widnes v gateshead : Sat May 23, 2009 7:56 pm  

-VIKINGMAN- wrote:

You had to be there my friend to witness what happened tonight, for a neutral that was a cracker and like i said and believe that is the start of our season.

Now that surprises me are you suggesting your season started at about 6-30pm this evening because you came back from behind to beat Gateshead.

Re: widnes v gateshead : Sat May 23, 2009 8:02 pm  

frankb wrote:

Now that surprises me are you suggesting your season started at about 6-30pm this evening because you came back from behind to beat Gateshead.

Because of a number of factors really, the first being it was Morrisons return from injury and he has been hugely and i repeat hugely missed. Secondly the players confidence and reaction to the crowd were great to see. It hasnt happened all year for us but tonight you could feel it.

: Sat May 23, 2009 8:33 pm  

hope morrison missing when fax play widnes next, always has great game against us.

: Sat May 23, 2009 8:50 pm  

Nice to see the honesty of some of the Widnes fans on the Trust in Widnes forum. One of them says that Widnes defended very poorly and that they were outclassed by Gateshead in the opening part of the match. Interestingly, he also says that the first Widnes try was blatant crossing, the kick through under the posts was clearly offside and that the Flynn try was from a pass a mile forward. He reckons the eventual win is just papering over the cracks at his club. A neutral on there says that Gateshead deserved a bonus point and that the final winning margin slightly flattered Widnes. He felt that the turning point in the game was the sin binning of a Gateshead player after about 60 odd minutes play. Isn't it funny how different fans see the same match so differently? As I have said, it is not Gateshead's attack that is their problem. They would be right near the top of the division if things were purely based on points scored. However, to concede nearly forty points a match isn't great to say the least, but it sounds as if they were a tad unlucky tonight in that department.

: Sat May 23, 2009 9:37 pm  

Thoroughly enjoyable game for the neutrals at Widnes tonight (and there were a good few of them to bump the crowd up, might I add).

Widnes were utterly abysmal for the first 50 minutes, but take nothing away from Gateshead because they were absolutely superb during that time and either scored or forced a drop out from virtually every set of six in the first half. Andrew Henderson ran the show at hooker to such an extent that Smith got hauled off by Cullen

Thackeray's try from a Webster kick through should never have been allowed in the memory of man, was a good 3 yards offside, but Widnes were just about worthy of victory, if only for the manner of their admittedly impressive comeback. Harsh on Thunder to miss out on a bonus point though.

Also worth mentioning that the crowd was inadvertently bumped up by the 5 of us originally going in the North Stand, only to find that we needed to run back round to the South to join the Gateshead contingent and therefore counting double on the turnstiles Good craic between the fans though and I'm looking forward to our encounters with the Thunder.

: Sat May 23, 2009 10:59 pm  

i went to the game tonight and it wasnt about gateshead being good in the opening half hour it was how bad widnes were and they were laughable at that (or so i thought whilst getting bad looks from widnes fans)

something is really wrong at widnes and needs addressing quickley but the result tonight just papers over the cracks for the time being

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:03 pm  

si wrote:

i went to the game tonight and it wasnt about gateshead being good in the opening half hour it was how bad widnes were and they were laughable at that (or so i thought whilst getting bad looks from widnes fans)

something is really wrong at widnes and needs addressing quickley but the result tonight just papers over the cracks for the time being

Something so wrong that we won the second half 34 - 6

Yes we were all depressed at 24 nil down but showed great team spirit and character to fightback. I would be more worried had we got totally blew of the park for 80 mins then i would be in full agreement with you.


Mark Smith and Cullen dont get on and i wouldnt be surprised to see him gone at the end of the year. That has a major affect currently as he's captain. The rumours are we are sounding out Gleeson from Halifax for next year.

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:07 pm  

but the tries wernt even good in the 2nd half if were being honest were they. they were just on the back of a blowing gateshead pack and a backline thats slower than treacle

i could have scored for widnes in that 2nd half

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:10 pm  

si wrote:

but the tries wernt even good in the 2nd half if were being honest were they. they were just on the back of a blowing gateshead pack and a backline thats slower than treacle

i could have scored for widnes in that 2nd half

Hmmm you have just lost all credibility in saying that, im guessing you could have also finished Penny's try in the corner si?


We played a hell of a lot better in the second half and Gateshead couldnt live with us once we upped the tempo and played as a team. They have also just signed 3 aussies who boosted the thunder team.

I can deal with Leyther Matts comments but not yours.

: Sat May 23, 2009 11:14 pm  

im not saying widnes were bad just as you said when you guys upped the tempo they just couldnt get to grips with how you played

if you would have started off like you finished it could have been a 100-nil scoreline

how outragous was lee dorans dummy in the first half to score