Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:42 am  

wrencat1873 wrote:

A game that went very much to script.
Tight, aggressive, few scoring chances and a Wigan win, which they deserved.
Hill was immense for Wire and is unlucky to be on the losing side and the game was won with the bit of extra quality that Wigan had in the halves (plus Tomkins & O'loughlin).
Warringtons halves were very, very poor and they looked a little clueless in Wigan's 20.

The best team won.

Our halves have been like that all season. Our back row is very poor as well. All they do is plod into the defensive line. That’s five places in a 13 man team that Wire have been very poor in all season (which is why we’ve signed three new back rowers for next season even with Currie to come back) yet we were the ones who finished 4th and got to two finals... same in 2016, (probably have a better squad now than we did then) yet we won the LLS and got to both finals then as well!

What the hell is the rest of this league doing?! It really is alarming that we can be getting so far with this side!

Yes, there are some top class players in there but everyone [/most] have some top class players.

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:33 am  

ThePrinter wrote:

Last 12 Grand Finals

Wigan & Leeds = 11

Everyone else = 1

...and the last years of the Stones Bitter Championship from 1987 to 1996 reads Wigan 8 & Widnes 2, has the game regressed?

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:35 am  

Mash Butty wrote:

No he doesn't I've just seen the replay

Unless Tomkins suddenly develops the ability to levitate, yes he does.

There’s no reason for him to go down on to his knees. That he does shows his intentions.

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:48 am  

Him wrote:

Unless Tomkins suddenly develops the ability to levitate, yes he does.

There’s no reason for him to go down on to his knees. That he does shows his intentions.

Charnley dove in the corner and Williams did a soft leap over him and slid down the shallow embankment, Tomkins slides parallel to Charnley but doesn't touch him or go anywhere near him, they go to ground because the embankments are shallow at OT. I suggest you watch it again, but this time watch it without your anti Wigan glasses

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:56 am  

Lebron James wrote:

Records have been broken tonight. Warrington are the first club in history to lose both finals in the same season twice.

Regards

King James

You're funny!
You've lost both semi finals! Are you saying you'd rather lose 2 semis than 2 finals?

Did you watch the game in the Lake District, or do you just stay up there when saints play their important games?

[Durham Giant]

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:29 am  

Gazwire wrote:

You're funny!
You've lost both semi finals! Are you saying you'd rather lose 2 semis than 2 finals?

Did you watch the game in the Lake District, or do you just stay up there when saints play their important games?

That is a strange one I Guess it is all about expectation and how you experience a final.

I remember our loss to wire at Wembley as being one of my worst RL experiences since following Huddersfield. I have seen us lose by 80 points but never felt as deflated as that day at Wembley .

At the end of the day I am a bit like Roy Keane and how he felt about winning. Their is only one winner and lots of losers. Losing in the first round the semi or the finals still makes you a loser. Only winning matters.

The advantage of being a loser in the first round is that you save money before you are a loser in the final.

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:31 am  

Mash Butty wrote:

Charnley dove in the corner and Williams did a soft leap over him and slid down the shallow embankment, Tomkins slides parallel to Charnley but doesn't touch him or go anywhere near him, they go to ground because the embankments are shallow at OT. I suggest you watch it again, but this time watch it without your anti Wigan glasses

You’re right, I got Tomkins and Williams mixed up. However Williams didn’t leap over him at all.

What reason did Williams go down onto his knees for? All he had to do was slow down and step to his right.

The only reason for going onto his knees is to go into the attackers legs with his knees. It’s a tactic used by many defenders across many clubs.

Anti-Wigan glasses?

Having said that Wigan were extraordinary in that game I thought. Warrington never looked like getting through. Some will say that’s Warrington playing poorly however I think it has far more to do with Wigan strangling the life out of them.

Good game I thought.

Don’t be daft.

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:32 am  

Him wrote:

Unless Tomkins suddenly develops the ability to levitate, yes he does.

There’s no reason for him to go down on to his knees. That he does shows his intentions.

Nowhere near! For intent see Liam Farrell in the 2015 GF.

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 10:35 am  

Gazwire wrote:

You're funny!
You've lost both semi finals! Are you saying you'd rather lose 2 semis than 2 finals?

Did you watch the game in the Lake District, or do you just stay up there when saints play their important games?

Speaking from experience losing in big finals is much harder to take than losing in semi finals. Wire are fully badged up now as "serious Chokers" with 4 grand final losses and two big final losses in the same season on 2 occasions.

Most teams really struggle to put 2 or 3 big games together in wins and Wire are definitely one of them. Have they lost something like 8 from 11 from the other top 3 teams this year.

However you can rest with the thought that the more Grand Finals you lose the closer you will get to winning one, Wire fans just need to stop predicting its going to happen on an annual basis.

Re: GAME ON : Warrington Wolves v Wigan Warriors - 18:00:00 : Sun Oct 14, 2018 11:03 am  

Judder Man wrote:

Speaking from experience losing in big finals is much harder to take than losing in semi finals. Wire are fully badged up now as "serious Chokers" with 4 grand final losses and two big final losses in the same season on 2 occasions.

Most teams really struggle to put 2 or 3 big games together in wins and Wire are definitely one of them. Have they lost something like 8 from 11 from the other top 3 teams this year.

However you can rest with the thought that the more Grand Finals you lose the closer you will get to winning one, Wire fans just need to stop predicting its going to happen on an annual basis.

Warrington fans predicting that were going to win SL on an annual basis, JM, where do you get that from? There's no basis for us to do it, other than a Rubber Duckie wind up. It seems more to do with Eddie Hemmings who brings up the phrase "will it finally be their year" at least half a dozens times in the matches we feature in on Sky. You can call us guilty for believing that we'll win it one day, but accusing us of a prediction of us winning SL year on year is just plain daft.