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  1. Dave T
    I'm not disputing that clubs are in trouble, but then again, there always has been. Always. At least there are rules in place now to try and help protect clubs from themselves, but then there are other factors like the worst recession in living memory. I remember reading something in RLW from a prominent person at a struggling club (maybe Rochdale or Doncaster or Keighley) where they said that despite what many think, the RFL really helped the clubs out and do what they can to support them. Surely the way an organisation responds to difficult times is a measure of their success.
  2. Dave T
    I don't think you'd get too many Wire fans pulling you on predicting a Saints win against Wire
  3. Dave T
    I remember there being a thread about a job advert for a marketing manager at
  4. Dave T
    There were two flaws, did you not read the bit about Wire beating Saints!?!?
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    Wire could finish 2nd and still play you at the HJ if my understanding of the playoffs is right. If it stays as it is and Wire beat Saints and you lost to Hull in the first round, then Wire would be the highest qualified semi finalist, with Hull 2nd. We would then get to choose between Wigan and Saints at home providing all other results went with the seeding. EDIT: just checked, the above is correct.
  6. Dave T
    It was only a finishing line in an article about Thornley, so hopefully nothing in it.
  7. Dave T
    There is a lot of sense in the above post, and had you positioned it like this you would probably have had more agreeing with you. The main risk for Wigan IMHO is that it may take time for some of the players to settle in. Hoffman should be fine, forwards do tend to slot in nicely, but a new halfback can take a little bit of time, although Finch is pretty experienced so shouldn't be too much of a gamble, but you just never know.
  8. Dave T
    According to one website, ther are interested in Marsh too.
  9. Dave T
    Indeed. It seems that many people take bias as meaning 'disagrees with what I say'.
  10. Dave T
    Only watching limited NRl, can you answer whether many props play the full 80, or are they spelled? It is a frustration with me with Saints and Graham. He is still an excellent player, but there is no doubt that he is not as effective as if he was spelled regularly. IMHO teams need four props in the 17 to rotate and keep up the levels of intensity rather than knackering out your props.
  11. Dave T
    I'll stick with Padge's original answer to the question a couple of years back.
  12. Dave T
    Good one.
  13. Dave T
    I haven't done that. I was talking about the length of the game, asking a question.
  14. Dave T
    I just don't understand this 'heartlands' title. As has been pointed out already, why does anybody from the heartlands deserve more of a say or have more rights to the game of RL? Also, I hate the fact that just because you support a team from SL you are treated like some kind of evil leper, when in fact the majority of fans watch SL, and the majority of teams in Sl are in places that would be classed as 'heartlands'. Super League absolutely represents the heartlands. My views on P&R and franchising are often dismissed due to supporting a SL team, yet they are a heartlands team who apparently SL doesn't represent.
  15. Dave T
    4th highest crowds this year. That absolutely makes them one of out best supported clubs, which is what you said they weren't.
  16. Dave T
    A few of us are going, family and friends. 6 booked so far, with a few more to tag on if Warrington make it there again. Loved it last year, and after a few years of not going it rekindled my enthusiasm for the London weekend, whether I am going as a neutral or not.
  17. Dave T
    Yes they are. They are absolutely one of our best supported clubs. What are you talking about?
  18. Dave T
    But surely if this very easy fix is implemented then it isn't an issue? This is particularly relevant for the Aussie and SOO stuff, as many people are at work (where they like to use this forum) and still want to find out what is going on, but not about particular games. If the solution is that people need to stay away until they have seen the game, then this board will be pretty dead at times.
  19. Dave T
    I always like this website for looking at stadiums and capacities etc. Not all grounds, but pretty interesting, and has plenty of grounds I have never heard of. The French pages are good too. www.worldstadiums.com
  20. Dave T
    It would be interesting to know if there are any stats out there comparing stoppages, between the NRL and SL. Even something as basic as differences in penaltyt counts in the two leagues would be interesting, does anybody have anything. I don't disagree with your overall point, my comments were purely aimed at Friday's game, which was abit of a freak one tbh in terms of turnovers, and there was also a relatively high penalty count (from memory). One interesting (or not) point on this is that all NRL games have the VR, and this generally slows games down a fair bit, the Sky games generally last a good 5-10m longer than a non-tv game, so in terms of intensity and pace of the game, I wonder how long the average NRl game goes on for.
  21. Dave T
    Just looking around the stadium has a capacity of 3,500 with 612 seats. Is it you who says that Leyton Orient could be a good base, as their stadium looks quite ok with a decent capacity?
  22. Dave T
    It depends what you look for. Westwood was excellent on Friday and would have got my vote, but then a fair few of the forwards on each side had good games, especially when you look at how much defence each team had to do and some of the big hits that were going in. The main difference though was when Briers did get involved things happened, and without him, we may have struggled to score, so you could say he was the difference. Briers certainly wasn't the best player on the park, his pass to Mathers for Richards' try was not up to his usual standard and look what happened, his kicking from deep was very poor, and tbh I commented that he looked injured and he only got involved when he had to. That said, his short kicking game was outstanding, and there was a spell late in the first half when he was terrorising the Wigan defence with the little kicks, which very nearly led to three tries. The fact is that we could have this debate after every match where a forward doesn't get the award. They do far far more work than the backs and you could always put a case forward for a hard working 2nd rower.
  23. Dave T
    I think that new Saints logo is really rather nice.
  24. Dave T
    Tomkins being dirty. Morley being dirty. Empty seats in the Wire end. Empty seats in the Wigan stands. Town populations (Wire can't even finish in the top 4 of that!). Late challenges on passers. Late challengers on kickers. Warrington born fan supporting Wigan. Pies. Think that covers it.
  25. Dave T
    Couldn't agree more. I didn't see the ref as a big issue, I saw the forward's ball control as the big issue and the main factor that made the game stop-start. When the players kept hold of it they did some good stuff, but the retention was appalling from both sides at different stages of the game.
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