: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:30 pm  

Overall I thought Thaler had a pretty decent game and worked hard to keep the dialogue going with the players.

Very skinny 10 though throughout and of course it wouldn't be Thaler without his usual brainfart moment. 'Play on, play on, play on, 4 play the ball.' WTF James Graham was supposed to do with that I'm not sure.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:32 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Overall I thought Thaler had a pretty decent game and worked hard to keep the dialogue going with the players.

Very skinny 10 though throughout and of course it wouldn't be Thaler without his usual brainfart moment. Play on, play on, play on, 4 play the ball. WTF James Graham was supposed to do with that I'm not sure.

Play the ball

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:33 pm  

Steve-O wrote:

Play the ball

Indeed. Just follow my fourth instruction and you'll be just fine.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 9:36 pm  

tvoc wrote:

Indeed. Just follow my fourth instruction and you'll be just fine.

Bit of an unfair call if you ask me - Graham didn't have a chance but once he called the tackle count he couldn't go back.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:35 am  

Wigan had enough chances near the Saints try line to put them away last night and do us a favour at the same time. Deja Vu from last weeks Challenge Cup game.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:20 am  

Rhino Horn wrote:

Wigan had enough chances near the Saints try line to put them away last night and do us a favour at the same time. Deja Vu from last weeks Challenge Cup game.

And would have had a better chance of converting that pressure if Saints had been kept onside just once. What was that about 2 feet behind the line? Surely you mean 2' in front of the line?

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:53 am  

tvoc wrote:

Overall I thought Thaler had a pretty decent game and worked hard to keep the dialogue going with the players.

Very skinny 10 though throughout and of course it wouldn't be Thaler without his usual brainfart moment. 'Play on, play on, play on, 4 play the ball.' WTF James Graham was supposed to do with that I'm not sure.

Thing is he was actually correct in his call. When he shouts 'play on' there is nobody on Graham on the floor, then before he got up a Wigan player dropped onto his legs at which point he changed the call to '4, play the ball.' Unfortunately for Saints this was just as Graham got up to play on.

I think in situations like that the ref should just tell the player to go back to the mark and play the ball.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:54 am  

tvoc wrote:

'Play on, play on, play on, 4 play the ball.'

I loved that bit. Just a shame he didn't put the icing on the cake by penalising Graham further for dissent.

Wonder if he apologised to Graham afer the game.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:05 am  

Dirty Pretty Thing wrote:

I think in situations like that the ref should just tell the player to go back to the mark and play the ball.

That would have made more sense in that instance last night. I don't think it was a fair call on Graham (whether technically correct or not) after the way Thaler was most insistent in shouting 'play on' repeatedly.

What would have happened had Graham followed his first instinct and got up and played the ball? Voluntary tackle?

You bet your bottom dollar it would have been.

One other thing, I wish Mick Potter would learn to control his emotions, he's gonna give himself a heart attack if he's not careful.

: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:18 am  

Watched Quins go down to Catalans...pretty ordinary game TBH. Quins had quitea few out and looked well short on class. I think they had a couple of ex Leeds Academy lads playing..

Luke Gale, Ben Kaye?