Exiled Wiganer
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22 A and B grades… 2 leagues of 11, with cross division derby fixtures. Just sayin’
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20 hours ago, bobbruce said:
That’s not Maurice’s fault as well is it.
Slava Ukraini!
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Wigan have been very lucky to have played Leigh and HKR at home these last 2 weeks, given their clear Wembleyitis. The boost to our points difference could be significant come September.
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If we had 2 Super Leagues of 10, we could have 20 teams with those sorts of crowds.
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3 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:
How would you make a rule to stop player's diving in to make a tackle?
My point is nothing to do with the rules. I have at no point suggested that it is against any rules, or called for him to be banned. My point is the narrow one that this player’s technique has injured a lot of players, and may well do so again. Hence my relief that we emerged unscathed.
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2 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said:
Morning Exiled,
We live in a little village called Chiddingstone then i travel to just over the border from France to a place in Spain (Catalonia) called Peralada every few weeks around 35 mins drive to the Dragons.
P
We are in Dormansland. Be happy to make your acquaintance.
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2 hours ago, ATLANTISMAN said:
Just back from the stadium (Well checked in at my hotel in Warrington) excellent display from Wigan,Leigh looked really good in the first 20 mins fantastic shape but after that a different story.
A couple of drinks with the Leigh hierarchy after the game Derek in good form took the defeat like a gentleman all in all great day (Left at 5-40am this morning only 4 hours Sevenoaks to Wigan:)))
Video up on my you tube channel tomorrow with some great clips of some old famous trophies that Wigan have.
Now for a nice dinner glass or 2 of wine bed and then back down soffff to watch the Broncos tomorrow .
Goodnight:)
Paul
Are you based in Sevenoaks? That is a hop and skip from ours.
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2 hours ago, phiggins said:
Just seen it. It’s just below the waist, but nowhere near the knee, and unlike last week his head is on the correct side, behind Dupree’s backside.
Would you advocate for banning tackles below the waist (with exception of an ankle tap)?
Not at all.
He has demonstrably a technique that has repeatedly injured players. Which involves hurling himself at an opponent. I am delighted Wigan came away with all of their players fit and well. I don’t make the rules, and have no idea of how he is coached or what he thinks will happen. I am relieved that it didn’t go as badly as last week. If that’s ok by you? I hope all the other teams he plays against similarly come through unscathed.-
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22 minutes ago, Fevrover said:
That dosnt count when Saints or Wigan do it.
Maybe. Maybe not. I doubt you would hold back in pointing out a Wigan player doing that.
I couldn’t care less what Leigh do. In fact, I hope they win at Wembley. A week after causing a lot of damage to a lot of limbs using this technique he goes again. My sole concern is making our players come through unscathed. Which they did today.
Oh, and I appreciate it’s widening the whole what is wrong with Leigh debate, but I wonder whether Wigan will draw attention to Hardaker’s attempted eye gouge on Farrell?
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9 minutes ago, WN83 said:
Gotta go to Leigh again yet
Ha! That’ll learn me!
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Dupree looks like the sort of prop we haven’t had for a decade. A big and mobile player. When Havard gets back, he can replace Byrne, and we will suddenly find ourselves with a decent pack of good size.
Having played Leigh at home this week end, I see we play Hull KR at home next Friday. Given that both of them have their minds firmly on a much bigger occasion, that is extraordinarily fortuitous.
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14 minutes ago, PEANUT HEAD said:
Amazing no one else spotted it even the TV,was you watching last week's game on catch up.
Look at it again. He recklessly took off from distance, a la human cannonball. It was exactly the same technique that seriously injured Saints’ players. If you hurl yourself through the air you can’t control the impact. Anyway, we are finished playing you for this year, so we are no longer at risk.
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Dupree was lucky not to be seriously injured by another Asiofa special on 60 minutes. Any team that gets through a game against Leigh without a serious injury can be relieved,
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Should Austin have been sent off for that attack to the head? Am v confused.
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1 hour ago, Father Ted said:
Wigan have paid a six figure transfer fee so perhaps that and the Reds fundraising has brought their figure to £500k or thereabouts. Singleton going from Wigan to Salford.
