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1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:
I did and I also watched the previous 32 mins, making 52 mins in total when Wigan could not score another single point, when did you expect them to score the 82nd, 85th or even 90th minute.
And there would have been no need for Wigan to drop a goal they would have lost by a point, Ben Reynolds would have kicked the goal had the try been awarded naking the score 12 - 10 you are probably mixing Reynolds up with Harry Smith on goal kicking ability when we all know Smith is pants in that dept.
And how you have the gall to call someone for telling the future!
I see. You were certain to kick the goal. Of course you were. Are they printing papers in Leigh with the correct score? You could even stage your own Grand final victory parade, after beating Hull KR, Catalans and Saints along the way. Who scored the tries that clinched it for you?
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1 hour ago, GUBRATS said:
Was what it you were saying about predicting the future ?
I know you are really deeply disturbed by this, and so will tread carefully. I did nothing of the sort. I asked whether anyone watched the last 20 minutes, as in that time Leigh failed to get out of their own half. If I had your sliding windows machine I would simply put a link up to what happened next and leave it at that.
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3 hours ago, ELBOWSEYE said:
It cost Catalan a league leaders shield and £100k,
And Saints would have finished second, and Wigan’s new owner would have realised he had been sold a pup, and closed the gates…
Did anyone actually watch the last 20 minutes? If so, if the scores had been tied, who was in a position to get a drop goal? Or, indeed, had there been more at stake, who was going to score the deciding try.
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50 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:
We can go back through all 26 previous matches to find things that happened which would have affected the final finishing positions , but the final game is different , before the game I felt and spoke that we beat Wigan and we IMO make the final , very confident of beat HKR at home and Catalans away ( 2 very close games at theirs this year )
However going into a bearpit on Friday at Hull and then having to back up away at Wigan will IMO be too much , I I don't expect us to win this Friday , but I'll still be there , just going to get my ticket now
I had no idea that you had perfected your predict the future machine. Congratulations.
Is there any way we can crowd fund some counselling for you?
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9 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:
Not all. Magpies v Giants AFL had a 97k crowd and twice as many Metro FTA viewers as Panthers v Storm.
Much better figures for NRL on Saturday.
I watched a YouTube video of the end of Friday's MCG atrocity exhibition. Nothing more than 2 minutes of preposterous fumbling and bumbling. Something has gone horribly wrong in Oz.
I have no idea who those people are, being in the 99.999999% of the world with zero interest in Aussie rules. We have the greatest game and have crushed it. Across the region we are now utterly pre eminent with daylight second.
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8 hours ago, Dirkgee said:
Don't forget women's soccer there getting like 8 million on TV. By far the most of any sport in Australian history
Let me know when women’s football overtakes the NRL.
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2 hours ago, phiggins said:
Which is one reason to scrap the video ref
Err, you do realise that the referee was not going to give the try, don’t you?
I agree, as it happens but I am not sure how that sits with the Leigh fans boo hoo woe is me hysteria.
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The NRL is letting the game do its own talking. They have the greatest game, and have learnt how best to make it more accessible than ever. The game speaks for itself. It is no surprise to see them crushing all the sporting “competition”. Sitting back and watching the Warriors and the Broncos thrill us with speed and finesse having spent the previous morning cowering behind the sofa as the Panthers put on a truly terrifying display of strength. What we are seeing is the natural consequence of putting the game front and centre.
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36 minutes ago, EggFace said:
Must of been heaving in Brisbane as the AFL was on and quite mad how both codes are in grand finals.
and our local cheese rolling side qualified for the regional final the day England played in the Euros final… yep, it was quite mad to see these sporting equivalents side by side!
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6 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
Are you feeling OK, was your exile forced or a voluntary act?
I am feeling sprightly, thanks. Sadly, work took me away from the Ancient and Loyal Borough.
You seem to have taken this very hard indeed, but it is no disgrace to lose to this Wigan side.
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2 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
In '17 at Salford a Leigh player got sent to the sin bin and then got 4 matches, his crime was he touched the ref's forearm to remonstrate a decision, now please describe to me why without there being any rule changes French should be let off for putting his hand on the refs shoulder to do the same?
I am not laughing at what might or might not have happened or will happen. I am laughing at your “oo horrid Wigginers, with their horrid pies and their horrid ways” rantathon. Feel free to continue to your heart’s content: let TRL be your primal scream therapy.
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5 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
Is that the crying or laughing emojis EW, did French make deliberate contact with the official or not? as I say if there is any justice he is sat on his brown one for a while.
Then you can comment with a crying emoji.
It made me laugh, and still does. What next “Look at their horrible kit, and the way they comb their hair, and they all smell of cabbage…”? Knock yourself out.
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1 minute ago, Harry Stottle said:
So why didn't you score again to make sure?
We didn’t need to, we just kept you where we wanted you. Why didn’t you?
It’s no disgrace to lose to this Wigan team. You can hold your head high.
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4 minutes ago, EagleEyePie said:
That was the sort of game I was hoping for from a Wigan perspective. We've had it a bit easy in recent weeks and it's not a reflection of what playoff games are usually like. Last night was much closer to what we would expect for a semi-final and I think it highlighted some areas we need to work on, which is massively important at this time of year.
