30 Sept: Qualifiers: Hull Kingston Rovers v Widnes Vikings KO 3pm

[Northern Eel]

Nearly 1/3 of this game has been played with Hull KR in possession whilst in the Widnes 20. They really have given up.

 

[Old Frightful]

Widnes get a penalty and the chance to put on a bit of pressure in the Rovers 10m area.

[Old Frightful]

Widnes lose the ball (again ) and Hall comes away with it.

Rovers go up the other end and Vai Vai drops the ball with the line beckoning.

[MZH]

1 minute ago, Old Frightful said:

Widnes get a penalty and the chance to put on a bit of pressure in the Rovers 10m area.

That went well.

[Raz]

Widnes playing with the desperation of a team with 250k on the line.

[Old Frightful]

Just now, MZH said:

That went well.

They don't appear to be very convincing at this try scoring lark.

Widnes force a drop out, let's see how this goes.

[Old Frightful]

Rovers field their own drop out but Vai Vai failed to read the script and knocks on.

[Old Frightful]

Another Widnes knock on.

Hmmm.

[Old Frightful]

Atkin scores Rovers third.

18-0.

[Old Frightful]

Hall conversion half time 2 mins away.

20-0.

[MZH]

That'll do it. Get your plane tickets sorted London.

[Raz]

Still waiting for this "respect for the competition" from Widnes that the league and team insisted would be present for today's match.

[Old Frightful]

With 20 seconds of the half left, Rovers go for a try rather than kick the goal.

Strange.

[ojx]

Weren't Widnes one of the super league clubs trying to use the "integrity of the competition" argument a few weeks ago when SL chairmen were discussing Toronto's possible entry?

[Raz]

Just now, ojx said:

Wasn't Widnes one of the super league clubs trying to use the "integrity of the competition" argument few weeks ago when SL were discussing Toronto's possible entry?

Yep. Apparently literally handing the ball to the other team when inside their 10m line is their version of it.

[Northern Eel]

There you have it folks. For future reference, the cost of sporting pride is no more than £250k.

[Wellsy4HullFC]

So this is the quarter of a million pound game then?

[Spidey]

Widnes have only won twice in the last 6 months v Coventry & Halifax

Widnes are not a good team, if they tried to throw a game they’d mess that up as well

[Spidey]

6 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

There you have it folks. For future reference, the cost of sporting pride is no more than £250k.

If you honestly believe that you want your head testing, but take the foil hat off first

[Northern Eel]

Just now, Spidey said:

Widnes have only won twice in the last 6 months v Coventry & Halifax

Widnes are not a good team, if they tried to throw a game they’d mess that up as well

If they tried to throw a game, they'd throw it forward.

[Northern Eel]

Just now, Spidey said:

If you honestly believe that you want your head testing, but take the foil hat off first

No need for the insult because you disagree with a perfectly rational opinion. 

[Old Frightful]

1 minute ago, Northern Eel said:

If they tried to throw a game, they'd throw it forward.

Nah, they'd drop it first.

[Jill Halfpenny fan]

Not sure whether listening to our ineptitude is better or worse than actually witnessing it.

[Spidey]

2 minutes ago, Northern Eel said:

No need for the insult because you disagree with a perfectly rational opinion. 

Your questioning each Widnes player’s integrity. That’s a bigger insult

[Northern Eel]

1 minute ago, scotchy1 said:

I don't for one second think that Widnes would throw the game, but its really not a good look is it

Me neither, but the professional pride in that team seems none existent.