Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:24 am  

Great day out yesterday regardless of the result. Train there and back was fantastic in comparison to coach trips I have done in the past.

Watched it back this morning. Why was Sandow up against there 6ft plus backs when they put in high kicks? For the first try he made a poor attempt to defend the kick, take a look at the look Atkins gives him, says it all.
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For the second he should have anticipated the play better and dealt with the knock down ie smash Sneyd.

Appreciate it was a red hot day yesterday but we need get sandow a lot fitter than he currently is.

All day long Danny Houghton was mom. Joke he didn't get awarded it. Great all round player.

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:41 am  

[quote="Bigboff"]So enjoyable after being robbed by you lot last week,well done Hull!
Also happy about Clarks second loses medalGET A LIFE SAD MAN

[Winslade's Offload]

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:51 am  

Builth Wells Wire wrote:

All credit to Toby King. He played well & didn't let us down. It was a pity that Ryan Atkins wasn't up to his excellent standard. The game turned when Gidley went off the field.

There were a few people who felt Toby King weakened the team, but his defensive work was excellent. Considering he only turned 20 last month and had played only 17 senior games, I thought he played pretty well. I think both Ben Currie and King have both made their debuts at age 18 and if we think back to what Currie was like in his first couple of years then there is reason to hope King can be a long term solution at centre. At U19 level and with more time and space you get to see his ball handling skills and footwork. He has got the natural ability, lets just hope he can adapt to the standard of play.

I would agree we missed Gidley when he went off - the team seemed rudderless and it lost those cohesive attacks. Everyone sees the game differently, but for me the turning point was Gidley missing that easy penalty, and almost immediately Ratchford knocking the ball on when carrying it one handed. Up to that point you could see some of the belief draining away from Hull and whilst I am sure they would have never given up, I am convinced we would have won it.

If Currie had kept hold of the ball as he slid over the Hull line in the last minutes, who would have won the Lance Todd ?

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:11 pm  

I felt that at 10-0 up we needed another try and Hulls heads would start to drop. It didn't happen and Hull produced a magnificent fight back. Could look at Gidley going off or Currie losing the ball as reasons for losing, but that would be churlish, Hull were magnificent and over the full 80 minutes deserved their win.
He improved considerably in the second half, but how the hell did Sneyd get MotM?
Having now walked out of both Wembley and Old Trafford as a loser in recent years, I would take a Wembley defeat every day of the week compared to the total dejection of losing the Grand Final.
It won't, probably by the rules can't, happen, but having guaranteed a top four finish already I would give every one of those seventeen next week off and send the kids to France if necessary.

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:18 pm  

Winslade's Offload wrote:

If Currie had kept hold of the ball as he slid over the Hull line in the last minutes, who would have won the Lance Todd ?

Danny Houghton all day for me. Although it's a good question whether a late Currie try would have changed the voting etc.

Will hold up my hands been critical of both King brothers of late but yesterday they massively took the opportunity and justified the faith Tony Smith has put in them both.

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:46 pm  

Just watched game again and got to say Tony Smith is a class act. Always honest after a match win or lose. Shaun Wane needs to take a massive leaf out of his book on how a head coach sets the bar for the players staff and fans.Thought your fans were olso very good.All the best and hopefully see you at old Trafford. If you win that one I wouldn't begrudge you as yesterday was the one we craved.I can die happy now

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 1:08 pm  

Thank you to all Wire fans for showing such magnanimity and class in defeat. You should be immensely proud of your team. Obviously I would love to do the double but if not I would like your team to win it.

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 1:13 pm  

Defensively we were superb. Hull really struggled to break us down. I just wish we had a specialist winger in our squad who can catch high kicks for fun, then we would have held on to our lead.

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 1:19 pm  

Moe syslak wrote:

Defensively we were superb. Hull really struggled to break us down. I just wish we had a specialist winger in our squad who can catch high kicks for fun, then we would have held on to our lead.

I wonder who could do that???????

GET HIM PLAYING

Re: Today's game. : Sun Aug 28, 2016 1:20 pm  

All of your fans that I met yesterday were absolute class and we all made it in to a great final. I have 2 friends that are the least interested in Rugby you can imagine - they watched every minute yesterday, on the edge of their seat for the last 20.

If we don't get to the GF but you do I will be a Wire for the day.