"Fielden wants to be carefull his not done so well in his last couple of fights"



Cunningham is fearless.

that was a very funny comment from Carney! loved it!

He's good value Carney and he seems to talk about the game and whats actually going on quite well.

I like Carney's commentary, he speaks more sense than Eddie and Stevo do anyway.

That's not too difficult.

What stuck me was (once again) Stevo was completely oblivious to the rules when they were discussing Meli's try when the VR was deciding - Carney brought up some technical reasoning which Hemmings (to his credit) discussed and questioned, but stevo was just blathering on as usual.

I thought he was very funny Carney; was laughing when Eddie offered him to go and tell Fielden himself and he said "um..er..I think i'll stay here thanks Eddie"

Carney is good value.

Only thing i disagreed with yesterday was when Coley ripped the ball from Dixon, and Bentham gave it to Wigan as a knock on and Carney said "the ball carrier must be responsible for the ball".

Bear in mind this is Bentham, who when he reffed Leeds vs Wigan in the CC, said to the tackler "you are responsible for your arms", then had a complete change of mind, when it came to the same situation yesterday.

I quite like the fact that this is down to the ref's interperatation and can go either way - it stops any cynical tactic creeping in. Regarding Dixon though - when a players arm's stuck there, why not put your second hand on the ball to secure it. If it still pop's out then you'll more likely get the decision.

I know what you're saying.

But the same situation by the same referee, has brought about 2 different decisions.

It's very strange!

That wound me up. How can it be the responsibility of the ball carrier? Not many people would be able to resist the ball being pulled out when lay down after a tackle, against a standing player. It's nigh on impossible. As clear a penalty as you'll ever see.

I thought Fielden was the best prop on the park yesterday.

Did you notice he and Cunningham with their arms around each other at the end of the match?

All the players yesterday deserve praise for producing a fantastic spectacle, in probably the best game of the season so far.

its never 100% the same - I remeber thinking the ref had been fooled by Abblet in the CC game. Ablett pinned the Wigan player's hand underneath the ball and against his chest, knowing they'd have to yank it out and conceed a penalty.

Feilden was good yesterday, his contract wouldn't be up anytime soon perchance?

I thought he started well but prescott eclipsed him as the game went on.
For us, Jammer crept into the game in the fist half, but really made an impact when he came back on for his 2nd stint. Apparently he wasn't very well before the game so credit to him for getting stuck in.

I agree - other than his loose carry near the end he was very good. Problem is, it was a MASSIVE error, and he seems to make key handling errors like that quite often.

Only against Leeds really that I can remember. He's been very good all year though, bouncing off tackles a lot more.

Fair play to Graham though, you could see how exhausted he was at the final whistle. Be very interesting to see him next year when he doesn't have to do it all on his own with Perry on the way. Think he could be even more effective if he was spelled better.

Going off thread but I do agree about Fielden, probably the best game I have seen him play for a long time. As for Carney, top quality and I would like to see more ex players from the recent passed who are still up to date with the rules, commentate on our great game, maybe ask a couple of ex players from the 2 teams featuring live that week to add a bit spice/banter.

Yeah - I can imagine Seu Seu and Barry Mac commentating on Wigan v Leeds right now...

HBO Box Office I suspect.

He had a D&V bug all week so I'm sure he was more than just tired. He looked really ill.

I think he was on his knee's because some Wigan prat threw something at him. Every team has the odd idiot supporter though

erm no

he compared wigan vs saints to origin
wigna saints is always a good game and no disrespect but origin is better than international level3

and he does come out with some serious rubbish

He was talking in the context of intensity. That was a very, very intense match and yes, it reminded me of Origin. We've no Billy Slaters over here but it's unlikely the Aussies will have another one for a while either as the bloke's an RL freak. However, I think so far as the intensity level at which that game was played, he was spot on to compare the two.

I like Carney. He's smart, he can actually string sentences together, he knows the game, he has a sense of humour and he comments intelligently. I don't always agree with his opinion, but I have come to believe that his opinion is well informed and insightful.

He's Irish, that's good enough for me, oh and he played for Wigan.
Very articulate and witty, a bit like myself.

Fielden by plenty for mine.

Graham looked somewhat ill throughout the game but as per, great effort.