29 Aug: SL: Salford Red Devils v Warrington Wolves KO 7.45pm (TV)

[johnh1]

Great stuff. 

[Griff9of13]

See ya Sio

[Man of Kent]

A spanking! A spanking!

[Dave T]

8 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

My ‘fear’ with Warrington is although they are assembling one of the best sides - if not the best side - in Super League, Steve Price will have them playing five one-out passes and a kick.

I'm saying nothing about that.....

[Davo5]

Lineham having a mare

[chuffer]

Sio later

[Dave T]

Is it 1 more try needed to grab 2nd spot?

[Man of Kent]

22-0 Salford on 64

[Man of Kent]

1 minute ago, Dave T said:

I'm saying nothing about that.....

Might seem churlish after last Saturday but if all teams played Price’s brand of rugby the next Sky deal would be worth £75 a year

[johnh1]

2 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Is it 1 more try needed to grab 2nd spot?

We need to win by 24 for 2nd.

[Dave T]

1 minute ago, johnh1 said:

We need to win by 24 for 2nd.

I'd be stunned if that doesn't happen 

[Padge]

10 minutes ago, Dave T said:

Like I say, I'm not even complaining about the fairness, but this kind of performance from Wire was inevitable. 

This wont be keeping many casual fans hooked.

The problem you have on here is that we are not casual fans and watch a lot more rugby than probably most. I have watched some awful games which casual watchers have said to me was a great game.

Someone at work, a casual watcher described the cup final as a classic to me, we set standards far higher than the casual viewer.

Its been tight, a bit of a punch up and then a few good tries open it up towards the end. That to a casual viewer may be all he wants.

[Dave T]

1 minute ago, Padge said:

 

Someone at work, a casual watcher described the cup final as a classic to me...

He was right... 

[Exiled Wiganer]

Salford look like a superb team. Immense credit to Watson who works wonders week in, week out, year after year. 

[Dave T]

That's fine.

[Dave T]

Maybe not.

[Padge]

2 minutes ago, Dave T said:

He was right... 

He did add rider of except for Warrington winning*

 

 

 

* he didn't really 

[Guest]

Don’t  see how he could overturn that. No clear evidence he was offside.

[Dave T]

Just now, 7723 said:

Don’t  see how he could overturn that. No clear evidence he was offside.

I agree. He may have been offside but there was nothing conclusive.

[Cheshire Setter]

Total conspiracy Refs in bed with Warrington two weeks running.   If Salford lose this I hope they write a letter.

[johnh1]

Just now, Dave T said:

I agree. He may have been offside but there was nothing conclusive.

Thank goodness it wasn’t crucial like the Saints winner against Salford was.

[DavidM]

Making wire play on Thursday night hasn’t done sky any favours . Been a poor contest 

[johnh1]

1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Making wire play on Thursday night hasn’t done sky any favours . Been a poor contest 

I’ve enjoyed it.

[Dave T]

This is a weird performance by us. I'm not faulting the effort and in general play we have stood up well, couple of unlucky tries really, but I'm not sure whether we are even trying to score with the ball. 

If we had no real ambitions of attacking and giving it a real go I'd have rested a few more tbh.

[Futtocks]

9 minutes ago, Padge said:

we set standards far higher than the casual viewer

Some set high standards because we've seen better in our time. Some will just search long and hard for every negative, real or imagined. Others count empty seats or measure pitch-markings, and judge the match from that.