Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 12:42 am  

Kirk Dixon is, and never was, a centre. He is a winger - although we certainly don't play to his strengths. A few years back we used him on the wing and kept putting up high bombs to the corner. More often than not Dixon would climb and get the ball. I remember one in the stuffing against Hull at Wheldon Rd. How many times do you see us employ that tactic now? Rarely - think we used it a couple today but most were up in the air into the ingoal.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 7:03 am  

Both teams tried there damnedest to lose this one and cas tried fractionally the harder. A thoroughly entertaining game though none the less, which is what the game of RL used to be about.
The Hull derby was the same, arguably a "bit" more skillfull but also very entertaining.
Can someone tell me where the entertainment went in game 2???

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 8:39 am  

with regard to kirk dixon, a guideline i employ is ....if he was released by cas today with no fee attached how many super league clubs would show an interest ?
widnes possibly, wakefield maybe before signing sykes but no one else.
so if no good to other teams why cas?

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Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 9:41 am  

I think both sides need a bit more credit, there was very little shade and it was red hot.
Yet they still managed to play in an entertaining game.

2 poor sides granted but they both worked very hard.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 10:45 am  

kinleycat wrote:

Both teams tried there damnedest to lose this one and cas tried fractionally the harder. A thoroughly entertaining game though none the less, which is what the game of RL used to be about.
The Hull derby was the same, arguably a "bit" more skillfull but also very entertaining.
Can someone tell me where the entertainment went in game 2???

What do they expect when they promote a team that finished 6th in the championship

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 1:59 pm  

El Rey wrote:

Two poor sides and some strange calls from the ref and VR, not a great advert for the game.

Very rare but I don't agree, hugely entertaining game, reasonable skill levels and commitment - oh well.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 2:19 pm  

gingdong wrote:

What do they expect when they promote a team that finished 6th in the championship

TBF to widnes, they were on a hiding to nothing in this game, and I would imagine their side bore little resemblance to that that finished sixth in the championship, I may be wrong.
Someone posted somewhere it ought to be 1v2, 3v4.........etc, rather than derby games, I think this makes sense, either that or scrap the whole shabang!!
It will be interesting to see how many attended the weekend.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 2:21 pm  

kinleycat wrote:

It will be interesting to see how many attended the weekend.

Wouldn't be shocked if it comes out less than the combined individual attendances of the derbies when played in the teams actual stadia.

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 2:25 pm  

Gronk! wrote:

Wouldn't be shocked if it comes out less than the combined individual attendances of the derbies when played in the teams actual stadia.

I would imagine this to be the case, although some creative accounting may prevail!!

Re: oooooooooooooh so close : Sun May 27, 2012 2:35 pm  

Maybe so, but a brilliant day out and much more fun than just another home game. Especially as the only other trips out for us cellar dwellers are London and France, which can both be v expensive.