Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 2:11 pm  

WarriorWithin wrote:

Fantastic game between,IMO, the best two teams in the league.

And what a player you have in Kallum Watkins. Absolutely brilliant player!

Agree.....in my many years of watching RL he is a sheer joy to watch: he needs so little space to produce something (he just needs quick ball; not something he gets a lot of).

I agree it was a cracking game: didn't even realise there was only the one score in the second half after it being so absorbing. Proves a try fest is not necessary for good entertainment.

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 2:19 pm  

If you thought your forwards bossed ours, I'm not sure which game you were watching. Stats or no stats

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 2:36 pm  

Tony Soprano wrote:

Who would you change in the squad Andy?

In terms of for the rest of this season, or looking further ahead?

At the moment, options are limited by the long term injuries to Peacock and Ablett.

Delaney will obviously come back in, for me in place of Clarkson. McShane needs to start. If Burrow is going to be in the side it's either ahead of McGuire or on the bench.

Sutclifffe, whether he is named at six or thirteen, needs to be given some responsibility to play as a pivot rather than just a runner.

Moore comes back from Hunslet and comes in to replace Bailey.

Longer term, look to bring in an organising scrum half. Somebody in the Dureau/Dobson mould. Sutcliffe starts at stand-off, Sinfield goes to 13 and defends in the middle. Burrow operates as an interchange hooker.

Also need to find a front-rower with an offload game. With Peacock out of the side and maybe only doing one more year there's nobody (Moore apart) who can knock people out of the way and create a second phase of play.

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 3:00 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

Wigan were there for the taking last night.

They weren't their usual fluent self in attack, the half backs didn't fire and the forwards struggled to impose themselves. Defensively they made some poor reads and the line speed wasn't up to their usual standards.

Could it not be said that we didn't let them be their usual fluent self in attack, or let their forwards impose themselves?

Andy Gilder wrote:

Expect little from next Friday, then a couple of big wins over whipping boys to paper over the cracks.

Why do you expect little from Friday? I think there's enough to suggest we stand a pretty good chance if we play anything like that again?

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 3:11 pm  

A-Fire-Inside wrote:

Why do you expect little from Friday? I think there's enough to suggest we stand a pretty good chance if we play anything like that again?

Hull will be buoyed by that win on Saturday, deserved or not. They're much improved from the opening night side that got rolled so easily at Headingley, and have some real threats on the edges who can take advantage of Leeds shaky defending.

I reckon they'll pick up a narrow home win on Friday.

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 3:39 pm  

Without the cameras there yesterday the Maguire try stands and we win the game as Silverwood should really have called it at the time plus it didn't have any bearing on the actual play. We gave Wigan the game with the errors made by Bailey, JJB and Sinny all cost us 14 points without those errors again we win the game. To say they were better than us is ridiculous they are without doubt and excellent side and the form team at the moment but and side would flourish with gift wrapped points that keep their score ticking over......if we cut out the errors we'll be there or there abouts at the end of the season

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 4:10 pm  

ROCHDALERHINO wrote:

We gave Wigan the game with the errors made by Bailey, JJB and Sinny all cost us 14 points without those errors again we win the game.

How did those three errors cost Leeds 14 points and if Leeds are allowed to be error free in this hypothetical game you're playing do Wigan get the same luxury?

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 4:16 pm  

One of the Bailey ones certainly cost Leeds two points.

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 4:20 pm  

Andy Gilder wrote:

One of the Bailey ones certainly cost Leeds two points.

His knock on when he was trying to milk a penalty led to a try. Then the needless push on Tomkins led to a pen.

Re: Wigan v Leeds | Sunday 26th May | Etihad Stadium | 7:30p : Mon May 27, 2013 4:22 pm  

Fieldheadrhino wrote:

I think Brian McDermott summed it up perfectly. "Whoever pressed the button understands the rules but probably doesn't understand the game."

That's just a slightly more composed dummy spit really though, isn't it? He didn't like the decision, even though it was the right one, so he's having a whinge in a way that he thinks doesn't make him look like he's having a whinge.