wilkin does with Flannigan and he mentioned a time he was annoyed with Clarke over a comment he made on TV. He pulled him one day and Clarke took him to the side and said something along the lines of "it's TV. Jon, what are you worried about". Back to the commentary though, it's extremely poor. I watched the Penrith game in the morning and the Cats v Leeds game in the evening and the gulf couldn't be bigger. Voss is enthusiastic and pulls you into the game. The others on the team offer genuine insight into the game and player actions, almost like amcoaches perspective, whereas we get the same repeated dross week in and week out. I hope they bring the Oz commentators over for the World Cup.

RE Saints: I fully expect Atkin to play 6 with the bench filed depending on fitness and what Rowley wants to achieve. If he wants a multi-facated player tonl play the Atkin role then it'll be Sarge. I don't see a need for Bourouh as Akers doesn't tend to come off. Livett isn't a bad shout as he he position flexibility but does he get on the pitch? Our centres won't be coming off, nor Akers, so he'd be there to spell the back-row... it may not be a bad idea to gives players like Taylor and/or Wright a breather given the work they do. Or we could carry an extra prop.

Personally, I hope Sarge is fit. He has more attacking talent than our other options and we will need to score points, something that will be a lot harder without Croft, who for me is easily the best half in the league. Sarge was poor against Cas but he was on the wing and I think he big issue was that he was over enthusiastic, he wanted to get involved too much, put himself about and make an impression. He needed more composure. And also, not being on the wing will give him more involvement without him going looking for it, like when he played FB against, when he also wasn't match fit and was coming back from an injury. Of all the players to fill the void, as I say, he has the most attacking talent and will run at the line, as Croft does. And he's prepared to play from deep, like launching an attach straight from FB. I'm happy with what Rowley goes with, as everyone will be... but unpopular opinion that I haven't seen mentioned... if Sarge is fit, what about keeping Sneyd, Atkin, and Brierley in the positions they have played in our purple patch - for least distruption - and playing Sarge at 6 and tell him to run at the line and challenge them. We'd effectively have three centres down that edge (Watkins and Cross). I watch the Huddersfield game back and we didn't have much going on in attack on the second half. There were also two occasions the ball was swing left to right and when the ball hit Atkin the play died. I think he'll do a job, with a week preparing for the position, but I really like him in that free support role he has, attacking gaps across the field with a low centre of gravity.

anyone else having trouble buying tickets online ?
I'm trying to buy 3 tickets - 1 Adult, 1 senior and 1 junior, all ST holders - but I get an error message

'Unfortunately, you are attempting to purchase more tickets for a match than you are allowed to. Please double check, and either choose a different price class, use "assign" to assign tickets to a member within your network or remove items from your basket to proceed.'

any ideas? - I've tried assigning the tickets as suggested but get the same message. Just trying to resolve without having to ring the ticket line.