I HAVE been a Saints fan for close on 70 years and I, along with thousands of fans, am appalled at the standard of rugby we are playing.

We are clueless, no leadership, no direction and a lack of commitment from 75 per cent of the team.

We all know Keiron won't have anything said about his number seven but a great deal can be put down to our halves.

Keiron says he is going to look at his retained list - he needs to look for a ball-playing forward who can help Roby out. Our young forwards (except one) are not good enough yet. Whether they can step up is another matter. Our play is so predictable with no variation.

If a couple of new faces don't come in it's God help us next season.

If 10,000 very good fans can see it all, why can't the coaching staff?

Surely food for thought.

Ron Mather, Crank