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Super League 2011. General Banter thread

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  • #62
    WakeyTyke
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    Crusaders - Bulls was very disappointing and a poor advertisement for game.

    The attendance was only 2,615! The ground looked deserted. Is this the image of the game the RFL want to portray?

    I worry that the Crusaders are going to be running into more financial problems, a few more performances like that is certainly not going to bring the fans in.


  • #63
    toomevara
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    WakeyTyke wrote: »
    Crusaders - Bulls was very disappointing and a poor advertisement for game.

    The attendance was only 2,615! The ground looked deserted. Is this the image of the game the RFL want to portray?

    I worry that the Crusaders are going to be running into more financial problems, a few more performances like that is certainly not going to bring the fans in.

    Totally agree, awful game, empty barn of a stadium..terrible advertisement. I recorded it and watched most on fast forward this morning. I really dont know how much longer the RFL can continue to flog a dead horse in Wales. Having said that the bulls were brutal and seem to be all set to continue their downward slide despite the efforts of Potter. Also as an aside Silverwood's reffing was appaling as well. All round the game hardly covered itself in glory here.


  • #64
    AdeT
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    toomevara wrote: »
    Totally agree, awful game, empty barn of a stadium..terrible advertisement. I recorded it and watched most on fast forward this morning. I really dont know how much longer the RFL can continue to flog a dead horse in Wales. Having said that the bulls were brutal and seem to be all set to continue their downward slide despite the efforts of Potter. Also as an aside Silverwood's reffing was appaling as well. All round the game hardly covered itself in glory here.

    I watched the game in ff too; probably brought them up to normal speed. At this time of the year the RFL/Sky need to be careful with their tv game selection - the weather make the game slightly slower to picking two teams which are not going to be towards the top of the table (both of whom are still gelling really) isn't going to provide a spectacle.

    Really enjoyed the WCC though


  • #65
    toomevara
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    AdeT wrote: »

    Really enjoyed the WCC though

    +1, great game, the best RL has to offer. Watched a lot of rugby of both codes this weekend (3 games each) and the WCC was by some margin the best of the lot.


  • #66
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    So twitter folk say that, surprise surprise, Eastmond has moved to Bath, it was going to happen, why on earth he let it drag on this long I don't know.


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  • #67
    toomevara
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    dooferoaks wrote: »
    So twitter folk say that, surprise surprise, Eastmond has moved to Bath, it was going to happen, why on earth he let it drag on this long I don't know.

    Good luck to him, he'll need it...thought he'd come to his senses, but tbh he's been so woeful of late I doubt Saints will feel his loss on anything like the level they would have, say a year ago....


  • #68
    toomevara
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    It's official;

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/bath/9410205.stm


  • #69
    AdeT
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    toomevara wrote: »
    It's official;

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/bath/9410205.stm

    Finally it's been signed off and made official. About time!

    I'd imagine Saints are working hard on both accelerating the deal so he goes asap and also finding a replacement. There are plenty of capable young stand-offs at the club who could step (wheeler, lomax, gaskill) but their long term futures are at 6 or 1 and may be kept away from 7. They'll have a lot of money in their cap now though so maybe a big-name Aussie?!


  • #70
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    AdeT wrote: »
    They'll have a lot of money in their cap now though so maybe a big-name Aussie?!

    SSSHhhhh, don't be saying things like that, Toom might hear you.


  • #71
    toomevara
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    dooferoaks wrote: »
    SSSHhhhh, don't be saying things like that, Toom might hear you.

    Virtually inevitable alas, and the funny thing is when England lose to the Aussies in the 4 nations, they'll all scratch their heads and moan about being unable to beat them...it ain't rocket science, if you load your top club teams up with key decision makers from Oz don't be surprised if your homegrown players can't hack it internationally.


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  • #72
    toomevara
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    Martin Gleeson gone from Wigan? strong rumours floating about.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/wigan/9415552.stm

    This could be an "interesting" one if the rumour mill is to be believed....


  • #73
    amacachi
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    Go on the Wire! :pac:


  • #74
    toomevara
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    amacachi wrote: »
    Go on the Wire! :pac:

    Woeful Leeds performance. That is all.


  • #75
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Big winning margin for Leeds at home to Salford, Warrington go top of the league with an away win against Wakefield and the mighty Harlequins win against Saints for the first time in 10 attempts, the brilliant start goes on, and Rob Powell was named Coach of the Month. :D


  • #76
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Kyle Eastmond could do with just clearing off to Union now, hes taking the p*ss. He has now been suspended by Saints for serious misconduct.

    From the Daily Fail:

    St Helens have suspended Bath-bound half-back Kyle Eastmond pending an investigation into alleged serious misconduct.

    Saints have not divulged the nature of the incident but it seems certain to hasten his departure from the Super League club.

    The revelation comes just two weeks after the 21-year-old confirmed his intention to switch codes at the season, when his current contract expires.

    Eastmond has signed a three-year deal with Bath from November but may now be freed to join up with the Premiership club early.

    A statement said: 'St Helens RFC have announced that Kyle Eastmond has been suspended pending an investigation into serious misconduct.

    'No further comment will be made until completion of the investigation.'

