I have just read all 9 pages of this topic, and am kind of dismayed at how its gone from a celebration and mutual backslap to having a go at the negatives of the game and ref decisions! Last nights game was by far the best game I have seen this season, it had everything! To think it was raining so much as well is incredible.....great passes, big hits, some niggles, great kicks, and yes even the negatives played their part in making the game a spectacle! Rugby league is ultimately the winner from last nights game, we must have some new converts after witnessing that game!!! Both teams deserve applause, Warrington for the win, and desire to win....and St Helens for their tenacity, and will to win!!!! Something had to give so congratulations to Warrington, but also congrats to St Helens in their contribution!!!! I just hope our game tonight can be somewhere near as good and entertaining as last night!!!


Matt
(yes I am a pie-eater)

good one Mike

Cracking game, great entertainment, a credit to both teams in those conditions.

Correct, I am sick of seeing poor defensive reads penalised as obstruction.

Penalties that quick in succession undermine play of the team receiving them. One penalty a set of six is good, it continues momentum. To have a set disrupted by so many penalties hinders momentum. So no, it wasn't generous.

I would have thought it would be more disruptive to the defending team. You are set on your line, readying yourselves, peep, faces of bemusement. And so-on and so-forth. Now you have in your mind you are trying to focus on the attacking team, whilst wondering if the ref will blow up. The opposition are constantly starting from the first tackle, afforded the opportunity to try a differing starting set. I fail to see how it is disruptive, no momentum is lost as the attack is as far up the field as possible where the defence is having to amass further, unwanted, tackles.

Completely agree. SaintsFan is talking nonsense on this one. I have never heard any attacking team complain about getting a penalty!

On the red button after the match Simmons complained that Saints' penalties weren't as good as the ones Warrington were given.

One penalty - great. A series of them in quick succession allows no momentum in attack.

If so, he is a balloon.

It is far more demoalising to the defence to know that the tackle you have just scrambled to complete on your line now counts for nothing. If that happens two and three times on the bounce it can be extremely frustrating. The attack have lost nothing and have actually wasted more of the opposition's energy.

That doesn't change the fact that repeated stops interrupt momentum. That is so very obvious.

So obvious that you are the only person i have ever heard moan about receiving penalties. Awesome.