I was hoping to see Cooper "tear us a new one"

Almost every GF had been won by the top 2 in the regular placings, and the majority of those by the team that finished top..
We make every post a winning post.
We can rest big names in the final couple of regular games of the season if required. No use resting them now.

Could potentially add Philbin to that list maybe even Ratchford.

I wouldn't be surprised if your mate King had a significant role in determining the result, whether leaping high to win it for them or a terrible defensive misread for us to win, who knows...

I’m the cold light of day… the dudson thing is terrible. Obviously not 3 games and more like 6… the punch in itself isn’t that bad, and he doesn’t throw it with a huge amount of intent.

The real nasty part was the smug grin after being sent off though. Missed that yesterday.

I think were at an all hands on deck situation with the pack for the next few games, which is just incredible when you think that Harrison, Bullock, Clark, Dudson and possibly Philbin could all be missing and Mikaele going home from our squad at the start of 2023.

Were looking at the possibility of having Vaughn, Walker, Kasiano, Currie, Nicholson and McGuire as starters, with Thomas, Green and Whitehead on the bench.

Once we have more available forwards than places within the 17, then I'm sure we'll see some rotation as we haven't quite gone a third of the way through the season.

Just watching back on the highlights from yesterday, the one thing that still absolutely astounds me is just how the video ref came to the conclusion that Currie's pretty heroic defensive effort warranted a penalty try for Catalans?

I mean Phil Clarke and JJB can waffle as much as they like about an infringement on the Catalan centre, but when a player just stands there hesitating over a bouncing ball, then surely a defender has every right, especially as RL is a contact sport, to contest for it?

The more I watch it, the more it's obvious that Currie is genuinely going for the ball and it's the bizarre hesitation of the Catalan player, not to make an effort to ground the ball, that causes contact between the two of them.

As for the Dudson situation, I think his behaviour yesterday may have increased the urgency behind the scenes for Fitzpatrick and Powell to bring in a replacement for Mikaele.

How far away is Bullock? We need him back ASAP and I’m slightly relieved about Dudsons idiocy yesterday as had a feeling Dudson would be preferred to Bullock if both fit due to Dudson being a ‘signing’. Bullock is a far better player.

A massive FU to the fans that. "I'm getting banned for three months but don't worry you're paying me anyway."

On Friday coming up (14th) it will have been 5 weeks since he broke his hand, recovery time was 4-6 weeks so there might be a chance he plays but it might be more like the saints game, Clark possibly back for saints as well.

Had a few good looks at it now and I’m not sure. I don’t know what the definition of a hip drop is, to me Philbin looked like he was hanging on to Da Costa and was slipping on one leg then just dropped on his backside taking Da Costa with him.

As for winning the league leaders shield I'm not to fussed what is a must is for us to finish above cats cos there's always chance of going there in the play offs who wants that..let Wigan or saints go there if it pans out that way..so yesterday was a a superb result

“Not our type of player”……. Give it a rest lads

Boyd, Cullen, Westwood, Morley, all celebrated by the fan base all have done miles worse. It was just a shove with a clenched fist.

What he did was daft and he’s going to pay for it. He’s going to have to graft to get back in the good books but he’s a good player.

Everyone wanted players with some passion last year. Now we’ve got one who’s stepped over the line everyone’s having a haemorrhage.

"Shove with a clenched fist"

I've heard if all now!

I think more than a few people won't share you view, but you're entitled to make it.
I suppose different views are what make a forum.

And I thought duckie was an attention seeker.

Boyd. Despicable sod in the NRL, was hard but fair for us. Sent off once for us, found not guilty. A PROPER enforcer.

Cullen/Westwood/Morley. Plenty of housedry, but never punched a prone winger.

Dudson is a 2 bit , whose massively overstepped the mark, in an era of a sanitised game. I saw his sending off for Les Cats, last year, and thought we were taking a risk. Not wrong, eh? Controlled aggression is today's watchword. Someone should've told that prat.

Here’s me looking for a new nest this spring, to find I’ve already got somewhere rent free.

"a shove with a clenched fist" - If only there was a word for such a thing . . .

You live a sheltered life, the internet is full of videos of that.

I was going to say all that

Rent free here too.
So many options.
This one is a bungalow.

I think the point is that Dudson has done something that in the current climate (pending legal action against RL for not protecting players) will get him a massive ban. Especially a problem as we’re short of props and have our hardest two games of the season coming up.

We don’t need anything to derail our season right now.

But we are going to lose at some point. Even if we lose the next two games, it won't necessarily derail our season, but there will be near total meltdown on here.

I’m no attention seeker, just my reaction to everyone wanting to throw him out of the club.
Read my post and I say the guy has basically lost his head in the heat of the moment and let his teammates down. He his going to cop a big ban and will drop to the bottom of the pecking order and will have to graft his way back. No problems with a club fine.

We signed Boyd after a 12 month suspension, 3 games back gouging a player and copping another 15 month ban. 27 MONTHS of bans for foul play.

Morley hit that Aussie within 15 seconds of kick off with a straight forearm.

Westwood’s shot on Green in the grand final you could argue was a cheaper shot than the one on Saturday.

Cullen went down like he’d been shot and then chased Goodway back to the tunnel and right hooked him from behind.

If you were to list an all time top 20 of greatest Warrington players all 4 would possibly get into it.

My last comment, Monday morning and the official Club Website are now trying to sell Friday nights game out with Wigan and all the clips on it are as bad as Saturday nights so please don’t class me as an attention seeker, just a bloke with a view in the cold light of day who’s watched this club for the last 48 years.

Of course. I'm just giving some insight into why some on here might think it's a bigger deal than some of the stuff that Westwood, Morley et al might have done in the past. This could potentially have more of an impact, and I can see why some posters are a bit peeved.

Why should you be viewed in a different light of day than me? I’ve been watching Wire at least as long as you have.