A bit of a one sided argument chaps; O'loughlin was offside all afternoon and still did nothing. What a great captain.

I know & Remember EXACTLY what you meant!
Thing is, and that's what your original post summed up very nicely, is that the most dominant teams tend to pick up the bounce of the ball & The 50/50 decisions.
It was no coincidence that as soon as our only Recognisable Front Row Went off i.e Fielden/piggy/Prekky we lost our way and the dominance of the Wire forwards, until Piggy came back on, seemed to coincide with a few bounces of the ball & 50/50's going their way.

I tend not to be one of those who goes from extreme highs to extreme lows when it comes to expressing opinions about players/teams.
I said a couple of months ago that going into the Play offs with every team having everyone fit Saints/Leeds would just have the edge with Wire & Wigan just behind.

Thing is, Not everyone will have all their players fully fit and a Full SL Season means that some clubs will go into the Play offs with the advantage of Home games & an easier passage if they win them to the GF.

We DESERVE to be were we are, We mustn't forget that!
And what happened on Friday doesn't alter my thinking with regards to the respective Merits of both teams and their chances going into the Play offs.
We all know that their Front Row has better strength/strength in depth but I would say I would Match/back us in most other areas.
BUT - If you don't win the Up front war you don't win the rest!

We have Coley/MMac (Who was Big loss IMO)/O'C/Bailey/ and possibly a Feka dependant on the Madge situation to come back in over the Pack we had Friday.

I think this will be enough to see us through to the end of the season in 1st place and if we can keep these Fit going into the Play-off's we'll have hell of a chance!

But, if we don't finish top it doesn't make us a Bad team which some of the posters on this Board all of a sudden think we are (And all of a sudden some of the players are Bad Players) 1 week after the same Posters said we were the Best team (And Best Players) in the league.

Bouncebackability has been fantastic this season, let's see if we can do it again!

Can i just say that fridays' game aside, in terms of on the pitch in general, we are both 2 very even sides and if we played another 20 games in a row, i honestly think all the games would come down to either one piece of exceptional skill or piece of extraordinary luck. Neither team in either of the games this season has looked like they could run away with either game.

If you watch the game back and pause the action at the play the ball, you will all see that Anderson is onside... He just pinpointed the right man and ran as fast as he could at him. Great read from louis.

I wonder if Warrington'd vidoe work has identified a slowness in Hansen when he gets into first receiver close to the line.

He's been snotted in that position twice by Warrington this season.

Agreed.