Exiled Wiganer
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9 minutes ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
Well done to Toulouse, definitely the better team tonight and deserved winners, good luck to them in SL, they're already not far short of being good enough to make an impact and a few shrewd acquisitions could see them do really well.
Been a great season for Fev and we had a right dig in the second half. Bring on next season.
Post of the week.
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Although the score was close, the end result was always going to be a Saints win. Plus they won the Cup, and so had to peak twice. In league express last week, MS have his view that there was as little prospect of anyone getting close to them over the next few years as when Wigan were in our pomp.
They will be clear favourites with daylight a distant second for at least the next couple of years.
There are too many flaws in coaching youth development (with Wigan’s being too much of it, and most others too little) or recruitment pretty much everywhere else. Given that we have already seen most of the recruitment for next year, it is clear that no one else is really stepping up. It is exactly as we were back in the late 80s/early 90s.
So, I think that they will certainly win at least a couple more, and would be favourites for 6 in a row; though before ever smaller crowds, especially given the tedious efficient grinding approach. It is possible though by 2024 there will be a credible challenger if there is a sudden decline or they get hit by injuries (or referees improve).
Next year will be much better as, NRL permitting, we will have a World Cup to focus on, and so can pretty much ignore the 4th win and focus on the build up to that.
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Am looking forward immensely to the TO game, and then the England game. Plenty still to enjoy.
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It’s a crafty move. Was his reason genuine, or was he tapped up?
He’ll also have the England coach in a World Cup year (if the Aussies deem us worthy) seeing what he’s made of. Over to you Mr H.
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I hope TO win, as that would give the wider game a boost, but if Fev win, I won’t be heart broken. It’s sport not the FTSE100.
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I see the logic of it. Peet has coached a lot of very good Wigan junior teams, Wane will make sure everyone knows what is expected, and Briers can concentrate on the attack. The skill set looks right to me. It does require Peet to step up and take control though, as he now has the biggest job in world sport.
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I think Toppy makes a typically insightful point. If you ignore any crowds bigger than Saints’, then Saints do have the biggest crowds - IN WORLD SPORT. Though clearly there is massive scope for more people to turn up to Saints’ matches, what would be disappointing figures to a normal person look world beating once you apply the Toppy Top Up Formula.
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There is far more upside for the game if Catalans win, than if they lose. We will get more spectators watching the game. Their already good crowds would grow again, while Saints’ so so crowds won’t get any bigger. I can’t see Penrith travelling given that they are pure “there is no such thing as rugby league, there’s only NRL”, which is a shame for the game. But maybe South’s could be persuaded?
A win for Toulouse would be far more significant, though, for the reasons already covered. I will then get myself down to William Hill and put a pony on the Brev for Man of Steel next year.
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16 hours ago, Josef K said:
Have you calmed down yet 7723, or is that incident still on your mind. Take a couple of zopiclone it might give you a few hours away from “Saints always get away with everything”
Oh, grow up.
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Monsieur Brev - as long as he avoids injury this week - taking on Fev by a massive distance.
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After the sad events of last night, we have had 2 heart lifting stories in 3 days. We just need the pro World Cup Bunnies to beat the anti World Cup Panthers and things will have gone not so bad. Toulouse looked rusty, but that often comes after the week off. Home advantage will be massive for them next week. In the Brev we trust.
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Just now, Futtocks said:
The Brev scores for Toulouse.
Is there nothing he can’t do?
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Saints to win, but lose the GF against HKR. Will really miss the playful Leeds fan banter afterwards.
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2 hours ago, Davo5 said:
Well this thread has gone downhill
It’s taken a bizarre turn where, having won the game, their “fans” are now turning on the Verve, George Formby, Haigh Hall, our pies, the colour of our shirts, all our fans, present or absent, and our match day “experience” - which you can assess whether you are in the ground or not... at this rate, it’ll be virtually impossible to support them against Saints. And I never thought I would write that.
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26 minutes ago, M j M said:
If we're talking about the Wigan gameday experience one thing I did think was a bit poor was the way they dealt with the departing players on Thursday night.
Some really brief less than a minute interviews on the field at half time (which I could barely understand) is the entire thank you for their years of service? It seemed a little bit miserly really (and yes, I am comparing to Leeds who for some of their other faults I know do this sort of stuff quite well).
We could all learn so much from Leeds, and their astonishing fans. Maybe we could have a new section of the site where Leeds fans give seminars on their aceness? It could break the web.
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20 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:
There was definitely more than 300 Leeds fans.
I was there too, I’m sorry but the Wigan fans were like they were in a library all game, don’t take it as an insult they literally had nothing to cheer about.
Wigan need to sort their Match day experience out as a matter of urgency as it is absolutely dire.
Don’t take it as an insult but your fans are c—p and we are ace.
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1 hour ago, Old Frightful said:
Massively looking forward to this coming week's games now and we're guaranteed a new name at Old Trafford which is great...isn't it?
And yes, I'm a Hull FC fan and yes, I don't much care for Hull KR, but last night's game was strangely enjoyable, perhaps in a somewhat masochistic way. Seeing the likes of Widdop and Williams completely humbled by Lewis and Abdull made for a great sports story.
I'll save my speculation about whether or not Rervers can do the unthinkable and get to Old Trafford for the match thread but I reckon Thursday's game could well pull in one of Sky's biggest ever viewing audiences for SL.
Oh you are such a tease - you’ll put it behind a paywall like your onlyfans site next!
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Chris Hill has been a fantastic servant. Great player, great man.
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1 minute ago, Just Browny said:
Fair enough, we were actually worse than Wigan tonight.
Tbf, we have had so much practice, we have mastered the art of the high effort scoreless performance. The league will be all the better next year with Price and Lam back home.
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My theory is that some teams are simply exhausted, after last year’s COVID year, and this year’s stresses. The players have had to perform under pressure, under the shadow of the pandemic, and some have played a lot more games than others. I am not at all surprised to see teams running on fumes. Wire are a superb team, but were simply not themselves - they had had to go to the well too often. HKR played with zero stress last year, and have had many weeks off this year, and it shows,
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I’m not the biggest Wire fan, but there was something sad about Williams’ desperate kick and chase in front of a few hundred home fans, drowned out by the HKR hordes.
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2 minutes ago, Cheshire Setter said:
"Airplane for Price"
Talk us through the play off system again. Where are WIre next week?
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That’s Hill ending Wire’s season right there. “Poor lad” as Eddie Waring would say.
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I see it but I don’t believe it.
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Sun 10 Oct: MPG: Toulouse Olympique v Featherstone Rovers KO 18:00 (Sky)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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I tell you what, the reactions of the Fev fans on here to their defeat have been fantastically dignified and positive. It’s like reading Just Browny after a controversial last minute loss at the DW.
They are a breath of fresh air.