Quote: The Speculator "I think there are two ways of looking at that game. On the one hand, you could view it in isolation and say that it was a compelling contest between two evenly-matched sides with a good attitude, high quality in terms of completion rate, and it came down to a nail-biting last five minutes, with Wire snatching the win in thrilling fashion. If it had been a game at Wilderspool in the Boyd-Tamati-Jackson era, we would probably look back on it fondly as a blood-and-thunder classic. However, the problem comes when you view the game in context rather than in isolation. Six games into the season and that's the fourth time we have failed to score more than 10 points. Our attack has been so bad, we have seemingly decided to just abandon it, or "strip things right back" as Steve Price and Blake Austin put it. We won the game by winning what has come to be known as 'the arm wrestle'. Unfortunately, people pay to watch rugby league, not arm wrestling, and an attendance of just over 9,000 is a concern. Austin says that our attack will come naturally if we are patient, but in the stands, patience is wearing pretty thin.'"
Fair points, reasonably made. But if we had lost 36-42 with both sides trading 80m screamers, Wires71 et al would be on saying 'I'd rather be a champion than an entertainer'. So not for the first time I ask: which is it to be?
