Exiled Wiganer

I can’t imagine anyone hates a game that means absolutely nothing to any of us. It is as relevant to our lives as the kangaroo racing in calgoolie (am guessing that’s a place name). Honestly this is a sad compulsion - surely they have their own web sites? If not, maybe you could set one up.

But but but everyone loves fumblecheeserolling - ALL of Sydney can’t get enough of it.

I am not sure if you picked up on this but that top is for a very good cause.

It is a great thing that we can watch Salford every week.

That is so harsh on Salford and Sneyd, who were 3 minutes from a very well deserved victory.

Is that the attendance or tickets sold/allocated? I think the figure should always be tickets sold/allocated, because that takes out “life” choices/illness etc.

I just wanted ri double check - this is still a TGG thread?

There is no dismay from this quarter. You can follow any c—-. You might want to find some kindred spirits rather than wasting our time on a UK league site. There is even a fat Vichy/TGG sub site on here. Tbh, it’s a bit sad that you have no like minds to hang out with.

I think they will win a few. They may face heavily injury depleted teams, teams with the Cup on their minds/in their legs. Honestly, anyone outside Wigan and Saints had better stay switched on and field a strong side or they will be vulnerable.

“Challenge” of fumbleball. Inventing interest in Sydney. You are such a massive loser.

Because you need no talent to be a fat truffle chasing Vichy.

I think London will win some games. They were playing a terrific Wigan side, and went toe to toe for long periods. I thought the London drum won the day but I had my Broncos head on for the day. I think it’s the Cas and FC games that will decide the bottom place… it is recognisably a Broncos team: punching above its weight, full of characters, unpredictable, unorthodox and easy to under estimate.

Is it though? It’s basically watching it in the pub with an obsessively one eyed fan. I would expect them to go far beyond implying.

I thought both sides look good enough to have a decent season. I also think that this game looked the best of the 3 because the lighting was better (which I thought was the case with the Wigan game last week). It might be our TV. As for the match itself, they were really evenly matched but Leeds showed again how dangerous they are on a roll. Leigh will win plenty though if they can keep their squad fit. finally, I disagree with the suggestion that a club’s Twitter/live feed can ever be too biased. Its sole purpose in life is to be the one eyed fan’s comfort blanket.

Wigan will count themselves lucky to have played the Giants off the back of an early season peak. They will do some damage this year.

Brilliant comeback from Salford. They perfectly managed the game. 44 years! That is an extraordinarily long time between drinks. I think we have at least 9 teams whose games against each other will be high quality this year, with FC having the potential to make it 10 on paper (with due respect to the Broncos and Cas).

Brilliant match. 2 fine teams. More of the same please.

I am no expert in West Yorkshire politics, and a bit hazy on the Sheffield merger, but I can’t think of another club who have remotely gone from the depths that I remember from the 80s to their current heights, in such a sustained way as Huddersfield. They seem to have higher standards applied to them than pretty much anyone else.

He was very good at Wigan, adapting to that step up after moving north. Wigan to Newcastle is a step down in quality, so he has more than enough talent. The question then becomes one of whether he settles in and gets used to the culture shock of life in that part of the world after the cosmopolitan worlds of London and Greater Manchester. I have no idea why English players sign for teams outside Sydney and Brisbane.

Further up this thread, a Giants fan explained exactly what the current situation is. From that your portrayal seems wildly off the mark. Davy has clearly invested over the years - and good on him, nobody forced him to do so - but their model is meant to be as self sustaining going forward as possible (at least for its core business).

I will go back to my main complaint. Where was the NRL/ARL investment in OUR WORLD CUP in 2017. If they had spent a fraction of the money heaped on red in Vegas on that tournament it could have been a massive success. They may well have another World Cup in 2026, and it will be fascinating to compare and contrast. Because while the NRL is good for the NRL (built off the easiest sales job in the world - selling the greatest game to a discerning sporting market) the jury is out as to whether the NRL is good for the global game.

Where SL goes, the NRL follows. They copied our magic weekend concept…

They are so insecure… but, but, but SL = peasants!!!

Christ, who rattled your cage? How’d your superstars do at the Piedome?

Huddersfield are a really good side. We are far more battle hardened, and took advantage of that. Taking that into account, there was little between the 2 sides.