FORUMS > Warrington Wolves > Tonight’s match v Leeds |
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 4063 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2004 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
Darlings of Super League: |
|
| Still feeling quite positive today. Those saying we need to respect the ball and build pressure are right; in the first half we did lots of daft things and were trying to score off every pass, even in our own half.
After the break, and especially after we went 26-20 down, we played a more sensible game with the ball and showed confidence in our ability to break them down in the middle. Warrington teams of recent memory start lobbing the ball around like wannabe Harlem Globetrotters: we didn't, and we took our chances when they came.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Captain | 2922 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Apr 2015 | 9 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
: |
|
| Quote: Rogues Gallery "I just checked with a refereeing friend of mine. This was his reply.
"The ball is stolen in the act of scoring which is fine under the new rule changes so would be play on. Then Dwyer goes in touch so it would be a Warrington lateral turnover 10 metres out from the tryline. They could choose to play the ball 10m in, 20m in or halfway."'"
Are we trusting your referee friend to make the right decision here
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 17166 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Mar 2008 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
38352_1407962301.jpg Packs Win Games
Great Packs Make All Backs Look Class
#onceawirealwaysawire:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_38352.jpg |
|
| Quote: Alffi_7 "Are we trusting your referee friend to make the right decision here
Try then, albeit a penalty try. They all count.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Captain | 4579 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jul 2015 | 9 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
74166_1608576718.jpeg Just my opinions unless it's a FACT, in which case it's a fact.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_74166.jpeg |
|
| Quote: lefty goldblatt "Almost 40 posts, now, almost all pointing to the notion that Hicks is on our payroll, including reference to Wembley 2019
We really do seem to be getting under their scouse skin
Bizarre as we “aren’t rivals”. There is more discussion about us yesterday than there was about their own upcoming match.
I have tried to reason with them in the past but while some are reasonable a fair view remind me of the old saying
“ never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience”.
|
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 16257 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Jul 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
10289_1326111229.png Challenge Cup winners 2009 2010 2012 2019
League Leaders 2011 2016:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_10289.png |
|
| Why do people complain that Saints fans are obsessed with Wire, when there's always constant commentary on here about what people are saying on the redvee forum? Do you monitor every other club's message board, or is it just Saints?
It's like when you find yourself repeatedly looking at somebody's facebook or instagram. You can bet you fancy that person big time. You're obsessed, and the likelihood is they aren't into you
The only reason people here care so much about Saints, is because they win things and we're jealous. If we started winning Grand Finals and Saints got relegated, pretty soon nobody here would care about what was said on the Saints messageboard, just like nobody checks up on the Widnes messageboard where they also probably have threads dedicated to slagging us off.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 29210 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jul 2003 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Aug 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
6310_1310045241.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6310.jpg |
|
| Quote: sally cinnamon "Why do people complain that Saints fans are obsessed with Wire, when there's always constant commentary on here about what people are saying on the redvee forum? Do you monitor every other club's message board, or is it just Saints?
It's like when you find yourself repeatedly looking at somebody's facebook or instagram. You can bet you fancy that person big time. You're obsessed, and the likelihood is they aren't into you
Very true. Plus Wire and Saints are very similar fan bases. Very close geographically and both clubs supporters grew up in the shadow of an a dominant local rival (Widnes then Wigan). Saints had our breakout in the late 90s when we started winning titles, burst of very cocky fans with no concept of what went before or how to act turned up. Warrington will be exactly the same when the titles eventually arrive. Saints fans definitely fear Warrington, easily the biggest threat to our mini-spell of dominance and our chances of future trophies generally. Wire fans are resentful of our success, although few very from either side would admit that.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 16257 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Jul 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
10289_1326111229.png Challenge Cup winners 2009 2010 2012 2019
League Leaders 2011 2016:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_10289.png |
|
| Quote: Saddened! "Saints fans definitely fear Warrington, easily the biggest threat to our mini-spell of dominance and our chances of future trophies generally. '"
That was written for the benefit of any Wigan fans lurking on here, am I right...?
