Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:39 pm  

Wigan are a winning machine and just find a way every time. Peet has done a marvellous job there. You would think NRL clubs would be looking at him? Maybe because he’s English, they don’t. He’d do a better job than a lot of Aussie assistants that get head coach jobs.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:40 pm  

Wanderer wrote:

Yes, commented on that too. Looked to me like there should have been a card there.

And the tip tackle in the second half. Ah well. It's bent.

As for the poster saying we'd have beaten Wigan tonight, behave, they would've gone up a few more gears but they didn't need to, plain and simple. As I said, they toyed with HKR and let them run themselves ragged and waited for the errors.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 12, 2024 8:10 pm  

matt_wire wrote:

And the tip tackle in the second half. Ah well. It's bent.

You can't be serious on this one, Farrell played a bigger role than Lewis in making that into a foul challenge, and even then Lewis did just about everything possible to ensure a gentle landing. Always going to be given as a penalty but nothing in it.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 12, 2024 8:21 pm  

just_browny wrote:

You can't be serious on this one, Farrell played a bigger role than Lewis in making that into a foul challenge, and even then Lewis did just about everything possible to ensure a gentle landing. Always going to be given as a penalty but nothing in it.

So what? Liam Marshall did the same in the incident I'm referring to, made a right meal of the landing and our player still got sent off?

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:26 pm  

Couldn't be bothered watching. OT is a postage stamp of a playing area, where the kicking games so important as to determining who wins. Not a venue for flowing rugby.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 12, 2024 9:27 pm  

Once again Wigan show why they are the greatest sporting club in the world, possibly in any sport, certainly in rugby league. They are the benchmark for our great game. We were honestly privileged to be on the same pitch playing them at Wembley, just like in 1990 when we had an open top bus tour for losing to them.

It seems like the era of cherry and white dominance is starting again so it's time for us all to get down on our knees and suck on Uncle Joe's mintballs.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sat Oct 12, 2024 10:01 pm  

Well we ain't going to overtake them next year with the new signings as they are.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Oct 13, 2024 4:28 am  

Last night absolutely demonstrates the importance of winning LLS in my view. KR had the guts sucked out of them in the game against us and we had them on the ropes but couldn’t finish them off, possibly due to our efforts against Saints.
Wigan had a nice rest, then an easy game against Leigh.
KR looked like a team who had peaked last week.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Oct 13, 2024 6:22 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Well we ain't going to overtake them next year with the new signings as they are.

All we need is a Bevan French or two. We also need to sign 'em before they become stars & no other teams have spotted them.

Re: TV games (not Wire) : Sun Oct 13, 2024 7:01 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Well we ain't going to overtake them next year with the new signings as they are.

This just comes across as a bit petulant. Wigan haven't got to where they have with a load of eye catching signings. French is a great player, but so are Williams and Dufty. Wigan are a great side because they get the best out of decent players like Miski, Leeming, Havard etc and work cohesively as a team.

We've got a lot of the cohesion this year but probably need to improve again in the forwards, including getting some big dinners into the likes of Holroyd and Whitehead. If we do that, we don't need to sign up the entire Dally M team of the year, and as you well know the salary cap wouldn't allow us to.