Sat 17th Aug: SLMW: Warrington Wolves v Leeds Rhinos KO 19:30 (Sky)

[Chrispmartha]

5 minutes ago, getdownmonkeyman said:

Take both Frawley from Leeds and Drinkwater from Warrington and both sides would be improved.

Frawley has been going ok, we definitely missed Croft today

[Hopie]

Fusitu'a was sin binned for preventing a try scoring opportunity, Lisone was sin binned for striking, didn't see either myself.

[StandOffHalf]

Brad Arthur obviously doesn't know the SL laws on one-on-one strips, as he bemoans ''three bad calls in a row'' that culminated in the yellow to Fusitua. 

I certainly understand his frustrations on two of those three calls.

[Chrispmartha]

Just now, Hopie said:

Fusitu'a was sin binned for preventing a try scoring opportunity, Lisone was sin binned for striking, didn't see either myself.

Both fusitua and Ashton were going for the ball, which they both missed, it was a very harsh yellow, but Warrington knocked on earlier in the set which wasn’t given.

I don’t think we had enough to win but that wasn’t a three score game imo

[ELBOWSEYE]

1 minute ago, Chrispmartha said:

Both fusitua and Ashton were going for the ball, which they both missed, it was a very harsh yellow, but Warrington knocked on earlier in the set which wasn’t given.

I don’t think we had enough to win but that wasn’t a three score game imo

It was never a knock on. He clearly knocked it back.

Edited August 17, 2024 by ELBOWSEYE

[Fly-By-TheWire]

6 minutes ago, Hopie said:

Fusitu'a was sin binned for preventing a try scoring opportunity, Lisone was sin binned for striking, didn't see either myself.

Weren't both Lisone and Tai binned for unnecessary handbags?

[Barry Badrinath]

Just now, Fly-By-TheWire said:

Weren't both Lisone and Tai binned for unnecessary handbags?

Iiirc he said to tai, he'd just warned players about running in, however he was blaming him for attempting to tackle 100mph 18st lisone, who wasn't pulling up cos the ref had blown his whistle for offside.

 

That's what I thought was harsh. 

 

No way either of them were aware if the whistle going.

 

He then sent lisone for the retaliatory open handed strike, which sam disputed.

 

It was all a bit of a mess, williams was lucky he wasn't sat down for his behavior in that 

[Loiner]

Well played Warrington toughed it out. The more I see the Tai challenge on Miller in the first half the more I see a shoulder charge.

[Barry Badrinath]

Just now, Loiner said:

Well played Warrington toughed it out. The more I see the Tai challenge on Miller in the first half the more I see a shoulder charge.

The more you look at it the more you should see his arm coming out around to tackle him

[Loiner]

11 minutes ago, ELBOWSEYE said:

It was never a knock on. He clearly knocked it back.

You jest surely.

[Gates1]

11 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

Both fusitua and Ashton were going for the ball, which they both missed, it was a very harsh yellow, but Warrington knocked on earlier in the set which wasn’t given.

I don’t think we had enough to win but that wasn’t a three score game imo

Thought it was as clear a professional foul as I've seen tbh.  Ashton clearly didn't have the ball when Fusitua tackled him.

 

[Loiner]

Just now, Barry Badrinath said:

The more you look at it the more you should see his arm coming out around to tackle him

I'll have another look.

[ELBOWSEYE]

1 minute ago, Loiner said:

You jest surely.

No watched it numerous times it went clearly back, no unbiased observer would say anything different., I wouldn't have sinbinned the Leeds winger but given a penalty.

[Snowys Backside]

Well, I though Leeds would have a better dig at that but fair play to Warrington

My Wire friends are happy and Leeds hopes of a top 6 on a thread. 
 

Croft a big miss today. 
 

Well done to London and Wigan. Saints still very average imho ! 

[Fly-By-TheWire]

6 minutes ago, Gates1 said:

Thought it was as clear a professional foul as I've seen tbh.  Ashton clearly didn't have the ball when Fusitua tackled him.

 

I think the bin was for the fact that at no point did Fusitua seem to go towards the ball, just the player.   Ergo, professional foul as you say.

[Hopie]

The sky coverage seemed to suggest it was a must win game for Leeds, and now they have lost, next time is also a must win game. The levels of analysis are just astounding at times. 

[Gates1]

3 minutes ago, Fly-By-TheWire said:

I think the bin was for the fact that at no point did Fusitua seem to go towards the ball, just the player.   Ergo, professional foul as you say.

Exactly, went for the player completely ignored the ball.

[StandOffHalf]

11 minutes ago, Gates1 said:

Thought it was as clear a professional foul as I've seen tbh.  Ashton clearly didn't have the ball when Fusitua tackled him.

 

He tackled him for sure after the ball had bounced above them. That was more because they came together and ran into one another in an awkward manner though - at least that's how I saw it. He didn't tackle him with the thought of preventing Ashton running away to dot down.

I think it's harsh to call what he did a professional foul. Just a penalty in my opinion.

[Chrispmartha]

4 minutes ago, StandOffHalf said:

He tackled him for sure after the ball had bounced above them. That was more because they came together and ran into one another in an awkward manner though - at least that's how I saw it. He didn't tackle him with the thought of preventing Ashton running away to dot down.

I think it's harsh to call what he did a professional foul. Just a penalty in my opinion.

It was the ‘clear scoring opportunity’ and looking for a penalty try that’s my issue, they were both ahead of the ball

[StandOffHalf]

1 minute ago, Chrispmartha said:

It was the ‘clear scoring opportunity’ and looking for a penalty try that’s my issue, they were both ahead of the ball

Yeah, Ashton would have had to be Superman to leap backwards out of the field of play to get to the ball.

It was just a coming together in close proximity. The ball had bounced above and away. They had gone passed it. A penalty for Fusitua's tackle, but no yellow card. I think it's a real stretch to call it a professional foul and a try-scoring chance.

[Just Browny]

Good win for us, Leeds played well and were well in the game but we turned our chances into tries.

[CiderWire]

The best team won. That is all.

[Chrispmartha]

Think that was easily the best two sides on show today, I thought saints and Wigan were both dire to be honest

[moorside roughyed]

Nice win Wire. Well done boys .

[Ullman]

1 hour ago, StandOffHalf said:

Sky joking about the Lisone forearm into the throat by looking at a miked-up Josh Warrington and saying that he knows a good punch when he sees it is a pretty bad look.

Didn't have a clue who he was but all of that stuff was cringeworthy.