Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 7:54 am  

saintcj wrote:

its early in the season so season is not a write off.
To be honest the fact saints are winning games at the moment does not show up well for super league.
There was a time I genuinly thought the super league was not that far off from NRL. obviously their salary cap has soon taken care of that.

I think our comp has evened out now with the "top 4" dropping into the pack, there is lots of time wasting in super league these days which means lack of intensity for long periods. Look at Cas last night taking forever to drop out under the posts, both teams have a bit of a conference when they get a field penalty and scrums are mini " lunch breaks".
Interesting that the top 4 league positions currently are from clubs this side of the pennines.

Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:16 am  

Glad someone else agrees with the mini lunch breaks at scrums, to the non rugby league die hard it is a complete switch off, time wasting at drop outs etc are slowing the game down, but so many top sides this season seem to have lost form?

Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 10:51 am  

What were Tasi's stats last night? At the rate he's progressing I reckoned he'd be in negative yardage by this game.

Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:02 am  

Mugwump wrote:

What were Tasi's stats last night? At the rate he's progressing I reckoned he'd be in negative yardage by this game.

Its the opposite, he's being making increased yardage on every game. Thought he put in a reasonable shift last night as did most of our pack.

Tasi made 80metres its LMS who is losing the yardage game.

Tasi..........46,61,70,81 (Error free) LMS.........91,56,60,57 (2 errors)

Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 1:16 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Glad someone else agrees with the mini lunch breaks at scrums, to the non rugby league die hard it is a complete switch off, time wasting at drop outs etc are slowing the game down, but so many top sides this season seem to have lost form?

Cas was a joke last night with wasting time. Luke Gale was calling a time out at every scrum, drop outs and penalties.

Luke Walsh is same when kicking for kicking for goal. He takes ages to kick the goal.

Refs need to clamp down on this as it's getting like NFL

Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:45 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

Its the opposite, he's being making increased yardage on every game. Thought he put in a reasonable shift last night as did most of our pack.

Tasi made 80metres its LMS who is losing the yardage game.

Tasi..........46,61,70,81 (Error free) LMS.........91,56,60,57 (2 errors)

LMS' errors can be annoying. But his ability to up the tempo and stamp his authority on the game more than makes up for it, IMO.

His second-half performance against Hull KR was one of the reasons we won. You need forwards who are prepared to make themselves a target so other guys can find space to work.

Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:02 pm  

The win against hull kr was all about Roby.
Lms impact was like a fart in the wind.

I like Lms but he's hardly an impact prop.

Re: What's going on? : Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:58 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

The win against hull kr was all about Roby.
Lms impact was like a fart in the wind.

I like Lms but he's hardly an impact prop.

Plenty of impact against Hull KR. Usually winds up the Wiganers no end, too.

Wears his heart on his sleeve and despite his propensity for spectacular self-destructs he gets in my team every week.

Re: What's going on? : Sun Mar 06, 2016 1:52 am  

St pete wrote:

Cas was a joke last night with wasting time. Luke Gale was calling a time out at every scrum, drop outs and penalties.

Luke Walsh is same when kicking for kicking for goal. He takes ages to kick the goal.

Refs need to clamp down on this as it's getting like NFL

Haven't they brought in something like this in the NRL already? To get them taking kicks quicker, or am I completely wrong?

Re: What's going on? : Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:46 pm  

SecondRowSaint wrote:

Haven't they brought in something like this in the NRL already? To get them taking kicks quicker, or am I completely wrong?

Not sure mate but Friday was a joke. It's worse when your bored out your mind watching our one up rugby as your there longer