Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 3:49 pm  

thesaint62 wrote:

Your lot are the masters at the professional foul.

The masters of unrivalled greatness, safe in the knowledge that our noisy geographical neighbours will always be in our shadow and when the people outside of the M62 corridor are asked about rugby league, they speak of Wigan not St Helens. The side too scared to play Penrith that became Australia's laughing stock.

As Eggy said

#20times

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 4:56 pm  

thesaint62 wrote:

Your lot are the masters at the professional foul.

you are sounding like a bitter Stain,
Farrell had to cop a high shot or hadnt you seen that with your Stain glasses on.

All that matters is the best team won,you know the one with the most points !!!

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 5:02 pm  

P-J wrote:

Under Peet or under Briers?

Considering that Briers is under Peet, and that Smith is under ALL of the coaching staff, it's both.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 5:18 pm  

Jason65 wrote:

you are sounding like a bitter Stain,
Farrell had to cop a high shot or hadnt you seen that with your Stain glasses on.

All that matters is the best team won,you know the one with the most points !!!

That’s all he is. For balance, I thought it was a yellow (only one of them though), on the referee if they want to play that game

I also thought the holding down on French just before half time was a yellow

McQueen’s try had 2 obstructions in it, both lead runners ran straight into defenders, pretty much the same as the one that was given against us in the first set.

I’d question why the game was stopped for Hill’s leg injury but not for Thornley’s.

The bottom line, for all the talk of them being the better side for large parts of the game, they weren’t good enough to register more points than us. That’s the only stat that matters.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 5:36 pm  

Jason65 wrote:

you are sounding like a bitter Stain,
Farrell had to cop a high shot or hadnt you seen that with your Stain glasses on.

All that matters is the best team won,you know the one with the most points !!!

Far from bitter pal

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 5:40 pm  

Pie_Eyter wrote:

The masters of unrivalled greatness, safe in the knowledge that our noisy geographical neighbours will always be in our shadow and when the people outside of the M62 corridor are asked about rugby league, they speak of Wigan not St Helens. The side too scared to play Penrith that became Australia's laughing stock.

As Eggy said

#20times

To scared to play Penrith? Ha ha

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 5:55 pm  

thesaint62 wrote:

Far from bitter pal

nice to know pal

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 6:21 pm  

Does every thread have to degenerate into this?

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 7:03 pm  

Wigan6/Leeds1 Andy wrote:

So do I at 20/1 for a tenner - thought he deserved it.

Had Leutele for first try at 18/1 so had a good day.

I had originally intended backing Leutele for the first try but instead doubled up my bet on Smith for MOM.
At the end of the game I was made up. A great win and I thought a great day out for free at the expense of Mr Patrick Power. It's the first time in life that I didn't win a penny but didn't give a shiny shoite.

I thought that Smith was absolutely the MOM on the day and after watching the game again this morning I'm even more convinced that he won it in canter.

I was worried about a disappointing start to the game and some unenforced errors by us just opened the door to Huddersfield.
Very pleased on how we hung in yesterday even when we were not playing particularly well.
We are nowhere near the finished article but we are laying some great foundations for hopefully,a great future.
Yesterday we scored 3 cracking tries against a well disciplined and organised defence and we can play much better than we did. I don't think we can ask for much more than that in a final.

The 2 highlights of the day for me were firstly my grandsons face at the end of game which was worth more than a million to me, Secondly, the sight of IL raising the CC. I think it was Farrell and Bateman(?) who cajoled IL into raising the trophy. IL has had some criticisms over the years with some of it totally and utterly unwarranted particularly in terms of his financial support. I have criticised him at times but I have never doubted his love of the club. I tip my cap to the players who ensured that IL quite rightly, enjoyed some of the post match celebrations.

Re: CCF match discussion : Sun May 29, 2022 7:17 pm  

moto748 wrote:

Does every thread have to degenerate into this?

No.

We scored 3 tries of absolute top quality.
All of those tries had to be worked for and all of them had first class skills and delivered at a fantastic pace.
Ive been lucky enough to see us score some great CCF tries over the years and yesterday's 3 are in my top 10 of all time.
Smithies offload was brilliant and the lad is improving leaps and bounds.
Fields try was a classic. Brilliant passing finished with astonishing pace from French & Field.
Marshall is the most underrated winger in the competition and I love the fact that he was our match winner in the SF & Final.

Smith played almost single handedly in the halves, knocked on early in the game in his own 20 and didn't get his usual support from the second row but still managed to score a blinder and set up a brilliant winner. The lad is still really just a kid but has the capacity to mature into a top class HB for club and country.