Re: Joe Burgess : Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:24 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Mcguire dropped it, but came out side-ways and not forwards so play on. Linesman was absolutely adjacent, camera inconclusive.... Wigan stopped playing which was a schoolboy error

It was a knock on.

Matters little now

Re: Joe Burgess : Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:44 pm  

Shabino wrote:

Mcguire dropped it, but came out side-ways and not forwards so play on. Linesman was absolutely adjacent, camera inconclusive.... Wigan stopped playing which was a schoolboy error

Re: Joe Burgess : Tue Mar 02, 2021 2:13 pm  

The Wigan coaching team will have been far angrier about the Wigan defensive switch off, then the decision.....

Re: Joe Burgess : Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:41 pm  

As blatant as the foot into touch when scoring a try in the playoffs last year at Leeds.

Re: Joe Burgess : Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:47 pm  

Shabino wrote:

The Wigan coaching team will have been far angrier about the Wigan defensive switch off, then the decision.....

Absolutely. Rare but costly blip in an otherwise great final performance from Matty Bowen.

Re: Joe Burgess : Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:55 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Absolutely. Rare but costly blip in an otherwise great final performance from Matty Bowen.

Yeah I vaguely remember Tony Clubb not covering himself in glory at that precise moment either. I agree with both sides on this, it was a knock on but even kids know you play to the whistle.

Re: Joe Burgess : Tue Mar 02, 2021 5:56 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Absolutely. Rare but costly blip in an otherwise great final performance from Matty Bowen.

Bowens try was special, and the celebration even better...!

Re: Joe Burgess : Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:07 am  

2014 for obvious an obvious reason. We still could have won that game.

And 2015 GFs still irk me. We could/should of won them games.

Although I guess 2013 (being 16-2 down) and 2016 (we had no right to even get to GF with all the injuries) make up for it.

Re: Joe Burgess : Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:29 am  

NSW wrote:

2014 for obvious an obvious reason. We still could have won that game.

And 2015 GFs still irk me. We could/should of won them games.

Although I guess 2013 (being 16-2 down) and 2016 (we had no right to even get to GF with all the injuries) make up for it.

Will never be a close as last year.

Re: Joe Burgess : Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:04 am  

MattyB wrote:

Will never be a close as last year.

There comes a point where you have to just take it on the chin. They won, we lost - fair play to them. I feel lucky to be a fan of a club who are regularly involved in semi-finals and finals where you can experience the emotional highs and lows that sport can provide.

I thought Tony Smith made a really good comment after the 2016 GF when he was asked about how gutted his players would be. He said there's a really easy way of avoiding that horrible feeling when you lose a final - you just don't play in them.

You can't win trophies without the risk of losing in finals - I'd much rather be in this position than a fan of a team who never get there.