DId you tell them to fork off?

They used to call t the Zoo! I Got a tooth knocked out in the toilets there in the early 80's by a skinhead wearing a bishops mitre!!!!!! what a place, tribes of soccer fans looking for a Sunday out, and then at the new ground about 6 seasons ago a full blown scrap between two groups of Wire fans who supported Liverpool and Man U fans broke out on the car park after we beat them in the play offs!!

What a night to be in Black & White !!!
At the game the handling errors didn't seem quite as bad as I'm reading here. The alcohol fuzz helps sometimes. Still fuzzy now lol.

We just felt it was a war of attrition that we always looked like winning despite the conditions. We had to beat the other 13 who had been beating almost every other 13 bar us. ......and we did. End of.

We snuffed out the leagues top try scorers and we looked well organised.
Errors on both sides but It still felt like a champion performance to us. A statement of intent.

Amazing celebrations at the end again. Been going since 1965, and this ride is one of the best ever !!!!
I'm starting to think it could be ............well anyway lets wait and see.

Just get onboard the joyride. Our team is playing great.

EL Capitano is just immense and my man love for him grows weekly.


Looked to be giving a rousing Henry V type speech in the huddle post warm up then led from the front once the action began.
The man is a machine.

Over the hill though aint he Marty boy?

My thoughts and feelings exactly!

Could someone give a brief summary of what the Sky team thought of our performance during and after the game ?
I'm just interested to know if we're getting any credit for once.

Ugly game which didnt befit a top2 clash, was amazed at how many players on both sides were continually holding the ball one handed loose near their own lines despite how many knock ons there had been.

But yet again we dug in and won a game we wouldn't have won over the last few years as the team is fitter and more determined now. Even if we have a big loss of form or bad luck with injuries we'd still be in contention for the top4 with the points we've got so it's a great place to be.

Carney and Wells were pretty complimentary, particularly about the defence.

Clarke moaned all night about what a terrible game it was, how it was a miracle these were the top two sides and how they'd never win anything playing like this. Didn't quite get as far as saying "they're just not Wigan" but wasn't far off. Said he'd never seen Hull play as poorly when the score was 4-6 and said our second try was vital to stop us slipping out of the game even though it put us in front.

Stevo said there were too many silly penalties and started saying the Hull outfit should drive for the posts and go for the one from the 55th minute onwards. Complimentary about Yeaman though and Houghton though, as he always is.

We've actually started watching with the sound down in our flat and doing our own spoof commentary on some games, where Clarke compares somebody to Billy Slater every five minutes and Stevo calls for a one point in the first set.

Looking at the stats we were well worth the win.

We had the same number of carries but made over 100 metres more, we made 5 clean breaks to their 0, and we missed 17 tackles to their 30. The only thing they did us on was offloads (14-5).

Error count was 20 for us and 21 for them, and we conceded 8 penalties to 4.

Those error numbers dont really tell the story though. Lots of ours were in our own end inviting pressure on ourselves, whereas Warrington tended to drop in in good areas, hence much of the game being played in our half.

Regardless of how much ball Warrington put down it's a pretty special effort to stop a team like that from making a clean break.

Phil Clarke was highly dismissive of both sides throughout, constantly berating the lack of quality and basic error count as the game progressed, although to be fair to him, he was hardly alone in having those thoughts.

Eddie Hemmings, in the course of his match commentary and particularly in the post match analysis/chat was a little more positive. His general opinion seems to be that we are genuine contenders in 2016 and I have the impression that he does believe that and isn't simply saying it for the sake of something different.

Stevo, as usual, was fulsome in his praise for Ellis & Houghton but was also distinctly unimpressed by the rising error count in a game between the two supposedly best sides in the competition.

Overall though, we are beginning to make people sit up and notice us with each passing week. This will, of course, bring with it it's own pressure as we become the side to aim for. The down side of being top of the tree.

phil clarke thinks we're going to win it if salford don't, eddie was too busy fumbling with himself whilst thinking about rhys evans and stevo was in cloud cuckoo land as usual

No, my mate punched him in the side of the head and he went down like a sack of spuds

Made me laugh at the end when our fans walking out near carney & wells shouting over them "do you like that stevo"

Catalans 29 Saints 10 with less than twenty minutes left.

Could really have done with Saints taking the points but a Dragons win will mean we require just one point from the next five games to be in the top four at the split. More importantly ten clear of fifth with twelve games remaining.

wire v catalan-wire win

catalan v wigan-catalan win


at least a 4 point advantage over those 3 teams if we keep winning

Thanks to BP1 and Barnet for the Sky Sports feedback.
and thanks Jake for the Comedy Journo spoof, don't leave the day job mate.... lol

Mine was more accurate than the others

Looked marginally better watching it back. Terrific drop goal from Sneyd, but all about the robust defence. Tied up the likes of Atkins and Gidley really well I thought.

And sandow completely ineffective for most of the game

Currie also.

In an earlier post, I asked a question about Mark Sneyd's comment regards "the new ball" being the problem with handling and mistakes against Wire. Apparently, the balls used now have a protective film which needs to be scrubbed off before use, this did not take place, making the balls greasy/slippery when wet?????

.... are you saying that the protective film was not removed, or questioning whether it might not have been removed?

I was told, heresay I know, that the protective film had not been removed?????

Cheers, it would certainly explain why both teams handling was so poor.

Maybe Warrington thought it was the best way to try and stop the Hull FC train

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In all seriousness though if this did happen then someone wants a right ass kicking for ruining what could have and should have been a cracking game, still we got the 2pts so not complaining too much