There is a wonderful photo captioned "Hat trick hero Anthony Thackray reaches out to score".

My eyes aren't what they were, but the ball is well short of the line. Isn't it?

Let it go.........................

his momentum hit the line just after, i have seen a video.

yes but did the ball

Not sure about that but hey ho its over now.
Luck goes around so maybe we will get some in the play offs, thats the one we all want really.

The ball might of but it wasnt under Thackerys control at the time.



Dont let Pepe see this thread, might make him chuck the teddys out again.

That was my photo and was 1 from a series of 7 which all clearly show at no time did thackeray and the ball touch the line together, the next frame shows Thackerays momentum taking his arm forward but the ball staying put, the next shows his body moving forward over the ball and his hand/arm has lost contact all together with the ball, the ball is still short of the line, the next few frames show thackerays body and several fax players over the try line but the ball is under this lot and still short of the line.

you were robbed

Who is chucking the teddy out exactly?

Oh that's right, all the Fax fans who are moaning and whinging about this score, still.

Worse than Haven fans. You lost. Get over it!!!!!!!

To be fair we not used to losing as much as u i think most of us are still in schock

Time to let it go now and move on it just was not our day and us reaching Blackpool this year was not meant to be, lets now push on and finish top of the league and win the Grand final. Like ive said befor well done Widnes and I hope you enjoy the final.

Let it lie now it so boring now.Take the lost on the chin.We gift you a try with morrison losing ball,crossing for another try and dodd spilled the ball.We can go on all day.Penney and dodd missed good chances aswell.You got beat end of.You will be at the grand final and probably win it.

Only if you started supproting them months ago should you not be used to losing massively. Remember your brilliant last season in super league?

eh up dalton you have been watching rugby a good few years but probably not in excess of 50 as I have.
Your grasp of the game is I think flawed as I read your comment on the Widnes forum where you describe Sundays win as emphatic.
Get real man. That game was a classic and could have gone down to golden point or whatever. Widnes just edged a tremendous game.

It can still be emphatic even if its a close game. My grasp of the game is fine.

I remember it fondly as it happens. It was the time when the club finally faced up to the fact that it was carrying a massive historical debt ( around £500,000 IIRC ) and that the time had come to face it as it was not going to go away. This was done and EVENTUALLY ( before you dig up the begging buckets scenario ) the club was put on a stable financial footing as it remains today.

It's funny how people only seem to remember that one season and not the 7 other seasons we were in SL in which we were competitive.

It's your grasp of the English language that he was inspecting via your use of the word "emphatic"....

All that info is fine, I wasn't going to bring up the buckets. I was responding to someone who claimed Fax weren't used to losing. We're both teams very used to losing!

Why you've taken this one so badly is beyond me considering.

The greater the expectation the greater the disappointment. As you pointed out we became rather used to losing. This year we've had a winning streak that equalled a century old club record consequently expectations and excitement grew.

................and it's still there as far as i am concerned. I don't care what the one match wonders of Widnes think. We lost by five points on Sunday and played poorly. Our players are still as good as that 13 match winning streak suggests. I'm confident that we'll take our place in the Grand Final and with a steadier approach we'll win it. My main concern is next year. Others will get stronger and we must too but at least the language coming out of the club on the future playing front is positive to that end. I'm disappointed by our reaction on these boards but i'm as much amused at the Widnes reaction. If i was coming on here cold after a spell in solitary confinement i would automatically assume that the season had ended on Sunday and that Widnes had won their Grand Final.

Perhaps they have.

.....................and you prove my point.



Thank you Vikes.

Listen here stockport sid, we have been ass raped by fax twice this year it's about damn time that we had some of the good stuff.



Anyway, im of for my tea, Marks and spencer mince beef pastie with bolied potatoes yummy..............

Thankyou for your sensible reply. Not sure I deserve one today!

Hey! we are not Bulls fans...we have been here years!

I thought Widnes looked to have scored an identical one just before half-time but it wasn't given. From my vantage point (behind the sticks) it looked like the ball was on the line. Obviously the Widnes fans were 100 yards away so they couldn't see. I could be wrong but it looked OK to me. Anyone video the match?