Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:47 pm  

I struggled with the new rules that take effect in the playoffs. So I can understand why the players were a bit off.

Sky go on about the ramp up in intensity but that doesnt happen in the play offs, the games are simply refereed differently.
Pulling up players for not having two feet behind the line......then Wellens stands in front of the pads......it was a joke tonight. but that was no excuse for the shocking ball control.

that said we looked like rabbits well and truly in the headlights.

awful every man Jack of em.... simply awful.

a great wake up call is the only positive to be taken from tonight.

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:51 pm  

Well and truely owned tonight.

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:54 pm  

Just an off day for Warrington, you are far better than that. Your pack was absolutely owned by ours but on another day, it could have been the other way around. Still don't rate myler one bit and isn't a patch on Lomax and Atkins once again shows why he is the most overrated player around

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:55 pm  

RuddyScoosers wrote:

Well and truely owned tonight.

It was a very similar performance by both sides to the game in March.

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:00 pm  

Just a 'bad day at the office'.
Saints have been dissapointing for most of the season (but have now won at W**an & Warrington last 2 games), but on the day......'owt can happen
Good luck in your next game (whoever it maybe)
Sure you'll be a lot better next time out.

a Leyther

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:04 pm  

Tonight just proved rotation doesn't work all rotation did was cost us the hub cap !
It would be unfair to pick on individual players as a team we were garbage we made Catalans look good v pies last nite !
We lacked on the pitch and off it the north and east stand turn out was abysmal call yourselves supporters hang your heads in shame u bunch of partimers !
Saints won't win it and we won't play that poor again !

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:11 pm  

PADDERS wrote:

Tonight just proved rotation doesn't work all rotation did was cost us the hub cap !
It would be unfair to pick on individual players as a team we were garbage we made Catalans look good v pies last nite !
We lacked on the pitch and off it the north and east stand turn out was abysmal call yourselves supporters hang your heads in shame u bunch of partimers !
Saints won't win it and we won't play that poor again !

I don't know about that. There were 7000 at Wigan last night and there are very similar empty seats at Leeds now.

These games are no bigger than the early rounds of the Challenge Cup. Plus not everyone can afford tickets for every game.

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:33 pm  

danburge82 wrote:

I don't know about that. There were 7000 at Wigan last night and there are very similar empty seats at Leeds now.

These games are no bigger than the early rounds of the Challenge Cup. Plus not everyone can afford tickets for every game.

Not to mention that the South Stand is the cheaper of the 3 stands.

But hey, let's not let facts get in the way of another ridiculous rant by Padders.

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:44 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

How does this reflect on Tony Smith though? Pure panic ball football in the play offs again? You've got to respect possession and territory in these games. The Grand Finals are usually tight affairs and you can't make mistakes in those or you lose (As Meli has proven so many times). Smith has to take some of the blame for that surely? The game plan is all wrong, unless that was all down to the players themselves, which I can't believe given it was the likes of Briers, Monaghan and Atkins doing it. In the Play Offs you've got to put the hard work in first, establish the territory and dominance of the game and then once you've done that those Hollywood passes would come off. Warrington didn't do that, it was just mindless offload, offload, offload whether there was anything realistic on or not.

Atkins had a shocker, but your pack was trounced, which is more concerning. You need Westwood back ASAP as the rest can't cope without him. Is Morley fit? He looks so out of form and mentally shot.

A player of Morley's experience and standing in the game Mentally shot..?? i've heard it all now...
We had an off night it happens...! By that i mean the whole team..

Re: Reflections on today's game : Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:00 pm  

Too much dropped ball did us no favours ,Saints did to us what we have done to other teams, they got in our faces & didn't allow us to play so the runners couldn't get into the game properly.To me Ratchford didn't look fit especially when he dropped out after Hodgson had gone off .Hopefully Atkins will have a stormer next week & hopefully in the following round if we get there.What stuck in my mind though is that the last time the team were convincing was the week of the 2 league wins at Saints & against Wigan , even at Wembley they weren't at their best.
Once Saints got into there stride after half an hour it looked like there would be only one winner.