Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:19 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

Kick is irrelevant in context, game was already done. Escare forward was cancelled out by the bosc one which should have stood earlier.

But it shouldn't. It was a knock on. A blatant knock on. I don't understand why the sky "commentary" kept going on about it ... Any other day and no one would of blinked an eyelid. Same with the Percival "forward pass" that never was. He was fortunately for all judging it, next to a line, he passed it on the line, and Makinson caught it behind the line. Stevo summed it up "oh ... Duport did get a hand to that ... Sadly" - people are claiming "the rfl decided who they wanted to win before the match" but the Sky team decided earlier!

Now, that's not to say the ref had a good game in any way. He was dire. And yes, some decisions did go saints way. Makinson had a foot in touch when chasing back at one point. And I think we lost the ball in the tackle once that we got away with. But Catalans got as many, and had in addition the luxury of making a cup of tea every tackle they were so slow. Oh, and Pelissier made 2 spears that went beyond the horizontal (the one in the middle was fine iirc)

Anyway. Irrelevant or not, kind of disproves the saints got ALL the calls.

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:43 pm  

Excellent. Keep writing us off.

We have nothing to lose next week. It's a one off game where anything can happen.

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:46 pm  

Magic Superbeetle wrote:

But it shouldn't. It was a knock on. A blatant knock on.

Saints in the second half was a far more blatant knock on and it was allowed.

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:51 pm  

Albion wrote:

Excellent. Keep writing us off.

We have nothing to lose next week. It's a one off game where anything can happen.

It's really not though. We are probably the biggest outsiders ever going into the Grand Final, I'd have us as less likely to win than the likes of Hull were when they got to the Final. It would take something truly amazing to happen for us to win at OT.

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:53 pm  

Albion wrote:

Excellent. Keep writing us off.

It's funny because just a few weeks ago it was saints fans saying all this. It was saints fans writing off your own chances. No chance. But nothing has really changed. If you'd said to most saints fans then, despite your apparent dire straits, your route to the grand final will be a knackered Cas team at home, a week off, then a knackered catalans team at home, you would have all fancied your chances then, when apparently all was lost.

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:57 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

Kick is irrelevant in context, game was already done. Escare forward was cancelled out by the bosc one which should have stood earlier.

No once again another who buys into the SKy mantra.

The ref blew the whistle way before Escare even ran at the line. The Saints players stopped a good 5 seconds before the ball was in a position to be over the line. Had the ref not blown then the Saints players would have played to the Whilst meaning Escare would not have had a free run at a ball no one was playing at.

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:14 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

It's funny because just a few weeks ago it was saints fans saying all this. It was saints fans writing off your own chances. No chance. But nothing has really changed. If you'd said to most saints fans then, despite your apparent dire straits, your route to the grand final will be a knackered Cas team at home, a week off, then a knackered catalans team at home, you would have all fancied your chances then, when apparently all was lost.

keep trolling here and you'll be gone for good

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:17 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

It's funny because just a few weeks ago it was saints fans saying all this. It was saints fans writing off your own chances. No chance. But nothing has really changed. If you'd said to most saints fans then, despite your apparent dire straits, your route to the grand final will be a knackered Cas team at home, a week off, then a knackered catalans team at home, you would have all fancied your chances then, when apparently all was lost.

I don't see the issue. I don't think we have a chance next week but we are now there. We have nothing to lose.

In terms of your comments about who we have played. If Leeds finished top you'd have had the nice run in. One of the benefits of winning the LLS.

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:25 pm  

Some right miserable sods here!! We've a chance of winning the Grand Final, even getting there is fantastic. Cheer up!

Re: In the words of Chris Joynt in the 99 Grand Final.... : Thu Oct 02, 2014 11:40 pm  

FlexWheeler wrote:

It's funny because just a few weeks ago it was saints fans saying all this. It was saints fans writing off your own chances. No chance. But nothing has really changed. If you'd said to most saints fans then, despite your apparent dire straits, your route to the grand final will be a knackered Cas team at home, a week off, then a knackered catalans team at home, you would have all fancied your chances then, when apparently all was lost.

Won a Challenge cup have we

See you at Old Trafford - the best backline in the world of Rugby league apparantly Leeds

We've not won it for a while but THIS club despite injuries, suspension, disruption etc... does not finish the season in 7th place!