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| Quote Dettoriman="Dettoriman"
A drab game, But a win is a win. But at what cost, Danny Orr is injured, McGoldrick will get banned.'"
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One thing that was really disappointing was the number of visiting fans from Widnes. Some may blame it on the Bank Holiday and because it was also on TV but I've been to many games where both of these circumstances apply yet there has been 10x the number of visiting fans. It very much reminded me of the NL1 & NL2 grand final in 2007, when they were the least supported team of the 4 who played on that day (Cas v Widnes & Fev v Oldham).
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Lets not be stupid. We are having it extremely tough at the moment and the travelling fans is a reflection of that as it is with any side.
When we start to get some positive news for a change or things to cheer for then the numbers will perk up.'"
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| Quote Towns88="Towns88"well there's 2 positives in that line alone, the win being one of them.'"
I would agree, But, Not while Chase is out. |
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| Quote bren2k="bren2k"Quote bren2k="the_grobs"Ben Cross thought he was playing 'knees up mother Brown'. Firstly he knelt of Youngquests arm and was duly penalised, and then the knee into Danny Orr's back which was frankly sickening.'"
I'd be the first to agree that Ben Cross is an eejit, but that second one is a bit harsh; it was replayed several times on Sky and he looked to be totally focussed on the ball - Orr was brave to hold his ground, but he was always going to come off second best. It didn't look intentional.
To be honest, what I found sickening was McGoldrick's blatant use of the elbow to the Widnes players throat; it was deliberate and intended to harm. The Sky camera caught his little chuckle afterwards too, which won't play well at Red Hall. He should be looking at 2-3 games.'"
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| Quote Dettoriman="Dettoriman"I would agree, But, Not while Chase is out.'"
Slap Clark in the halves to replace the "king of cas" & Milner in to play 9. Orr has an extra week to recover. Job done. |
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| Quote the_grobs="the_grobs"That's the reason I gave mention to the 2007 which was a promotion opportunity and the Widnes fans still didn't turn out in numbers, yet all 3 other teams (2 of which were from a league lower than Widnes and hence experiencing 'tougher' times) did.
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There was about 4,500 Widnes fans at Headingley. We filled the Western Terrace and a good chunk of the North stand. Every time we were in the NRC final at Blackpool we took at least 5,000 fans.
Widnes' form is the worst I've ever witnessed in 40 odd years of watching them. Our away form is utterly diabolical. People are sick of it and voting with their feet. I suppose I should expect little else from other pathetic, colloquial Rugby League fans than to stick the knife in. |
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| Quote the_grobs="the_grobs" It very much reminded me of the NL1 & NL2 grand final in 2007, when they were the least supported team of the 4 who played on that day (Cas v Widnes & Fev v Oldham).
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Must.not.bite.
As for yesterday, it was a sad sight but you can hardly blame the fans who are so disenchanted at the moment, whilst prices have never been higher to watch RL.
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| Quote Rock God X="Rock God X"I don't think the disciplinary panel are allowed to use the Sky footage, are they? Something about it being 'unfair' because not every player cited will have been on Sky. Quite how they square that with some games having a video ref and others not, I don't know.'"
I didn't realise that - seems rather foolish to ignore what could be described as the worlds best CCTV footage, given that it's in glorious HD and captured from several different angles.
Either way, McGoldrick is a horrible player who gets away with grubby antics like this on a regular basis; he should be looking at 2-3 games. |
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| Quote bren2k="bren2k"I didn't realise that - seems rather foolish to ignore what could be described as the worlds best CCTV footage, given that it's in glorious HD and captured from several different angles.
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| Quote bren2k="bren2k"
Either way, McGoldrick is a horrible player who gets away with grubby antics like this on a regular basis; he should be looking at 2-3 games.'"
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| Quote Pepe="Pepe"There was about 4,500 Widnes fans at Headingley. We filled the Western Terrace and a good chunk of the North stand. Every time we were in the NRC final at Blackpool we took at least 5,000 fans.
Widnes' form is the worst I've ever witnessed in 40 odd years of watching them. Our away form is utterly diabolical. People are sick of it and voting with their feet. I suppose I should expect little else from other pathetic, colloquial Rugby League fans than to stick the knife in.'"
take no notice pal. He obviously struggles to remember 2008 when we came back to SL and were putrid. aying that, we aint an better now. However from 2008, in 09 we came 7th, so if we can do that, you can. I sympathise with widnes fans, and empathise, it aint fun. Just be patient. There is light, just not this year though. |
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Daily Mail's view of it ................
[urlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/article-2140820/Castleford-36-Widnes-12-Tigers-roar-league-lacking-bite.html[/url
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