I thought both teams showed their strengths in different areas. For me the Leigh pack was much stronger overall. I don't think our front row was as dominant as it has been in previous games and Amone and Mulhern were head and shoulders above our middle players. I thought tactically we got it right and played to our strengths. Smith and French put in some outstanding kicks even if they were kept quiet through our inability to dominate down the middle of the field.
As for the ruled out tries, in an ideal world both would be given. For the Wigan try Lam initiates contact as Nsemba goes through and is playing for the obstruction call. He trails an arm to make it seem more obvious but for me if the defender initiates contact it should be play on. For the Leigh try I do have some sympathy for the video ref. The call basically hinges on whether O'Donnell runs at French's chest or the outside shoulder (regardless of how much contact there is) and arguably he runs at the left side of the chest and the outside shoulder. He's directly in the path of French and O'Brien when contact is made. The referee's on field call of no try means he probably got that right in terms of evidence to overturn, but everyone who loves the games knows French isn't significantly impeded by the contact and it should be a try. People shouldn't be too critical of the video ref, it's the on field call that causes most of these problems.
If French has done as Lam had done it would have been even clearer. The defender should never be punished for trying to evade an obstructing runner. In any case, we would clearly have won from there had it been given. Leigh didn’t have a play the ball in our half after then. Leigh were brave and gave us a terrific match. They should be very proud of themselves. I hope they don’t wallow in self pity, and drown in bitterness, as they still have a lot to play for next week end.
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May I be the first to congratulate the Wigan team on finishing top of the league this year. It remains a wonderful achievement, and is particularly well deserved for Matty Peet, a young British coach developing a fine side and a great culture, who is always available to speak to the press. For anyone that missed it, I would recommend you dig out the video for Mago’s re-signing. It is all that is good about our game.
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25 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
Must say I didn't see this at the game.
Ooh you are in bother Bevan, a few years ago any contact with the ref was hit with sinbinnings and suspensions this was as bad as any of those.
If there is any consistency Bevan should be able to take an extended holiday back home to Aus his season here should very over and done with, if Paul Vaughan received 4 games for a very innocuous but 'purposeful action' on an opponent then French in contacting the ref should be equal if not more.
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I do wonder about Leigh’s thinking going into tonight. Next week is going to far more important for them, so I would have thought they would rest any borderline injury doubts, and look to get through unscathed. I know it’s a derby and there is a home semi on offer, but lose next week and it’s over for them.
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Leigh have a terrific team, and will have fervent support. Motivation will play a part, and I think Wigan’s goal of winning to make sure we get a week off will be more of a spur than Leigh’s home/away play off game. If we keep 13 men on the field, and avoid nasty injuries, I think we will have enough.
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I am grateful to OMEGA for doing the hard work in picking an excellent team, so I don’t have to. Though I do wonder whether KPP might be worth a place if he continues with his current form.
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14 hours ago, FearTheVee said:
Nope. I appreciate it is maybe too nuanced for some, but I said I didn’t think there was an issue and I’d be astounded if the MRP saw it differently.
You think that’s me saying the MRP is always right and I should think everything they do is right or wrong, but that’s overly simplistic. The reality is that I was saying despite how trigger happy the MRP can be, I still would have been astounded if they saw anything untoward with the Percival tackle.
Feel free to extrapolate that to wherever you like, but they will be your words not mine.
As for the saints fans constantly questioning the MRP approach to Saints, a cursory look at redvee will show you iI’m amongst the few pointing out that it’s all echo chamber conspiracy nonsense. They get some right and some wrong, my point was that I could not fathom how anyone could decide Percival hit him high because it’s on video and he didn’t.
I am not sure you grasped the point at all, but that’s fine, it isn’t an easy one to grasp. You seem overly defensive about it, but that’s fine by me. You can write what you like, and argue with yourself all day long as far as I’m concerned.
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20 minutes ago, FearTheVee said:
Because “Percival didn’t get a ban therefore you must disagree with wellens” is a pointless straw man.
It’s really not. It’s a fair question - you are saying there was no issue because the MRP concluded that. Which is fine, but it is then pertinent to ask whether that happy reliance on the MRP applies when you disagree with their decision.
It’s perfectly acceptable to say that you agree with every decision in your favour and disagree with all of them against you. That is one of the WDL’s 7 pillars of wisdom.
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The huge issue for me is that Wigan have finally put a team together with a big enough pack to make ground. With Dupree looking superb, Mago at last showing his South’s form, and Havard to come back, we finally have some firepower - for the first time in over a decade. That balance, that momentum is perfect for our broken field players. Add to it our touch football style Field and French, an organiser in Smith and 2 class centres (again for the first time in many years), and you can see what we are trying to do. We are far ahead of where I thought we would be. And are now owned by a billionaire, and control our own ground again. Goodness, what a year it’s turning into.
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4 minutes ago, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:
Season ending late shot missed by all three officials.
That was an horrendous hit.
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23 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:
This match could be a cracker, I hope Mr Kendall is strong enough to stop all the laying on at the tackle that Mr Peet utilises, I took some stick for pointing this out in the Caralan game but when it becomes the norm for a fourth player to 'flop' on top of three of his collegues it is getting a bit farcical.
No this is not an attack on Wigan I would say the same of any team who uses this tactic.
It is of course an attack on Wigan, and no you don’t.
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Fri 22nd Sept: SL: Leigh Leopards v Wigan Warriors KO 20:00 (Sky)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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Of course he did. Perhaps the fairest thing would be to ban King for having his head attached to his body by his neck?