: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:20 pm  

AJ Viking wrote:

I thought Graham was better than Bailey, his all round play particularly in defence was superb, plus he had a hand in Wheeler's try which clinched it for Saints.

Bentham did very well in keeping control of the game, we've all been to games where we've said 'the ref has lost control', that didn't happen today and it certainly could of!

Graham (among others) lost his cool, and for 20 minutes where Leeds had there best spell was because of this,

Saints were better and could have won by more had they kept their cool, but Graham especially needed to keep his head

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:24 pm  

The best 3 forwards on the pitch were Graham, Flannery and Cunningham. Leeds best was Burgess IMO, peacock had an average game and Bailey (good hit) other than that he didnt do much except hide out as a second phase player when Leeds attacked crapping himself. Senior and Gidley had a good battle in the centres and it was overall a very enjoyable game which the best team won.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:30 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

Graham (among others) lost his cool, and for 20 minutes where Leeds had there best spell was because of this,

Saints were better and could have won by more had they kept their cool, but Graham especially needed to keep his head

When did Graham lose his cool? Graham COULD have lost his cool very easily as he was obviously wound up by Bailey's hit on his team mate, but Graham REMAINED cool, and stayed on the pitch. Bailey was the one substituted to calm down, Graham stayed on the pitch and went on to contribute to Saints scoring the clinching try.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:33 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

no i mean when he ran sideways to get to graham, he targetted him and ran at him, he did that when Graham was spoiling for a fight and he did it legally and fairly

What? By running behind his own players?

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:35 pm  

AJ Viking wrote:

When did Graham lose his cool? Graham COULD have lost his cool very easily as he was obviously wound up by Bailey's hit on his team mate, but Graham REMAINED cool, and stayed on the pitch. Bailey was the one substituted to calm down, Graham stayed on the pitch and went on to contribute to Saints scoring the clinching try.

for the 10-20 minutes where leeds came back into the game, he spent more time trying to be the big man and get at Bailey than concentrating on his game

i dont think he had a 'bad' game i think he could have been better, another day another ref could have seen him, Gilmour and Cunningham gone, which would have put leeds in a strong position we didnt really earn

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:36 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

for the 10-20 minutes where leeds came back into the game, he spent more time trying to be the big man and get at Bailey than concentrating on his game

How did he do that when Bailey was off the field?

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:36 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

What? By running behind his own players?

im not sure how you expect him to control dummy runners?

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:36 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

im not sure how you expect him to control dummy runners?

Brilliant.

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:38 pm  

Gazemous wrote:

How did he do that when Bailey was off the field?

Bailey came off 5 or so minutes after the incident, Leeds scored a little after that then controlled it for a little more when Graham (among others) were looking at winning a fight rather than the game,

Saints conceded a fair proportion of the penalties they conceded in this time

: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:39 pm  

SmokeyTA wrote:

Saints pack won it for them, but i would still say Bailey was the best forward on the field, had Peacock, Kylie, Burgess, Ablett, etc showed up at even 80% of what Bailey did Leeds would have won, but they didnt they were dominated by the saints pack

Give over man. Flannery was MoM.