Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 11:44 am  

Sweaty Betty's wrote:

Field nearly did late in the game

He nearly did, didn't he. I was sure that he was away there, but it must have been a last ditch effort to stop him.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 11:47 am  

Phuzzy wrote:

Spot on NK. It's exciting to see Field ripping teams apart but I absolutely love it when win win when he's kept quiet! We're a one man team according to many Saints fans. They've been fretting all week about Field stealing a close game in the last minutes only for Marshy to do it instead. Priceless!

I walked back in to St Helens on Good Friday, over the motorway bridge crammed full of gloating Saints fans and the overwhelming majority of the comments were ‘they’re a one man team’ and one guy kept repeating ‘give it to Jai, give it to Jai’ in his comedy Scouse accent. Mentally I think I went back to that bridge at full time yesterday and jeez it felt good

Just watched the two clowns on RedVee TV on YouTube. Apparently Dwayne Chambers could do what Fields doing Also we were battered for all but 14 seconds of that second half. Worth 8 minutes of any Wigan fans time just for comedy value.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 11:57 am  

Katrina wrote:

No I didn't. I was responding to posts already made about him. I didn't come on here thinking 'I'm going to criticise Field'. I didn't think he had a bad game, just pointing out that up against teams that defend well, then the threat he poses is nullified. Is he a perfect player? No. Does he have weaknesses? Yes. Do I enjoy seeing him play? Of course I do. Would I want him playing against us? Would I f**k! However, whether you like to admit it or not, his biggest asset IS his speed. That doesn't mean he's a bad player. Some Wigan fans get their knickers in a right old twist when opposition fans point it out, including you by the looks of it, and I don't understand why.

The nature of a big game will always lead to less space and less chances in fairness to Field. It was very much the same in a lot of finals/semi finals for Sam Tomkins in his pomp. He could get 3 or 4 try’s, make numerous breaks etc the week before a Saints game or a semi but in that big game space drys up and then you influence the game by just the odd moment here and there. He made a huge tackle on Hurrell and very nearly got away late in the game. Those were two big moments and ultimately that’s how big games tend to go. He’ll probably only get a couple of those moments in the final as well but as you’ve said before, he’s some weapon to have and he is giving us a sniff in every game we play. We can’t underestimate how nervous opposition teams are of him as well. That in itself opens up space for others.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 11:57 am  

Re Field - like most things there's probably a middle ground. No player is perfect and all will do good things and bad things in a game/season. Huge running threat, he definitely has a pass in him and clearly a capable defender - like most he has more improvement and consistency in him. Great tackles on Hurrell/Lussick for example, not so great with the effort on Roby and in defending one or two high kicks.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 12:02 pm  

Porterjoh wrote:

100%. Child(?) was a disgrace yesterday.

Well, I went to a game yesterday for the first time in a while. I'm disabled and was extremely anxious about going. Massive shoutouts have to go to the three fellow Wigan fans who shared a cab from the station with me and got me assistance at the ground when I was about to try and tackle it on my own. Rugby League and its fans are the absolute best.

Also, unbelievable from the Elland Road staff. So helpful and friendly. Surprising in Yorkshire.

Game wise I thought bar a 15 minute second half meltdown we were excellent. It's so, so clear what Peet is trying to do here. And it seems to be working. Under Wane we would turn in some baffling performances in the league but when it mattered, win or lose, you knew we'd given our all. It was nice to see that return yesterday.

Also, Farrell's try. Fantastic.

Hope you enjoyed it and feel able to come to more games in the future.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 12:08 pm  

MadDogg wrote:

Re Field - like most things there's probably a middle ground. No player is perfect and all will do good things and bad things in a game/season. Huge running threat, he definitely has a pass in him and clearly a capable defender - like most he has more improvement and consistency in him. Great tackles on Hurrell/Lussick for example, not so great with the effort on Roby and in defending one or two high kicks.

I thought the challenges from saints in the air were far better than ours and saints team mates defended their full back better than us,

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 12:14 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I walked back in to St Helens on Good Friday, over the motorway bridge crammed full of gloating Saints fans and the overwhelming majority of the comments were ‘they’re a one man team’ and one guy kept repeating ‘give it to Jai, give it to Jai’ in his comedy Scouse accent. Mentally I think I went back to that bridge at full time yesterday and jeez it felt good

Just watched the two clowns on RedVee TV on YouTube. Apparently Dwayne Chambers could do what Fields doing Also we were battered for all but 14 seconds of that second half. Worth 8 minutes of any Wigan fans time just for comedy value.

Saints fans used to say similar about Offiah back in the day.

All he can do his run….

RedVee TV really is a treat, the guy (Kevin) was a complete mess.

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 12:16 pm  

Katrina wrote:

No I didn't. I was responding to posts already made about him. I didn't come on here thinking 'I'm going to criticise Field'. I didn't think he had a bad game, just pointing out that up against teams that defend well, then the threat he poses is nullified. Is he a perfect player? No. Does he have weaknesses? Yes. Do I enjoy seeing him play? Of course I do. Would I want him playing against us? Would I f**k! However, whether you like to admit it or not, his biggest asset IS his speed. That doesn't mean he's a bad player. Some Wigan fans get their knickers in a right old twist when opposition fans point it out, including you by the looks of it, and I don't understand why.

Look mate, I've no desire to fall out with you. You started your post with "I'll probably get shot down for this but .." (sic) and I shot you down. Surely you weren't taken by surprise? You say I'm getting my knickers in a twist for doing something you, yourself, expected to happen! How does that work?

Let me explain: I spend my hard earned to buy a season ticket and go to the games to support my team and enjoy the games. Unfortunately I have a 'resident moaner' sat just behind me who spends the whole game complaining. We could be winning 50 nil and he'd still find something to moan about. So when I see it on here too it boils my p!ss. This is the Challenge Cup thread. None of what you're criticising was relevant to that game. None of it happened. He didn't throw a bad pass or fail to sweep. The criticism was unnecessary.

As I say, I don't want to fall out so in the spirit of goodwill to all Wigan fans might I make a suggestion? I fully understand you have the right to have your say but could you perhaps do it on an appropriate thread? Maybe start your own if you like. But maybe leave the challenge cup one for those of us who want to celebrate or have comments relating to the actual game?

Cheers. And have a great weekend!

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 12:21 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I walked back in to St Helens on Good Friday, over the motorway bridge crammed full of gloating Saints fans and the overwhelming majority of the comments were ‘they’re a one man team’ and one guy kept repeating ‘give it to Jai, give it to Jai’ in his comedy Scouse accent. Mentally I think I went back to that bridge at full time yesterday and jeez it felt good

Just watched the two clowns on RedVee TV on YouTube. Apparently Dwayne Chambers could do what Fields doing Also we were battered for all but 14 seconds of that second half. Worth 8 minutes of any Wigan fans time just for comedy value.

Be surprised if he could even remember 14 seconds of that match, beyond me why you'd pay good money to go to a game just to get absolutely bladdered before kick off

Re: Team for Saints (CC) : Sun May 08, 2022 12:25 pm  

Leathered was the lad. I imagine he’s woke up this morning with the beer fear, hoping he did nowt daft and then he watches that! Ha ha.

He’s usually the more sensible one as well and even the other bloke seemed like he wondered what was going on.