Must say that I am really impressed with Royce, his quiet revolution at Saints is gaining momentum, we are playing the best brand of rugby seen in a Saints jersey for many a year, and despite the crappy hand he has been dealt in terms of injuries and Eastmond gate, we find ourtselves top of the table (temporarily at least). Can see that we will still have some difficulties adjusting to a new style of play, yesterdays panicky approach at times may well have been a result of this, but given time, we will regain the entertainers tag, and with it, the trophys. The future is bright, the future is Sir Royston.

to beat a team who have started so well with no wello, gaskell, wheeler, pryce, eastmond, flannery or makinson due to injury in the game we did ever so well. Think Royce is winning the fans over after not the best of starts.

So far so good, we are playing good Rugby and for the most part getting the results. when you read Royce's after match comments he sums it up well, and I think yesterday it just boiled down to missing quite a bit of experience , i.e knowing when to push the pass and when to just hang on ..

Once again I must hand my apolgies to Royce. I'm ashamed to say I had a bit of a knee jerk reaction after the QUins game, but he's proved me wrong.

You weren't on your own, I was unsure, but I have always had the opinion that you need to give it a while before you can fully judge. His methods are starting to rub off and the things he says in the press are impressive. Still not fully judging him yet, but he's doing a superb job considering the distractions he's had (injuries, move to Widnes and Eastmond issue).

I had a little worry early on as we looked very very poor. Our defence looked shocking. Plus the player I knew said the players didn't understand what he wanted.



It seems to have all sorted it's self out and he's got us playing good rugby but I think the thing he's really done and IMO the most important, he's got us working and fighting for each other with a never say die attitude like the saints of old had.



I like Royce as guy, he seems a very gen bloke and a honest guy.

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.