Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 1:23 pm  

How good does it feel to just think how sick some of those guys on Red Vee would’ve been as Marshall caught that ball? Imagine their faces and their reactions. It’s a feeling you’d love to bottle. Simply Lovely!

It was an amazing way to win a final. I wouldn’t be against a comfortable afternoon instead but you don’t get many moments like that Marshall try in Rugby League. Absolute chaos in that Wigan end!

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 2:06 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

It was an amazing way to win a final. I wouldn’t be against a comfortable afternoon instead but you don’t get many moments like that Marshall try in Rugby League. Absolute chaos in that Wigan end!

Great wasn't it. I ended up hugging a random guy and his son who were sat next to me. Funnily enough he had one of the old blue and white, long sleeve shirts that got done via this site (think it was Pemps who did them). Pandemonium in the end with beer flying around.

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 2:17 pm  

I was sat next to a guy watching his first RL game (was a Tottenham regular so decided to pop down). He left after 75 minutes. He'd surely have been converted to the sport for life being in the Wigan end if he stayed a few more minutes.

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 2:18 pm  

No idea how to upload an image on here but the picture of the chairman lifting the cup on the challenge cup twitter page is a good un. Chuffed for you Ian - congrats!

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 2:46 pm  

I have a good one,a friend (I call him a friend after the semi he prob wont call me that).
Him being a Stains fan went to London not to the game but to Harry Potter land and on his way back yesterday he pulled into a service station having some food with his misses and kid when walked in Halsall,he knows him so said hello and then the rest of the team walked in my "friend" said you couldnt make it up he has had a crap weekend and then the warriors walked in.his words .Halsall didnt let on that he was a St Helens fan .

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 3:10 pm  

I'm quite enjoying the meltdown from other fans about Smithies, Hudds being the better side, us being lucky etc.

All lends itself to reminding us that Wigan are back.

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 3:13 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

I'm quite enjoying the meltdown from other fans about Smithies, Hudds being the better side, us being lucky etc.

All lends itself to reminding us that Wigan are back.

Yup. It defies any reason which is a great indicator that we're on the right tracks.

In no way, shape or form were Hudds the better team on the day.

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 3:24 pm  

sergeant pepper wrote:

Yup. It defies any reason which is a great indicator that we're on the right tracks.

In no way, shape or form were Hudds the better team on the day.

I thought they were but not through playing particularly well but more because we just didn’t perform at all in terms of our basics with the ball. They’ve had a lot of praise Huddersfield and I get it but they were so safety first and it ending up costing them. Watching the replay you would think we were scrambling all day long but we defended our stupid errors quite comfortably most of the time. Huddersfield were very workmanlike but I get the feeling if they could play the game again, they’d try and chance their arm a bit more. Turning the ball over on our line twice in that last 10 minutes, without even looking like they were thinking of scoring was something I think a Wigan or Saints would be getting heat for.

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 3:41 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

I thought they were but not through playing particularly well but more because we just didn’t perform at all in terms of our basics with the ball. They’ve had a lot of praise Huddersfield and I get it but they were so safety first and it ending up costing them. Watching the replay you would think we were scrambling all day long but we defended our stupid errors quite comfortably most of the time. Huddersfield were very workmanlike but I get the feeling if they could play the game again, they’d try and chance their arm a bit more. Turning the ball over on our line twice in that last 10 minutes, without even looking like they were thinking of scoring was something I think a Wigan or Saints would be getting heat for.

Oh they executed a very simple game plan, very well. Does that make them the better side tho?

Two crash over tries (well executed they may be) Vs us scoring two fantastic ones, or their lack of line breaks Vs 4/5 for us (in one half alone).

I think Cruncher pointed out that our match winning play had been tried a couple of times before. When it doesn't come off, then it's an error, but when it does come off - it's a match winning play etc. Fine lines and all depends on which way you wanna look at it.

Ultimately, one team went for it and tried to work the ball - yeah they coughed up possession off the back of it, but that's what won us the game in the end.

Re: CCF match discussion : Mon May 30, 2022 3:51 pm  

I think there is a difference between "should have won" and "deserved to win". In my eyes, Huddersfield fall into the former. With the possession and territory they enjoyed they should have won. But their safety-first tactics held them back a little and prevented them from really forcing their advantage home when they had it. In terms of "deserved to win", I'd say I would have no complaints as a Wigan fan if they had won, but they didn't do enough to definitively be the better side. As I say, the old adage that "you have to lose one to win one" looks like it suits Huddersfield here. This was their loss, we will have to see if they can bounce back, learn from this, get to another one and win it next time.