Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:22 pm  

hengirl wrote:

I do wonder if they'll go after Bibby if they can keep hold of Leutele to be honest I don't think they will

Bobby has already signed for them.

Re: Leeds (A) : Fri Jul 22, 2022 5:54 pm  

jonh wrote:

Agree with this.

Isa has been a great servant to Wigan however he is unable to consistently perform to a good standard, age and the brutality with which he has played over the years is catching up with him.

I personally have been a big advocate of him getting games over Halsall however I now think it’s time to give youth a chance.

I have absolutely no inside information on this it’s just a total hunch but given Huddersfield have just signed Naiqama I wouldn’t be surprised to see us making a move to potentially pair up Leutele and Wardle at Wigan which may see Isa retire/move on despite having another year on his contract.

Isa seems to have a bad game every week, like Clubb did, like Burgess (both) but for some reason they are un-droppable. Sean O'Loughlin towards the end had quite a few bad games, Handling errors and high tackles and it was clear he was slowing down but with Lockers, you knew damn well he wouldn't have a bad game the week after and he had more than earn't the right to have the odd bad game. Powell to me is different though. He infuriates me to watch but it might not be entirely his fault. There was a season under Lam (can't remember which) and he decided to throw his usual game out of the window. He was scooting, he was charging at the line and he was throwing long passes and he was brilliant. That's what infuriates me, he has it in his locker so why doesn't he play like that all the time? He get's it from dummy half and throws a 5 yard pass and that's him done in terms of attacking. It can't be the coach (can it?) surely because O'Neill was the polar opposite when he got a run and was exciting to watch, now Partington has took his place in the side who can't make a yard. Saints have had the best 2 hookers in Super League since it's inception and both of them play the way they want. Cunningham and Roby both brilliant in their own way. Roby for me is much better than Cunningham was, not to say Cunningham wasn't good because he was outstanding in his own right but Roby, even now strikes fear into the opposition defence and will tackle you for 80 mins. Just let the shackles off Powell and make him play like a hooker should play, there needs to be some invention in the opposition 20. Other sides must know as soon as he gets the ball a flat pass is going either to the left or the right and Farrell or Bateman will be running onto it. Mix it up a bit.

Re: Leeds (A) : Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:17 am  

fleabag wrote:

Far, far too many errors. Very poor tonight.

And that try between the legs, how on earth was that allowed ?

Your penalised for obstruction, but THAT was allowed ? Even Leeds fans are querying that decision .

Anybody with any Knowledge of RL will be querying that decision, its unbelievable that 2 SL officials thought that was a try, even as a fan who's team benefited from it, its disturbing to see, between officiating and the Disciplinary, they're ruining our game.

The 'late' hit on Oledzki was another, absolutely bonkers decision, the Wigan player barley grazed him with his hand.

Games fu*ked if something dosnt change quickly

Re: Leeds (A) : Sat Jul 23, 2022 7:44 am  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Anybody with any Knowledge of RL will be querying that decision, its unbelievable that 2 SL officials thought that was a try, even as a fan who's team benefited from it, its disturbing to see, between officiating and the Disciplinary, they're ruining our game.

The 'late' hit on Oledzki was another, absolutely bonkers decision, the Wigan player barley grazed him with his hand.

Games fu*ked if something dosnt change quickly

Yellow cards for pushing each other in the game last night as well.

In terms of officiating the season can’t end soon enough. It’s been the worst I’ve ever seen and they need a sit down with people around the game and a reset in time for 2023.

Re: Leeds (A) : Sat Jul 23, 2022 9:56 am  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Anybody with any Knowledge of RL will be querying that decision, its unbelievable that 2 SL officials thought that was a try, even as a fan who's team benefited from it, its disturbing to see, between officiating and the Disciplinary, they're ruining our game.

The 'late' hit on Oledzki was another, absolutely bonkers decision, the Wigan player barley grazed him with his hand.

Games fu*ked if something dosnt change quickly

Add to that the "tip" tackle by French!!

It'll be interesting to see the referees appointments for next weekend?

Re: Leeds (A) : Sat Jul 23, 2022 4:04 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

The centre position needs urgent attention. I look at Huddersfield and for 2023 it’s likely they’ll have 3 or 4 senior centres in their squad from a list of Cudjoe, Leutele, Wardle, King, Naiqama and Bibby. As things stand for 2023 we have Thornley and that’s it (plus Halsall but I’m referring to senior options). We need at least one centre for next season and ideally two (certainly if Halsall continues to be overlooked). I must admit last night put a pin in my preference of going for Thompson at the expense of other signings. We have to fix up the issues at centre first before looking at anything else.

I've heard the growing rumour about Thompson too and like yourself for me the lack of any quality centres (Halsall hopefully longer term) is quite stark and needs addressing with some urgency.
Maybe if the Thompson one is true Mago or Ellis may be returning home after the current season?

Re: Leeds (A) : Sat Jul 23, 2022 11:20 pm  

mattsrhinos1978 wrote:

Anybody with any Knowledge of RL will be querying that decision, its unbelievable that 2 SL officials thought that was a try, even as a fan who's team benefited from it, its disturbing to see, between officiating and the Disciplinary, they're ruining our game.

The 'late' hit on Oledzki was another, absolutely bonkers decision, the Wigan player barley grazed him with his hand.

Games fu*ked if something dosnt change quickly

Yes.

Re: Leeds (A) : Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:33 am  

FearTheVee wrote:

That VR call is the most blatantly incorrect decision I can remember.

What on earth is going on with officiating this season, absolutely shambolic.

Worse than Grace’s 'Try' against Leeds?

I didn’t think so

Re: Leeds (A) : Sun Jul 24, 2022 7:44 am  

Swoggy Loiner wrote:

Worse than Grace’s 'Try' against Leeds?

I didn’t think so

2 wrongs dont make a right,if it is wrong it is wrong.

Re: Leeds (A) : Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:41 am  

NickyKiss wrote:

Yellow cards for pushing each other in the game last night as well.

In terms of officiating the season can’t end soon enough. It’s been the worst I’ve ever seen and they need a sit down with people around the game and a reset in time for 2023.

It’s much better officiating in the NRL but Christ Wests have been badly done to today. Absolutely horrific decision by the bunker after a captains challenge that took place when there was no stoppage.