    The Oldham-born Eastmond, who joined St Helens as a youngster, burst on to the scene in spectacular fashion in 2009, playing a key role in St Helens' march to the Grand Final and impressing for England in their Four Nations campaign.

    That form prompted Saints to allow the long-serving Sean Long and rival scrum-half Matty Smith to leave the club and hand Eastmond the number seven jersey for 2010.

    However, he suffered an injury-disrupted season last year and missed the Four Nations Series as well as October's Grand Final with ankle problems that required surgery.

    Eastmond made a quicker-than-expected recovery and has played in all five of his club's Super League matches so far this season but his form has been poor.

    The writing was on the wall when he was forced to apologise to the club's fans for snubbing them at the end of Saints' home defeat by Warrington last month.

    St Helens coach Royce Simmons will have to find a new scrum-half for Saturday's trip to Leeds, with Gary Wheeler expected to get the nod.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/article-1366770/Kyle-Eastmond-suspended-St-Helens-misconduct.html#ixzz1Gl7t5xZA

    Also Ryan Bailey is supposedly under investigation by the Rhinos for some sick joke about the Japan disaster he made on Facebook. Social networks and (usually) not the brightest professional sportsmen don't mix.


  • #77
    toomevara
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    Social networks and (usually) not the brightest professional sportsmen don't mix.

    +1. Wonder if the Eastmond thing will knock on to the Bath transfer? Now not only is he not performing on the field, he's doing the idiot off it....


  • #78
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Wakefield considering groundshare with Castleford according to Sky Sports News. ?Newmarket. Presume its between the two and not the one in the Eastern Counties!


  • #79
    WakeyTyke
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    dooferoaks wrote: »
    Wakefield considering groundshare with Castleford according to Sky Sports News. ?Newmarket. Presume its between the two and not the one in the Eastern Counties!

    You have to laugh:rolleyes: Both sides currently have obsolete grounds, both have plans and aspirations for a new ground but the big but is that neither stadium is likely to be finished before 2013! So what is there to share:confused:

    This all stems from a somewhat ambigious statement from the new Wakey owner Andrew Glover, that more or less stated that every possible option was still open as to where the club is going to play if they get another franchise.


  • #80
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    WakeyTyke wrote: »
    You have to laugh:rolleyes: Both sides currently have obsolete grounds, both have plans and aspirations for a new ground but the big but is that neither stadium is likely to be finished before 2013! So what is there to share:confused:

    This all stems from a somewhat ambigious statement from the new Wakey owner Andrew Glover, that more or less stated that every possible option was still open as to where the club is going to play if they get another franchise.
    Castleford have issued a statement, they are to carry on with their Glasshoughton stadium, as J32 stadium "will bring real, tangible benefits for the Club, the community and the wider Wakefield District."


  • #81
    amacachi
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    It's times like that you think that maybe sometimes the video ref should be allowed to rule on forward passes.


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  • #82
    LuckyGent88
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    What a massive win for St. Helens. Badly needed and need to back it up now next week.

    What a try by Foster at the end as well....serious skill


  • #83
    WakeyTyke
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    Leeds have a worrying look of a team that has run out of the passion and desire to go that extra, painful yard. Senior, Sinfield, Jones-Buchanan, Webb (to name but a few) are a pale shadow of their championship winning standard.

    Certainly not an inspiring start to McDermott's Headingley tenure.


  • #84
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Excellent away day performance from Harlequins. Kept wolves to under 90 points.


  • #85
    amacachi
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    Ouch. Any obvious reason for that result?


  • #86
    WakeyTyke
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    dooferoaks wrote: »
    Excellent away day performance from Harlequins. Kept wolves to under 90 points.

    You got the beating that we were expecting last week:confused:

    One thing about being bottom of the league is that teams think they only have to play in second gear to beat you and sometimes is backfires on them:p

    Quins, however, clearly got a turbo-charged Wires outfit today:eek:


  • #87
    toomevara
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    amacachi wrote: »
    Ouch. Any obvious reason for that result?

    +1...any thoughts doofer?


  • #88
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    amacachi wrote: »
    Ouch. Any obvious reason for that result?
    toomevara wrote: »
    +1...any thoughts doofer?

    Trying not to think about it too much!!!

    Totally shocked, not the defeat because we were playing one of the best teams in SL, but the total hammering. Conceded as many points in that game as the previous five put together.

    What I can make out, lot of silly pens, schoolboy errors, Fantastic Wire performance, yellow card where they scored 3 trys (doesn't explain the other 11 !!). Worst of all though, lot of people say Quins gave up, which, even with our dire end of last season, they were never accused of that. I think the real test for Powell now is how they perform against Hull next game.

    Onward and upward :o


  • #89
    toomevara
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    Some interesting rumours doing the rounds that Long may possibly head back to Saints to replace Eastmond for the rest of the season. Apparently he's also going to Saints next year in a coaching role


  • #90
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Another bad result for Quins today, after opening up a big lead after half time they end up losing by 10, serious wobbles. Just over 3,000 there today.


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  • #91
    amacachi
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    dooferoaks wrote: »
    Another bad result for Quins today, after opening up a big lead after half time they end up losing by 10, serious wobbles. Just over 3,000 there today.

    Thought a few more would've popped in with the Union match in Twickers now.


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