seems to think if we get beat on saturday,we will have nothing left to offer the playoffs,what do ya think,He may have a point!!

Not seen the interview yet but going into the play offs in the lower half of the eight is a waste of time.

Say Huddersfield followed by Hull K.R. then Leeds/ St. Helens all away.

No way.

Talking sense, it must be an imposter

He must think we're a right soft team. Other clubs have lost Challenge Cup semis and gone on to be successful in the playoffs.

What happens if we win and get to Wembley, will that help us in the rest of the season, or will it be "impossible to challenge on both fronts...."

Wouldn't be that. If we are 8th, we play 5th; if we are 7th we play 6th. So maybe Wigan or Cas away? Then Hudds or Hull KR away, then St H or Leeds.

Good point again Sally. Surely If we win we would have less to play for than if we loose with regards to the play offs?

He should know about falling apart towards the back end of the season and how much there generally is left at this time of year for this group of players.

Spoke a lot of sense tonight, moreso than usual IMO. Bit wasted in the coaching game IMO, I definately think the likes of Clarke, Cullen, Offiah should have some form of embassador-like role within the RFL, communicating ideas and lobbying for change/settlement within the structure of the game.

Agreed with you until you mentioned Offiah, can not put a claritif sentence together, so not the ideal embassador. Clarke and Cullen yes...

I think Offiah is quite articulate actually. He does seem to choke on the plum in his mouth at times, but his heart is certainly in the right place and he gets his point across well eventually.

I always get the impression that he may stop talking at any moment in a sentence !!

Todays Cullensism

Kick into the pocket - a kick behind the winger that holds up close to or in the in goal

Not a Cullenism that one Mark, a widely used coaching term.

This programme is vastly going down hill, in the match highlights i only counted about 6 tries that were shown and the rest was Mr Cullen going on about teams defencive structures and utter claptrap.

On what Cullen said, i don't think anyone in the 8 can be written off. This season all teams are causing upsets, I see the play offs being the most entertaining and surprising yet.

We have beaten Castleford and Hull KR away and came withing a minute of Beating Leeds away. Those could well be our 3 fixtures in getting to the grand final.

Still better than the Super League Show.

If we get beat on sat its season over IMO

it's not a 'trys' show, for that you've got maaaaaaartin on a sunday night and the online program. BnA hasn't been 'try' based for a few years now.

I just watch the BnA on-line. That has every single try on it.

Start it downloading and leave it, when you come back you have it all there to skip the chatter between game highlights so you don't have to listen to Barry Mac trying to form a sentence.

Big test ahead, win a semi, get as high in the 8 as possible and give the fans a 2009 to talk about, even if a loss at Wembley occured, and a loss in the GF of get to the GF semi occured, its a season to say "not bad".... but on the other hand it could be a case of lose the semi, finish 8th and bomb out straight away, or even finish 9th and not even be in it to win it... big test, can the players do it....oooooooo nervy times.

Theres always next year...

2010, Year of the Wolf??

Great post

I really hope that you were not serious about Cullen "spoke a lot of sense" ?

A great player for us, BUT he failed as a Coach - despite having so many great players.

His Boots N All spots are really embarrassing

"show & Go", "edge defence"

it's going to be hard to make the top 8 and to be honest is doesn't worry me too much this year. I just want to see steady progress at the club, over the next couple of years....

Would be very nice to be in the Challange Cup Final though.....Come on the Wire.....

But even so, Cullen knows far more about the game than anyone on here.

Cullen is awesome, wire will be spent after the weekend. He knows the mentality of the players.


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Seeing as he was at our club for so long as a coach and part of his responsibilties as coach were to get our players mentally right for games then i wonder where this mentallity that you elude too came from.



Would this mentallity have possibly come from the current Widnes coach who has now found his level as a coach ? You won`t need to worry about possibly bouncing back from a challenge cup semi final loss as thats something you won`t have to deal with for a fair while.

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