Re: Too Slow. : Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:34 pm  

TrinTrin wrote:

I want us to do well against Saints, but I am a realist, we just cannot match their play at their speed in attack or defence especially for 80 minutes, we also do not have the concentration & still make silly errors.
Therefore I am afraid of a big score of saints on Friday night ??????
However, I would love to be proved wrong & would gladly accept being wrong, but again I am a realistq.
Good luck Lads & do your best, up the Trin.

Quite frankly, if i was a realist i would have stopped supporting Wakey 40 years ago!!!

Try being a realistic optimist is much more fun.

[PopTart]

Re: Too Slow. : Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:38 pm  

Redscat wrote:

I believe you're slowly metamorphasizing (?) into Pop Tart, Vasty

I wish I could agree with you regarding this Friday's result. We've fared well so far really with such a difficult 4-game start to the season.

I'm not sure which of us should be more offended!!??!

Re: Too Slow. : Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:52 pm  

TURFEDOUT wrote:

Quite frankly, if i was a realist i would have stopped supporting Wakey 40 years ago!!!

Try being a realistic optimist is much more fun.

I like the sound of realistic optimist

Trinity to win (until we lose).

Re: Too Slow. : Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:22 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I like the sound of realistic optimist

Trinity to win (until we lose).

It’s the only way.

Some fans seem very confused as to what supporting the team actually means.

I’ve said it before but as fans we have only one part to play and that is to support the team. We do that by paying to watch and then shouting them on, that is all we can ever do, anything else is purely counterproductive.

Best analogy I’ve ever heard is that it’s like buying a car then endlessly wanting it to break down with every odd noise under the bonnet signalling catastrophic engine failure.

Why do people want to be like that? What does it achieve other than a rather gutless way to shield yourself from disappointment.

I’ve been a fan now for nearly forty years and I’ve rarely experienced the good times yet I still feel we can beat Saints or anyone else if we are really up for it.

This mentality would be a stupid one if I were the head of a PLC or say the NHS but let’s get some context here it’s a RL game. Like all sports RL has the element of jeopardy built in, even now the rules are designed to facilitate upsets.

The sport is sponsored by a bookie, what more proof is needed?

Re: Too Slow. : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:08 am  

BOJ042 wrote:

a under 20 point loss is a win for us ..... for and against is important in relegation battle , if we keep our scores close like we have been when we win a game whenever that maybe teams on 0 wins will have to win 2 games to go past us....

You're totally wasted on here - You are an absolute genius.

Re: Too Slow. : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:40 am  

TURFEDOUT wrote:

Quite frankly, if i was a realist i would have stopped supporting Wakey 40 years ago!!!

Try being a realistic optimist is much more fun.

You don't look old enough

Re: Too Slow. : Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:44 am  

BOJ042 wrote:

a under 20 point loss is a win for us ..... for and against is important in relegation battle ,if we keep our scores close like we have been when we win a game whenever that maybe teams on 0 wins will have to win 2 games to go past us ....

What if we never win a game though, or haven't you thought that far ahead

Re: Too Slow. : Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:30 pm  

vastman wrote:

Typical socialist, defeatist mentality

Seriously he is being a drama Queen to a degree, every game is winnable and if you go in thinking otherwise you will lose there is no doubting that. Positive thinking has to come from the fans and not just the players so to concede defeat before hand is a total cop out in my book.

As far as I’m concerned we will win on Friday just as I thought we would against Catalan. I won’t believe otherwise until the final whistle. Sod being a realist, it’s boring apart from anything else.

So you're seriously saying you expect us to win on Friday?! William Hill in a 2 horse race have Saints priced 1/20 and us at 10/1 with no handicap. So I assume at 10/1 you have lumped on us then yeah??! Somehow I seriously doubt it, because you like every other fan of RL don't seriously think we will win, you're just saying it to have a go at the poster, for in your opinion, negativity?! He's not being negative, he's being honest, so why have a go? Just like everybody else, I HOPE we will win, but I doubt we will, and it's quite possible we will get hammered, what's so unusual about that, given our 'form' say over the last 60 games, and Saints' form over the same period?? That's why the odds are what they are. Since mid 2019 I haven't EXPECTED to win ANY game!!!! Apart from very fleeting 'runs' of form, we have always been underdogs since the '60's, so to go to the current champions, who currently are miles better than the rest, and expect us to win is nothing short of ridiculous.......

Re: Too Slow. : Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:56 pm  

chissitt wrote:

:shock: You don't look old enough

Its the magical spring water running down the back of Eastmoor!!!

Re: Too Slow. : Thu Feb 24, 2022 1:00 pm  

TURFEDOUT wrote:

Its the magical spring water running down the back of Eastmoor!!!

I know, I've contributed to it on occasions back in the day