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We used to get the same problem with Danny Brough, he was brilliant at his best but was given a short stick by refs, and prejudged on his rep. I remember Brough being sent off after complaining he'd been punched on the floor in front of the TJ - his language deserved a red, but he was still punched on the floor, multiple times.
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The Sky analysis is always abysmal- doubly so for Wilkin, he is the Gus Gould of Superleague Connor should have played to the whistle, but ultimately Knowles did hit him in the face. Giants had enough chances but spilled them, then the second half Saints did their usual trick of being allowed to kill the ruck without penalty - their defence isn't good, they just get away with it. We should have won that one, that's for sure.
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What isn't mentioned by "pundits" is how shocking our injury list was at times last season, we didn't go more than a fortnight without having to change 2 or 3 of the spine or missing some key forward. Never had chance to build consistency, and when there was some stability, it showed in good results.
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Tony Smith and Stanley Gene have left the building..
Ant replied to Old Frightful's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
How many coaches will Hull sack until they figure out that maybe it's not a coaching issue? -
IMG Grading System (Many Merged Threads)
Ant replied to DemonUK's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
The reality is ... We are 6 games into the first season this system has been operating and no one knows how it will shake out. What we do know is RL fans would rather complain than support, and are the sports own worst enemies, perhaps after the club chairmen. The plan is to create a level field, for ANY club to get into the top, and to lift all club standards. It's not an easy job, it's not a quick job, so why not wind you whinging, parochial, necks in and look at the bigger picture. I remember now why I stopped looking at RL sites. -
Super 8's Are you people on drugs? Can you not remember what an unmitigated disaster it was? Return to P&R? We aren't even half a season in to the new model and folk want it changed. I've seen just about every variation of how the league has been organised, messed about with, chopped and changed - and the only thing that brings competition AT THE TOP is scrapping P&R and not allowing 1 bad season to derail years of work It takes 3+ years to build a competative squad, It takes a generation to bring youth through an academy, it takes multiple generations to build a dynasty. None of that can be done with automatic P&R That's why only 4 teams have won Super League, because no one else can recruit more than a year ahead