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| Quote: TheElectricGlidingWarrior "Thing is I don't think the first 20 mins was crap. Saints had god knows how many repeat sets on our line and Wigan's defense had to be phenomenal to take that pressure. Some people just like to whinge that it's only exciting if points are being scored and completely fail to appreciate good defense like they appreciate good attack. They need to learn to enjoy Rugby League as a whole, not just the sparkly bits.'"
Our defence was fantastic. I just mean both sides were crap in attack, no-one took risks and everyone just drove the ball in. |
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[quote="Harrigan":1th0f7ap]Wigan are the most structured team I have ever seen in this country.[/quote:1th0f7ap]
[quote="NickyKiss":1th0f7ap]As a fan Wane makes you want to run through a brick wall so you can only imagine how he makes the players feel![/quote:1th0f7ap]
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| Quote: inside_man "Our defence was fantastic. I just mean both sides were crap in attack, no-one took risks and everyone just drove the ball in.'"
tbf we didn't have any possession to take risks with, and Silverwood ruined any sort of continuity either team tried to build. But 20 mins of defending your own line with something like 75-25% possession to Saints is a massive achievement and should be one of the aspects of our sport we admire, rather than just the tries. |
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Seems like Norton has a rival, Wigan have the best online defence in the world. That's the impression the syooperb John Kear gave me anyway.
In all honesty, I watched 40 mins and put the Liverpool friendly on after the first half as it was absolutely mind numbing.
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| Quote: TheElectricGlidingWarrior "Aussies like Brett Hodgson, Matt King, Joel Monaghan, Michael Monaghan and Chris Riley?'"
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That first half was pedestrian - both sides were more afraid of losing than wanting to win. Second half improved but where was Saints famous offloading?
Just a note to little Sam - quit the acting. Excellent player but annoying little devil with his antics.
Can't see Leeds or Cas giving Wigan a hard time at Wembley.
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End of the day we won we are through to the challenage cup final I could care less it you lot found it boring.
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[quote="Harrigan":1th0f7ap]Wigan are the most structured team I have ever seen in this country.[/quote:1th0f7ap]
[quote="NickyKiss":1th0f7ap]As a fan Wane makes you want to run through a brick wall so you can only imagine how he makes the players feel![/quote:1th0f7ap]
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| Quote: Richeastender "That first half was pedestrian - both sides were more afraid of losing than wanting to win. Second half improved but where was Saints famous offloading?
Just a note to little Sam - quit the acting. Excellent player but annoying little devil with his antics.
Can't see Leeds or Cas giving Wigan a hard time at Wembley.'"
They've both given us hard times in the league this year, and it was Leeds who knocked us out last year. |
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| Quote: Roddy B "Seems like Norton has a rival, Wigan have the best online defence in the world. That's the impression the syooperb John Kear gave me anyway.
In all honesty, I watched 40 mins and put the Liverpool friendly on after the first half as it was absolutely mind numbing.'"
No game of RL can possibly be as tedious as the average wendyball encounter - bad call. Wigan did what they needed to do to win: good tactics, good play. |
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| Quote: Wiganrl_Em "End of the day we won we are through to the challenage cup final I could care less it you lot found it boring.'"
erm...well yes you do otherwise you wouldn't have posted that. |
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| Quote: Wiganrl_Em "End of the day we won we are through to the challenage cup final I could care less it you lot found it boring.'"
Why aren't you out celebrating?
''ooooh, we've won our biggest cup game in years, let me check the message board of a tiny club like warrington to see what they think about us''
obsessed? 
The mighty Wire are back!!!!!!!
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| Quote: inside_man "Knockout rugby isn't about looking flash, it's about grinding out the result. We're more than entertaining enough in the league, and tbh, a couple of our tries today were great team tries and a couple of bit of individual brilliance in there.
The first 20-30 minutes was crap because both teams were being tentative and didn't want to make the first big mistake.'"
Strangely Warrington didn't 'grind' out our last two SF wins. Far from it. We are by far the most entertaining team in SL and quite frankly I wouldn't have it any other way.
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| Quote: Richeastender "That first half was pedestrian - both sides were more afraid of losing than wanting to win. Second half improved but where was Saints famous offloading?
Just a note to little Sam - quit the acting. Excellent player but annoying little devil with his antics.
Can't see Leeds or Cas giving Wigan a hard time at Wembley.'"
What did Sam do wrong yesterday may I ask? I saw no acting from Sam. He's definately growing into the full back roll in defence but who wouldn't with Radlinski and Hampson in the coaching team. |
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Thought it was an entertaining game myself, would much rather see a close encounter than a 60-0 thrashing.
Also the Saints fans singing 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' when Wigan went for two points displayed a wit rarely shown by RL fans. Funny when their own team decided to do the same shortly after though.
The empty seats were embarrassing though.
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| Quote: mark_m "Strangely Warrington didn't 'grind' out our last two SF wins. Far from it. We are by far the most entertaining team in SL and quite frankly I wouldn't have it any other way.
ISWT.'"
Against a crap Wigan, and Catalan |
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| Quote: FireWire "Thought it was an entertaining game myself, would much rather see a close encounter than a 60-0 thrashing.
Also the Saints fans singing 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' when Wigan went for two points displayed a wit rarely shown by RL fans. Funny when their own team decided to do the same shortly after though.
The empty seats were embarrassing though.'"
We've been doing that when teams go for the 2 for a long time  |
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