Sat 12th Nov: RLWC SF: England v Samoa KO 14:30

[Futtocks]

Oh, that was a hard'n'nasty head clash. Fingers crossed he's okay.

[Dunbar]

That looks a bod one. Hope he's OK.

[DavidM]

That was really early in the tackle count from Williams as well 

[Mark S]

4 minutes ago, Maximus Decimus said:

I've never played pro-RL before, but I wonder what effect a disappointing crowd and atmosphere has on a player when they're anticipating it being different.

The crowd looks good, RL fans have a habit of getting to their seats very last minute. Like I said last week, at the Union World Cup game at Elland Road we were told to go to our seats by kick off.

TBF, when you have paid £6 for a pint you want to savour it.

Edited November 12, 2022 by Mark S

[moorside roughyed]

Seems he's ok.

[Midlands hobo]

2 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Junior Paulo binned!

Should be a red all day long. You lift you're responsible for how they come down. None of this it depends how bad they come down rubbish

[Roy Haggerty]

Samoa very low on troops now. England need to capitalise. 

[Wendigo7]

Samoa are a team who can’t afford these injuries and stoppages.

[Maximus Decimus]

1 minute ago, Jughead said:

Yes, a 35k+ crowd in London (most likely 40+ in all honesty) is disappointing. Bloody hell. 

Hard to tell because of the pricing issues.

The crowd seems flat, England seem flat in a way I don't think they would be next week if we get there.

[Jughead]

Yellow card and two off, bad five or so minutes for Samoa. 

[Futtocks]

Brown leaves the field under his own steam, but he's definitely not all there.

[ehbandit]

3 minutes ago, Maximus Decimus said:

I've never played pro-RL before, but I wonder what effect a disappointing crowd and atmosphere has on a player when they're anticipating it being different.

For me, none

[DavidM]

He kicked it and 5 guys were offside . Dear me 

[gingerjon]

1 minute ago, Maximus Decimus said:

Hard to tell because of the pricing issues.

The crowd seems flat, England seem flat in a way I don't think they would be next week if we get there.

I think this is a down side to not playing a group game down in the south, let alone an England game.

You can’t transplant the team in and expect the atmosphere to follow (although it sounds better than some England games have).

[gingerjon]

(I normally avoid England/GB big games on the TV so won’t be sticking around for long)

[Dunbar]

England will outlast Samoa at the end of both halves.

[Roy Haggerty]

Samoa just created an overlap against a team with one more men. 

[Jughead]

2 minutes ago, Maximus Decimus said:

Hard to tell because of the pricing issues.

The crowd seems flat, England seem flat in a way I don't think they would be next week if we get there.

We’ve attracted the best part of 40k (if not more) people to watch a World Cup Semi-Final, many of which will be watching their first game, and you’re moaning about the atmosphere, which is subdued because England have started poorly. 

[Mark S]

The atmosphere is bloody brilliant, sounds like someone has brought in some cheerleaders.

[Dunbar]

Dropped it.

[PREPOSTEROUS]

Knock on?

[Chrispmartha]

Hes dropped that

[ehbandit]

[DavidM]

Watkins what a #####

[Futtocks]

1 minute ago, gingerjon said:

(I normally avoid England/GB big games on the TV so won’t be sticking around for long)

We haven't reached "bent ref" territory yet, so stick around.

I bailed out of yesterday's semi-final thread once it got silly, then dropped back in after the final hooter to see if the grown-ups were present.