Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sat Sep 07, 2024 10:02 pm  

karetaker wrote:

As a duo hard to argue that but we have had some great wingers in our past.

We've always had one absolute belter. However the other side of the field has always had the clearly inferior winger on it. Today we have two almost perfect wingers week in week out.

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:19 am  

Matt King's kitten wrote:

Sick of beating Saints.

Never EVER! We owe them so many.*
* don’t even joke about it!

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:43 am  

It’s that time of the season, where two points are two points. Wire did enough yesterday to keep Saints at bay. Who in my opinion were absolutely gash, too many individuals look band average players. Walmsley fantastic player he was, it’s now time he looked to move off the playing field. As most have said the two yellow cards were diabolical, both players Drinkwater and Ritson want to hang their heads in shame. Bateman looked very good his defensive game was solid but he was making some very good lines, in his attacking running game. Overall going to to play off rugby, Wire are looking in pretty good shape.

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:59 am  

Without wanting to go all 'coach speak', I thought it was interesting that we spent the last ten minutes more interested in being solid as a rock defensively, and enjoying really crunching Saints (fairly) when they tried to mount an attack, than we did in trying to pile on points. I would never want us to go full 'Huddersfield in the 2022 cup final', where they got a small lead and then stopped trying to score, but it can be a good attribute once you've got the game won (as we had at 16-2).

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:45 am  

It was a good win. Defensively we have looked really solid in the last few weeks. Apart from the dip in form after the Saints and Wigan game and then playing with 12 against Leigh and Saints we are only conceding single figures.
Bit of a worry with Fitzgibbon. He went off in the first half and was showered and changed by full time. Any news on him?

It is a bit of a shame that we didn't manage to stick another 2 or 3 tries on Saints just to put a little bit more pressure on Hull KR. I can't see them losing both of their 2 remaining games and even if they loose 1 we would have to make up about 60 points so now looks like a home play off game and if we win that then an away game at Craven Park. But you never know because both of their last 2 games are against teams desperate to get in the top 6.
Like Ben Currie said in his interview no trophies for beating Saints 3 times in a season but it is an amazing reversal of fortunes from the last couple of years.

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:00 am  

karetaker wrote:

He still posts on Redvee

Have to take your word for it. I got banned.

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:19 am  

Play-off rugby is where intensity lifts and the defence comes to the fore.
Lower scoring games, and defence wins.

I like everything Sam and his support have gone about our season. Minus the huge blip at Wembley and the after effects. Also the fatigue blip vs KR at home.

Constantly evolving and building to shape for one thing, which Sam won’t say.

None of the top 3 will have an easier chance to win a GF, however all 3 are in a different mini league to the rest, who are playing it out for place money. Imo.

This is a type of team I don’t think I’ve ever seen at Warrington before. No ‘bad apples’ no player egos. Grit and endurance that typically isn’t the Warrington thing..,,

And I love it.

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:57 am  

Looks like saints took a few injuries yesterday,

Walmsley limped off, lees slumped off, welsby went off, he didn't look good at all and was avoiding contact, though they may have been managing him.

Robertson also went off

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 10:23 am  

Hats off to Ade Gardner - we look a very very fit side

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

Re: Today’s match v Saints. : Sun Sep 08, 2024 11:42 am  

ratticusfinch wrote:

Hats off to Ade Gardner - we look a very very fit side

Was getting questioned on here earlier this season