: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:35 pm  

I agree, many of our players didn't have outstanding games but they were pretty solid today.

We lost it with silly little mistakes, the odd panic pass or one too many passes and dropped balls in scoring positions.

Fax should keep their heads up as Widnes showed they aren't anything special today. They probably played the best they could and barely limped over the line at the end. Fax could easily have won the game by half time with the wasted chances they had.

As for Ben, he looked gutted at the end. He's won enough games for this club not to be hounded for one mistake. Keep you head up and lets win the Grand Final. That's the best way of shutting up this gloaters.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:36 pm  

Cant watch it as our car doesnt have a t.v, il just sit back and think of how good ben black is handling the rugby ball when running alone to the line

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:38 pm  

Jiffy Davies wrote:

Cant watch it as our car doesnt have a t.v, il just sit back and think of how good ben black is handling the rugby ball when running alone to the line

Come on - no one on here actually believes you went to the game or your in a car with "mates".

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 4:43 pm  

Jiffy Davies wrote:

Cant watch it as our car doesnt have a t.v, il just sit back and think of how good ben black is handling the rugby ball when running alone to the line

You would be better served in sitting back in the car thinking "thank French Connection UK" because Ben Black does length of the field tries many, many times and you should thank "god", "allah", "Mohammed" and the Buddah that he chose to have his error today, or you would have been sat in the car crying.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:19 pm  

spanishbob wrote:

Where did we loose this?

We played poorly today. Widnes made very few mistakes - we made loads. They did the basics, we were lethargic and then panicky. Ref aside, they deserved their victory today. Will we have the character to come back and take the big trophy at the end of the season? I think so.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:20 pm  

Jiffy Davies spends half his time slagging off the Widnes team when the chips are down. He's not a true fan.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:21 pm  

littlerich wrote:

We played poorly today. Widnes made very few mistakes - we made loads. They did the basics, we were lethargic and then panicky. Ref aside, they deserved their victory today. Will we have the character to come back and take the big trophy at the end of the season? I think so.

Good to see some sense being talked on here for a change. You are absolutely right we just didnt take the chances we gave ourselves.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:22 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Jiffy Davies spends half his time slagging off the Widnes team when the chips are down. He's not a true fan.

now now i only do it when they deserve it

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:42 pm  

Ignoring the referee , who was poor.Just some early thoughts.
Give Widnes credit - the first half they were by far the better side;they tackled well,drove the ball in well and with their big men certainly made life difficult for us- they made few mistakes.Us , on the other hand , were poor -too many forced passes,drop ball etc; was that because of them or was it just an off day - i dont know.20-6 down after 50mins i thought game over, but we then started playing;moving the ball wide , great support play,everything stuck.Dont blame Ben, yes he should have scored but thats rugby.Other players missed tackles , passed poorly etc-alas , like a striker who misses an open goal, the game will be remembered for his mistake.Hes' won many games for us in the past and will win more in the future.
Well done Widnes overall you played well and in Thrackeray a quality player.

: Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:09 pm  

I think it's a myth that it was only Halifax that bombed good chances today. We were held up over the line a few times in the first half (didn't see who as it was t'other end of the field) Dodd knocked on with the line begging, Penny should have skinned the full back instead of dithering and Hall knocking on over the line and would have been a certain try. I think Halifax's indiscipline stemmed from the fact that they thought they would be playing the same Widnes side as earlier in the season. Widnes are far from the finished article but they are no longer the five drives and a kick merchants of a few months ago.