Quote: Winslade's Offload "The U19's certainly banished the frustration of watching their seniors yesterday. They produced one of the most professional performances that I have seen for quite some time. The tackling was outstanding. Anyone who was tempted to go but ducked out missed a treat.
The first half was very tight with the Wire going in 12 10 to the good after a late penalty. The turning point of the match ( for me) was in the early second half. Andy Ackers spotted a small gap in mid field and was through the defence faster than Ditas Slotmeter changes his avatar. Jimmy Rowland ? was backing up to take the pass, and was in at the post to give the team an 8 point lead. Saints came back into the game via some strong running, and looked dangerous when they managed to get quick play the ball. But they were undone by some poor handling together with crunching tackles from the Wire. Some of our forwards were really taking the ball up with real venom in the second half and I think that took the sting out of Saints in the last 20 minutes.
There were some minor niggles, a forward that has still to master the art of the 'play the ball' and a daft sin binning in the first half which could have been costly, but overall a really polished, professional performance from a group that seems to have gelled. They were clearly ecstatic at the end as they grouped together to congratulate one another, and the decent sized crowd gave them a well earned round of applause.
As a footnote, as I left the ground I noticed a white van in the car park next to the bus depot. It was bedecked with four large Saints flags. As I drove back down the M53 it was parked up on the hard shoulder with the driver walking back to the 'phone. It just wasn't their day.'"
Haha the famous white van man. He drives that every away game except Catalans. He usually as a massive headline on the back of it aswell. Last week it was " Sia Soliola Saints number 4, 100% Beef, 0% Horse".
His registration plate is also ' I hate wigan' but obviously with a couple of numbers in there.
Congrats on your win.
