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| Quote Euclid="Euclid"A lot of the miseries on the virtual terrace are moaning about today's game and saying it was the worst final ever. I disagree. Certainly Hulls ball handling was poor; not only were passes dropped, but many passes were at or above head height. Hulls completion rate was very poor. The ref didn't help by allowing such slow play the ball. But on the other hand each defence was effective, Hull kept Tomkins well policed, and Wigans defence never looked like conceding. I thought Wigan won most of the collisions. And for once I thought Wigan had a good kicking game, and a decent chase, which kept Hull pinned in their own half for long periods. Quite frankly I was on the edge of my seat until the last score. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I think the negative comments came from people unable to appreciate a really tight game. Realy pleased for Mr Wane and very glad I went to the game.'"
WTF do they expect? If we had chucked it about as we normally do in the dry, we'd have lost!
I don't care which two teams you would have had out there today the one with the least errors was probably going to be the winner not the one trying to play pretty RL.
They should read the comments of Hull's coach. He reckons they panicked a bit and I agree. We have players more experienced at finals and ours didn't panic and were more composed. Just what you want when its chucking it down.
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| Sorry, Jools, so what do you want us to do about it? How do you know any other teams would have produced a better spectacle. Were you there? Did you actually see the conditions those guys were playing in? I guarantee it was 10x worse than what the TV cameras showed. Unfortunately the conditions just didn't encourage fast, mistake-free flowing rugby. It wasn't the greatest final in living memory but defences were good, Charnley's try-saver was great and Tomkins try at the end showed a touch of class.
Oh, and there's nothing wrong with the occasional game where defences dominate - if we want to beat the Aussies we're going to have to defend...
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| If hull hadve won in exactly the same circumstances every 'neutral' fan would be on here saying how it was a fantastic game.
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| Quote Madderzahatter="Madderzahatter"Sorry, Jools, so what do you want us to do about it? How do you know any other teams would have produced a better spectacle. Were you there? Did you actually see the conditions those guys were playing in? I guarantee it was 10x worse than what the TV cameras showed. Unfortunately the conditions just didn't encourage fast, mistake-free flowing rugby. It wasn't the greatest final in living memory but defences were good, Charnley's try-saver was great and Tomkins try at the end showed a touch of class.
Oh, and there's nothing wrong with the occasional game where defences dominate - if we want to beat the Aussies we're going to have to defend...'"
We are- but you can bet we need to score some without being gifted posession too!
I'm not saying you should do anything about it except some should accept the critisism it was a poor game to watch for the neutral without getting uppity!
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| It just seems some so called 'neutrals' think that had other teams been in the final, they could have produced a better spectacle. I think we all know it wasn't the greatest advert for the game, but sometimes 5h1t happens...
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| First of all congrats on winning today and on the subject of worst final i would say the weather had a lot to do with the way the game went it was never going to be a classic in those conditions I thought you handled the conditions a lot better then we did, with dryer conditions we might of seen a few more points from both sides.
Like people have already said who cares what the game was like as long as you win, today was all about hull fc and Wigan and from my point of view I couldn't give a toss about what the rest of the rugby league world thought of the game.
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| Well said mate. If Charnley hadn't knocked that ball out, I think Hull might have gone on to win...
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| Quote Madderzahatter="Madderzahatter"Well said mate. If Charnley hadn't knocked that ball out, I think Hull might have gone on to win...'"
Yeah I also think that was certainly a game changer, great effort by charnley.
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| The fact the game wasn't the best was Wigan's fault. And if people don't come out and support the RLWC, that will also Wigan's fault.
Wigan should also be held responsible for shooting JFK and the start of WW2.
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| Couldn't give a monkey's chuff.
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| Quote MattyB="MattyB"19 Times!'"
Exactly my point elsewhere.
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| I'm a Leeds fan. Replace Leeds with Wigan today and I'd have loved the game. Winning a Challenge Cup Final, effing awesome, however you do it.
But if Leeds had won today's final all of you lot would have been in agreement that the final was awful.
The 2013 Challenge Cup Final was excellent for Wigan RL. It was terrible for neutrals. Not really sure how it will have been for Hull fans, apart from the natural pain of defeat. It was a bad day for British RL. It would have been a great day for a RL hating RU fan.
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