The Wigan pack does look young. Next year we'd expect Cooper, Farrell and Leeming to be the experienced forwards. If Cooper doesn't make it and the injury ends his career then I'd think that Wigan would be looking to sign an experienced prop. Cooper will be on a fair amount so there could be salary available.
Both players are available to play this weekend.
With the controversial sending off having lead to our being out of the cup, I am hoping that we come back after the week off for the cup final with Havard fit. In which case, we could have, in Ellis, Havard and Dupree, 3 above average props. Which would be the first time in a while.
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32 minutes ago, Red Willow said:
Hope not
I think you’ve signed him for next year. Maybe a change of scene would do him good?
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1 hour ago, Red Willow said:
yes you can when he signed a long term deal in the off season. Nothing much has changed since he signed.
Salford fans have been here before and no doubt will be again. At least unlike Fage did he is still putting in effort.
Wigan will have to pay a lot for him and maybe offer another player in exchange.
You could perhaps have Singleton now?
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11 minutes ago, Jughead said:
I’m not sure how it’s relevant. I don’t see how you can’t discuss something without “well…well…well…what about that time that Saints player got a ban?” as if that’s some sort of defence. If that was the case, we can’t ever ban anyone for making a tackle because they might be tackling someone that also at some point was once banned for making a bad tackle and it makes the whole thing a bit redundant.
As for Cooper’s, it was a hip drop and he got banned for it. His disciplinary record and Cooper’s diagnosis meant he got five games.
Again, let’s disband the disciplinary, eh? What do you mean, no? But hey, at least it’s not that quote that you’ve stopped peddling.
Yeah, but what about that time Vila Matautia got banned in 1997, eh?!!
I asked a simple enough question. It was relevant in terms of the reaction to losing a player for a long time (and possibly ending their career), though this time because of an illegal tackle. It seems to me that it is directly on point.
I actually think that the disciplinary committee is one of the best things about our game’s administration. I was also encouraged by the reaction of the RFL to say that they will take this very seriously.
Hopefully Walmsley will be fit for the internationals, and Saints will allow him to play if he is.
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What are Saints’ fans view on the tackle that did for Cooper?
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5 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:
Gateshull Thundersharks do indeed. But then so do Wigan. Neither are a Hull club, so who cares? C’est la vie.
One day the Sharkies might even win the league too. Who knows? Anything’s possible. I mean, being such a big club and everything you’d expect that eh…
#delusional
You seem very angry. A bigger man than you would let it drop.
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4 hours ago, sweaty craiq said:
Not high and deserving of a caution at worst
Or a straight red if committed by a Wigan player.
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We are going to watch Leigh v Hull KR at Wembley in a few weeks. Both of those clubs could well have been on the outside looking into a closed shop SL over the last 10 years… there are 20 teams with the potential to run full time teams and thrive. The current SL 12 plus Toulouse, London, Bradford, Fev, Halifax, York, Sheffield and Widnes. I have seen 6 of these achieve great things during the short(ish) time I have been watching our great game.
2 of these were league and World Club champions, another won the league, 2 others won the Challenge Cup, and one was runner up in the Cup. Toulouse’s strengths are well known, and York has huge potential.
What have we got to lose?? Two leagues of 10! The TIME IS NOW!
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2 leagues of 10 playing each other home and away and teams in the other league once…
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5 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said:
The shoulder made direct contact with Lewis' head, there was no "moving up". He then went to the ground, as any human would, before Shorrock fell on him to complete the tackle. Lewis then got up at normal speed given he was awaiting a dummy half in a kick-return set (where you always take a little time), and played the ball, despite Ethan Ryan trying to stop him out of concern for him after the collision.
All this nonsense about Lewis taking a dive to win a penalty bears no relationship to events, which we can all watch on video at our leisure.
My point about milking a penalty was an entirely separate one, as a way in which Marshall (who is often hit high I suspect because of his height and running style) might draw attention to being hit high. I did not mean to imply Lewis did this. I have not checked and I do not recall his doing so at all.
Attendance thread
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Yes it can!
“All” we need are 2 leagues of 10, home and away games, with cross league derby fixtures.
The solution is staring us in the face!