Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:10 pm  

Tez the Saint wrote:

Why on earth were you posting on here then? Could have got behind them rather than looking on forums.

Still, each to their own.

It's not hard these days to post on smart phones when stoppages in the game. I don't see what the big deal is letting people who can't make it what's going on?

Do you never use your phone at all at games? It's 2014 mate not 1980.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:10 pm  

Tez the Saint wrote:

we had our best back-rower playing the majority of the game at centre [SNIP].

Our best backrow forward MANU is out injured.
He makes more tackle busts, more metres and more metres per carry than Soliola, while also having a higher tackle completion percentage 94% compared to 91% for Soliola.

Soliola is an impact bench forward, and a good one at that as he livens things up with a big hit or a couple of strong runs, however he lacks the all round game consistency to be a starting back rower imo.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:13 pm  

The Chair Maker wrote:

Tommy Mak scored one of his super mak trys and got injured in the process. Spent the rest of match limping.

I've said for some time that he is an accident waiting to happen. I know he looks sensational and has the commentary team in raptures but I'm not convinced he has to score every try in a horizontal position. At that speed, it would only take a badly executed tackle to cause serious injury!

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:21 pm  

Pie and Proud wrote:

I've said for some time that he is an accident waiting to happen. I know he looks sensational and has the commentary team in raptures but I'm not convinced he has to score every try in a horizontal position. At that speed, it would only take a badly executed tackle to cause serious injury!

Jog on you clown. He doesn't put himself in those positions for the sake of it. If he didn't need to do it then he wouldn't.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:26 pm  

I still think the loss today would have been more palatable with a decent performance on Friday.

I've only seen Savalio once and today he seemed better. Could it be that he could nab a shirt off LMS?

Whilst a loss is never great, I'm sure brown will have taken a few things out of today.

I do think Sia has been having a few off weeks, not sure if it's a dip in form or his mind elsewhere with Brown bringing up the NRL.

I do like Brown but he does seem to do crazy things at times.
Whilst in theoretical hindsight it would have been better to reverse the squads this weekend. Putting out that side in front of a sell out Langtree would have had cry's of horror from fans, SKY and probably the chairman as it's one thing to lose, quite another to throw a sellout clash.

We had to put our 'best attempt' against Wigan. Although I still reckon Brown has held some players Amor and Swift back as a precaution. They may not have won us the match, but they would have made a difference, but may then not have been fit for Leeds.

It's about squad management. We go full tilt at Leeds then have 2 weeks to recover any injuries.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:42 pm  

St pete wrote:

Do you never use your phone at all at games? It's 2014 mate not 1980.

I hope you never somehow find yourself sat in the home stand at Huddersfield with your smartphone mate, you'd end up getting burned as a witch.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:44 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I still think the loss today would have been more palatable with a decent performance on Friday.

I've only seen Savalio once and today he seemed better. Could it be that he could nab a shirt off LMS?

Whilst a loss is never great, I'm sure brown will have taken a few things out of today.

I do think Sia has been having a few off weeks, not sure if it's a dip in form or his mind elsewhere with Brown bringing up the NRL.

I do like Brown but he does seem to do crazy things at times.
Whilst in theoretical hindsight it would have been better to reverse the squads this weekend. Putting out that side in front of a sell out Langtree would have had cry's of horror from fans, SKY and probably the chairman as it's one thing to lose, quite another to throw a sellout clash.

We had to put our 'best attempt' against Wigan. Although I still reckon Brown has held some players Amor and Swift back as a precaution. They may not have won us the match, but they would have made a difference, but may then not have been fit for Leeds.

It's about squad management. We go full tilt at Leeds then have 2 weeks to recover any injuries.

Sia got ripped apart on two occasions against Wigan which resulted in them scoring but Wigan always handle sia well. It's not the 1st time they have targeted him in defence as he shoots out the line and they always bash him up.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 6:46 pm  

I honestly think poor coaching cost us the game today. How we started with Wellens and Wilkin and switched Hohaia to full back is beyond me.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:11 pm  

I thought Savailio ( Spelling ) was your standout player today, he ran hard and straight and used his strength well and troubled us whenever he was on the pitch.

Masoe on the other hand looks like a player that you notice when he does something good, but his defence was shabby, he tires far too easily and seems to want to pick and choose when he wants to join in with his team mates. The new Iafeta Paleaaesina?

Neither team had their strongest team out, you were weak in the forwards and you got us on a day where we had the good sense to drop Danny Craven and play Grant Gore instead, a player who links very well in the attacking line.

In all the result was a fair one, your completion rate was poor and your wide defense was shocking, you showed flashes of quality but thats all it was.

A pick me up for us Vikings after the last two poor performances.

Re: Widnes Game thread : Mon Apr 21, 2014 7:28 pm  

TonyGee wrote:

I thought Savailio ( Spelling ) was your standout player today, he ran hard and straight and used his strength well and troubled us whenever he was on the pitch.

Masoe on the other hand looks like a player that you notice when he does something good, but his defence was shabby, he tires far too easily and seems to want to pick and choose when he wants to join in with his team mates. The new Iafeta Paleaaesina?

Neither team had their strongest team out, you were weak in the forwards and you got us on a day where we had the good sense to drop Danny Craven and play Grant Gore instead, a player who links very well in the attacking line.

In all the result was a fair one, your completion rate was poor and your wide defense was shocking, you showed flashes of quality but thats all it was.

A pick me up for us Vikings after the last two poor performances.

Fair post but maybe little harsh on Mose who played well today.


A few saints fans are missing the point that you lot had players out today which included your scrum half mellor. The saints team today IMHO was good enough to beat Widnes today.

I'd put money on Hohaia, makinson, jones, wello, Wilkin, Mose, Sia, Lms, Greenwood all being in our 19 next week and the likes of walker, wheeler and Saveilio pushing to be in there. So possible 12 of team out today could play next week.


So credit to Widnes who deserved your win.