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 16257 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Jul 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
10289_1326111229.png Challenge Cup winners 2009 2010 2012 2019
League Leaders 2011 2016:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_10289.png |
|
| Quote: Saddened! "Plus Wire and Saints are very similar fan bases. Very close geographically and both clubs supporters grew up in the shadow of an a dominant local rival (Widnes then Wigan). Saints had our breakout in the late 90s when we started winning titles, burst of very cocky fans with no concept of what went before or how to act turned up. Warrington will be exactly the same when the titles eventually arrive. '"
There's probably a sociology study to be done on the subtle differences between different rugby league fan bases. I suspect they reflect different cultures in the different towns.
Saints have a kind of swaggering arrogance that rubs people up the wrong way, they know it and they enjoy it. But also there's a sense of humour underneath and they don't take themselves quite as seriously as they do on the other side of the Pennines, or in Wigan. In that sense they are similar to us.
I lived for several years in Leeds while they were dominant and went to Headingley a lot and watched Sky in the pubs their fans use. There was definitely a different culture there - they take rugby league and themselves way more seriously. When things go against them they aren't able to see the funny side and put it in perspective in the way that our fans can. Bad refereeing, or their own players making mistakes, are seen as unforgiveable injustices. They expect success but don't have the same swaggering in your face cocky attitude that Saints do, although this could be that I don't notice it targeted at Wire as much, they like to lord it over Cas and Wakefield. The part I could never understand was why, when watching a team that was so continuously successful, their fans always seemed to be in such a bad mood. They were angry with Brian McDermott, angry with the way the club was run, angry at whoever was their scapegoat on the field at the time.
The difference between Saints and Leeds fans, is when the other team scores their first try and they play the team's try song, you'll get Saints fans dancing to the other team's try song with smug grins on their faces, taking the mick out of the other team fully expecting that they are going to win anyway. In Leeds, they'll all be stood there with faces like slapped booties shouting at the ref/their players, conceding a try is an unforgivable sin and there must be repercussions.
I always found that Cas, Wakey, Hudds fans were much more down to earth but they seriously hate Leeds.
Wiganers come across to me a bit more like the Leeds fans in terms of taking themselves a bit more seriously than Saints but they don't have quite the swaggering obnoxious edge that Saints fans do.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Player Coach | 2374 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Feb 2009 | 16 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
44022.jpg 'I've done things i'm not proud of. And the things i am proud of,.......well they're disgusting':44022.jpg |
|
| Out of the 100 or so saints fans I've worked with/met, 1 was a decent bloke. I've met plenty of decent wiganers over the years.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Owner | 29210 | No Team Selected |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Jul 2003 | 21 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Aug 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
6310_1310045241.jpg :d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_6310.jpg |
|
| Quote: sally cinnamon "That was written for the benefit of any Wigan fans lurking on here, am I right...?'"
No. Wigan aren't good enough to win it this season and probably next. Warrington are. No one really cares who Wigan sign, there's barely a mention of their recent no-mark signings on our forums. Whenever Warrington sign anyone there's a debate about the salary cap and several posts going into depth about why this still won't bring you a title. If they didn't see Wire as a threat they wouldn't feel the need to explain why they're not.
Leeds are more of a threat next season than Wigan.
|
|
|
|
Rank | Posts | Team |
Club Coach | 16257 | |
Joined | Service | Reputation |
Oct 2004 | 20 years | |
Online | Last Post | Last Page |
Sep 2024 | Jul 2024 | LINK |
Milestone Posts |
|
Milestone Years |
|
Location |
|
Signature |
10289_1326111229.png Challenge Cup winners 2009 2010 2012 2019
League Leaders 2011 2016:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_10289.png |
|
| Quote: Saddened! "Whenever Warrington sign anyone there's a debate about the salary cap and several posts going into depth about why this still won't bring you a title. If they didn't see Wire as a threat they wouldn't feel the need to explain why they're not.
'"
Wouldn't the same stuff have been said when Wire signed Langer, or Gleeson, or Morley? Just throwing big money at established stars because we don't develop our own, and no team that doesn't have a strong Academy wins the Grand Final.
|
|
|
|
|
|