What a joke of a game.

Wigan and Saints get a repeat of one of the toughest games they'll play all season, we get a bruiser against our nearest and dearest and the Hull sides have to go hammer and tongs in SL's only genuine derby; meanwhile, Wire get handed (another) 2 points for a training run against a truly dire and disinterested Widnes outfit.

If this is going to continue and have SL points attached, it HAS to be 1v2, 3v4, 5v6 etc etc.

Agreed its not the right format.

On another note i've just lost the Wakey game and other stuff from my Sky box, everthing thats was not marked "keep" is gone, can't even watch a rare victory again.





Not Happy.

Don't watch it again - we might lose.

Thats not possibly on a least 2 counts.

This game is a disgrace, it was obvious what was going to happen. They should have gone for Wire vs Hudds and Salford vs Widnes.

Totally agree with this thread and just said exactly the same thing, plus we get to play Warrington next week off the back of them walking all over Widnes and us having a tough one against our neighbours

I was on the edge of my seat with the game. My bet was for more than 68.5 points so up until the last kick I was throwing a right ol'paddy. Funny old game isn't it

For all the credit that Tony Smith has had on here recently, it's comments like this that annoy me: "They're going to improve. They were always going to have some of these days. That's what happens when you find our you're entering a competition six months before. If you want to do it properly, you've got to give them three year's notice and some dispensation. You don't tell them to put a team together in six month and then expect them to compete at this level." www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Nothing against Widnes - I think as a club they belong in SL - but Tony... they have had 3 years notice!!! They knew they'd be in SL the moment they won the Thomas the Tank Engine Cup, and have had all the time to prepare for this... which was one of the reasons quoted for them never having won the Championship 1 GF. The guy should just accept that even his favoured "little" teams will take a beating every now and again/on a regular basis.

For all the credit that Tony Smith has had on here recently, it's comments like this that annoy me: "They're going to improve. They were always going to have some of these days. That's what happens when you find our you're entering a competition six months before. If you want to do it properly, you've got to give them three year's notice and some dispensation. You don't tell them to put a team together in six month and then expect them to compete at this level." www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Nothing against Widnes - I think as a club they belong in SL - but Tony... they have had 3 years notice!!! They knew they'd be in SL the moment they won the Thomas the Tank Engine Cup, and have had all the time to prepare for this... which was one of the reasons quoted for them never having won the Championship 1 GF. The guy should just accept that even his favoured "little" teams will take a beating every now and again/on a regular basis.

Exact same thing's happened to me, bizzarre.

I was lucky we were watching the game and just has the game finished our sky box crashed. This happens alot when copying rugby too.

This has never happened to me, sadly when plus-ing our games sky, i wish it would have!!

Sky+ HD boxes are a bit temperamental at times; mine requires the age-old remedy of being turned off and back on again a couple of times a week to unfreeze it from it's latest spasm. Never lost any data though - that would be a pita.

I also commented all weekend that Wire v Hudds and Salford v Widnes would have been fair match ups in the perception of a "neutral" observer looking for competitive matches. In the end Salford surprised many by turning over Huddersfield but that does not change my view.

For the Wire to rack up such convincing point differences in recent years against perceived weaker opposition in Widnes and Salford is unfair to their top of the table peers. Wire have met Hull KR and Huddersfield in the past at Magic Weekends and had competitive matches.

I'm of a view where a team should not play a side more than 4 positions above or below them in the prior year end league standings. For Wire to be top of the table at the end of last season and Widnes to be 5th (?) in a lower league (admittedly their team is now much changed) just doesn't generate the buzz of a potential exciting match.

Of the fixtures last weekend I think the result in terms of victor of Widnes v Warrington was the easiest to call. I had an incline that Catalans would win (though the London fight back early in the 2nd half put some doubt on that) and honestly thought Huddersfield would win. All the others I really thought could go either way.

Derbies are great when they are competitive and intense. The idea of form goes out of the window just never even seemed a remote possibility for Widnes v Warrington.