Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:46 am  

Sounds about right does that. I'm thinking that match was about '94 or 95'. Crooks, Nickau, Blackmore, Mike Ford, Steadman and Kemp era for Cas.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:50 am  

LeedsLurch wrote:

Because it hasn't happend before shouldn't stop him doing it when it is the right thing to do!

Agreed with your general point, but I went on to say I don't think it was the right thing to do. The fans weren't fighting on the pitch so there was no danger to players. Just tap the ball and kick it dead which they (eventually) did.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:52 am  

Tigerade wrote:

Might have been before SL but I remember a game at Wheldon Road (Tigers Vs Hull FC) where all 26 players were sinned binned at the end of the game. It was a spiteful game and IIRC a Hull player suffered a badly broken leg. Can't remember his name.

IMO this is what Child should have done.

That would be an abandoned game too (now at least) as you need a minimum of 9 a side. Plus some of those players will have done nothing at all, so he would look ridiculous for sin binning them when it went to disciplinary.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:52 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

There aren't a few thousand Widnes fans anywhere these days, let alone at Wembley, for a cup final, not involving their side.

How wrong you are.
Recent games......
Widnes Vs Halifax 4283
Widnes Vs Fev 5782
Widnes Vs Bradford 5335
Widnes Vs York 2229
Widnes Ve Leigh 5866

That's not too shabby for the Championship in my book. I'd dare to say it's not too far of Wakey's average this season.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:53 am  

Tigerade wrote:

Sounds about right does that. I'm thinking that match was about '94 or 95'. Crooks, Nickau, Blackmore, Mike Ford, Steadman and Kemp era for Cas.

Steadman, there was a man who could play.

At the risk of turning this into a nostalgia thread, who did Tex Evans play for. or "Tex (the) mickey" as we used to shout.

Thinks it was Salford.

Swinton then Salford.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:55 am  

Grimmy wrote:

That would be an abandoned game too (now at least) as you need a minimum of 9 a side. Plus some of those players will have done nothing at all, so he would look ridiculous for sin binning them when it went to disciplinary.

When it spills out onto the terraces though and fans are in danger (as they were on Saturday) looking ridiculous is his least worry.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:56 am  

IR80 wrote:

Steadman, there was a man who could play.

At the risk of turning this into a nostalgia thread, who did Tex Evans play for. or "Tex (the) mickey" as we used to shout.

Thinks it was Salford.

Swinton then Salford.

Yes - definately Salford. Great player.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:57 am  

Tigerade wrote:

Might have been before SL but I remember a game at Wheldon Road (Tigers Vs Hull FC) where all 26 players were sinned binned at the end of the game. It was a spiteful game and IIRC a Hull player suffered a badly broken leg. Can't remember his name.

IMO this is what Child should have done.

Why on earth should he have done that?

Most of the players hadn't done anything to warrant a sin binning, and if the increasingly whiny Chris Hill had stopped chebbing, they could have tapped the penalty, kicked it dead, and been off the field 5 minutes sooner.

Really pathetic watching people deflect from the behaviour of players and fans, on to James Child; I'm not sure what he's supposed to do when supposedly senior and experienced players can't control their emotions in a game that's already done and dusted?

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:31 am  

So much for McNamara's protests about other coaches criticising their spoiling tactics. Catalans seem to have been aggressively pushing the rules beyond the spirit of the law for a while now, and it is about time they have been hit with a big raft of suspensions like this. It's such a shame as they have a skillful group of players that should be lighting up SL, as we saw with the flash in the pan Challenge Cup win last season.

Re: GAME ON: Catalan Dragons v Warrington Wolves - 17:00:00 : Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:42 am  

Exeter Rhino wrote:

It's such a shame as they have a skillful group of players that should be lighting up SL, as we saw with the flash in the pan Challenge Cup win last season.

That strikes me every time I watch them - they've got a squad to envy, a first class set-up, and a healthy home following; if they made a conscious decision to pack in all the grubby shithousery and just play fast, free-flowing rugby to their best potential, they could be consistently in the mix - but there seems to be a chip on the shoulder mentality embedded at the club, that no coach has been able to transcend.

I don't get it at all.