Quote: Starbug "Who remembers the defeat we suffered to Bobby Gouldings Rochdale in 2004 ?
It was a really hot day and Goulding came out and cut short their warm up , we stayed out and did a full set
I truly believe that was the reason we lost that day , we looked exhausted right from the start , whereas Dale came out all guns blazing and blew us away , Bobby commented on it in his after match radio interview'"
Well he would as it would make HIM look good, but may be true.
I also remember watching Leigh at Saints in the Mal Meninga era in the Lancs cup when they warmed up before in a rather serious fashion. We, in our naivety, chuckled that Saints would be exhausted before they'd even started. Needless to say they blew us away.