Cool theory, but Child gave the try because he's inept, same with the Batchelor one.

He should be stood down, but the damage is done, so what's the point.

Try watching what's happening on the grass.

Don't make me go to the Shudds board for my ray of sunshine.

We can't seem to get the big calls out of Child when its tight, don't think the home crowd is helping but that's one of the advantages a home game I guess.
I thought the penalties were pretty even, you win some you lose some for both sides, but the biggies that really count are passing us by.
Saints played their usual game and looked strong everywhere, Percival was a bit under but miles better than he was for England.
Generally I thought they came good despite the upset of a few big players being in Denver the week before.
But it does highlight the obvious, Saints ain't all that and still have good potential to win FA besides the hubcap.

Please don't get drawn in by Wexford. He is not a Wakefield Trinity fan and is trying to make us look bad.

Jesus wept. Wakefield played well and are a good team. Stop whinging about everyone else you were unlucky and on another day would have won against the best team in the league.

Not good enough
You flying around batting fires out all over the forum is not the best use of your time, sheet, it must be hard enough sweeping up after the non fraudulent dingbats.
Its time this forum imposed some kind of accountability for what is posted.....or, just ban the account.

How come it's always the refs fault when Wakefield lose? Do this lot ever get beat fair and square?

Wakey fans are the biggest shower of whoppers in Super League. The same set of fans who were asking 'are we a big club again' on their board after a few early season wins against crap teams.

Saints were on their knees at 26-20 down and looked out of it. Wakefield should have gone for a drop goal when they had that set on their line and put themselves two scores clear. There would have only been one winner at that point so Wakey only have themselves to blame.

Should have been a penalty try, and definitely was a double movement. Two bad calls. I also agree that some bad calls went the other way in not so spectacular a fashion, the penalty for interference which got Wakey's roll on in the second half was a very questionable call. You win some you lose some.

Carney and Wells got it right, and showed the ex-player experience and perspective when they noted that we can't simultaneously moan about players staying down to milk penalties slowing the game down, while also simultaneously moaning if referees don't refer eevry try to the video ref.

Eddie has an irritating tendency to talk of individual events in the game as if the decision could have been reversed and the rest of the game would then have gone exactly as it did.

It is frustrating when a decision is wrong, and it'll affect every team during the course of a match and regularly throughout the season. Wakey were unlucky tonight. Saints scraped another win despite being nowhere near their best (not sure I believed Holbrook's explanation of Barba's subbing). Chester showed some class after the match in his interview.

That's why Saints are where they are. To lose there by 4 when some teams have gone there and had 60 put on them puts it into perspective. I know there's was some questionable decisions but we've had some go our way this year. That's sport. Game management does seem to be our Achilles heel.

On a side note, when will the mods deal with the bile that trolls put out only to antgonize?

I can't be objective as i despise st helens but even through my manila tinted glasses wakey were still robbed in terms of big decisions. Saints will win the LLS and that's it unless they can stop Ben hounding Elliot which he seems to have intensified. Karma

All bad decisions aside, that kick into the in goal was the turning point of the game. Saints were pretty much done for, but the breakaway try gave them a second wind.

love how the saints fans jeer when we get a penalty for a high shot on Reece Lyne as if it didn't happen, was they blind to see the claret seeping from his lips

you've got a mental problem pal, go see the doctors

Yes it was the turning point. The effort made by half a dozen wakey players to get back was astonishing. Percival is quick, and he had a clear field, but when he passed to Grace, there were four Wakey players in the shot. They'd sprinted the full way. If they'd made the tackle then, I think they'd have gone on to win, but Grace scored a very good try going through them - he's extremely evasive in crowded places. As Ashurst said after the match, it must have been heartbreaking to make all that effort to get there only to still concede.

On such things games turn.

Wakey should have won and blew it but it was a great effort. Batchelor definitely should have had a penalty try and I though they Taia’s was a double movement at the time. Obviously they are two massive decisons and Wakey fans are right to feel aggrieved. At the same time, however, Wakey got a lot of debatable penalties in the second half that led to tries. I’m not doubting that overall Wakefield have been badly done to overall but the point is some decisions will go for you and some won’t. All the decisions aside Wakefield had that game in the bag and if they’d kicked a drop goal after the penalty on half way (anyone with any sense would) then they’d have won. You concede 3 tries in 7 minutes like that then you don’t deserve to win and a top side would have seen it through. Instead they bottled it.