If you'd have offered a draw before the game we'd have taken it. That comment can be interpreted how you have taken it or how I have taken it. Now as we supposedly have ambition to say that when playing against the basement team is IMHO defeatist. It will hardly inspire a team to victory. That is the exact line on the official site. So I am taking that as gospel.

Now as we often say on here its a matter of opinions and we seem to differ. Having forked out to go yesterday to know that they were happy with a draw due to injuries and conditions really makes me question what the faithful were doing there yesterday.

Selective quoting works wonders, doesn't it? How about we look at what Gentle [iactually[/i said...



I've highlighted the bit you let out that totally changes the tone of the quote. It's clear that what he's talking about is the state of the pitch - i.e. waterlogged and barely fit to play on - rather than the weather. It's also clear that he'd have taken a point because on a pitch like that you could easily play well and still lose. It turns games into a bit of a lottery.

It was a throwaway line in an interview and it speaks volumes about how much drama queenage is going on right now that it was ever deemed worthy of a comment, let alone offered up as 'proof' of our lack of ambition.

Deary me.

So it would have been OK for him to complain about pitch conditions that [iweren't [/icaused by the weather? Jeezus wept. Are you really that desperate to have a pop? Haven't we got enough [iactual [/iproblems for you, so that you need to invent another?


I have no idea. Did you ask him at 14:55 yesterday? What kind of daft question is that?

Give it up mate Kosh will always have the last word But I tend to agree with you.

just watched the highlights back again and cant get over tommy lee selling a dummy to our full right hand side and scoring under the posts just shows how bad things are!!
i don't ever in my life want to see briscoe at fullback again how he dropped off that tackle on that little whippet Dixon ill never know!!!

Not saying we deserved it but I was surprised nothing more was made of that potential obstruction for Lee's try. Briscoe struggled and it would have been better to play Shaul. Tickle also was pathetic in defence for Cook's try.

another bad day at the office lol shaul should of played how else are they going to get better if you dont have faith in your squad

We were saying the same thing regards the obstruction. Looked pretty clear to me, but then Hicks is in no way shape or form an SL standard official. In fact he's arguably not Championship standard.

Briscoe's tackle attempt on Dixon was poor. From the commentary I thought he never reached him, but to actually lay hands on the guy and not bring him down is worse IMO.

Tickle held his hand up regards that tackle in his after-match interview. And rightly so.

Well good on him for that I didn't hear that interview.

Oh and Hicks is a poor touch judge at best as you say.

Sounded devastated. Laid the blame squarely on himself and his fellow players - no excuses whatsoever. Good guy is Danny. Clearly still 100% committed regardless of where he'll be playing next season.

I was going to leave this, but here's an interview from Whiting

So Gentle definitely didn't tell them a draw would do, and I await you slagging off Whiting for having the temerity to complain about the conditions.